Development of High-Energy-Density Liquid Aerospace Fuel: A Perspective

Jiaorong Nie; Tinghao Jia; Lun Pan; Xiangwen Zhang; Ji-Jun Zou

doi:10.1007/s12209-021-00302-x

Transactions of Tianjin University ›› 2022, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1) : 1 -5. DOI: 10.1007/s12209-021-00302-x

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Development of High-Energy-Density Liquid Aerospace Fuel: A Perspective

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¹ Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, China

² Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), 300072, Tianjin, China

^c panlun76@tju.edu.cn

Lun Pan received his B.S. degree and Ph.D. from the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China, in 2009 and 2014, respectively, and was a visiting scholar in Georgia Institute of Technology from 2016 to 2017. Now he is an Associate Professor in Tianjin University, and his research interests mainly focus on the conversion and utilization of sustainable hydrogen energy, fuel processing technology and fuel science. He has authored/coauthored 10 patents and more than 50 papers, including Nat. Energy, Nat. Commun., JACS, AIChE J., CES, Adv. Mater., Nano Energy, ACS Nano, etc.

Ji-Jun Zou is the Head of Department of Chemical Technology and Chair Professor in Tianjin University, China. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University in 2000, 2002 and 2005, respectively. He was promoted as full professor of Chemical Engineering in 2013, and became Deputy Director of Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel and Chemical Propellant of Ministry of Education in 2012. Prof. Zou has been devoted to the investigation and development of aerospace fuels for more than 10 years. He has authored/coauthored more than 150 papers and 30 patents. He has received several awards including Technological Leading Scholar of 10000 Talent project (2017), National Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2012), National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation by the Ministry of Education (2008) and Peiyang Distinguished Young Scholar by Tianjin University (2009). He is also an Associate Editor of RSC Advances.

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Aerospace aircraft has significantly improved the life quality of human beings and extended the capability of space explosion since its appearance in 1903, in which liquid propellants or fuels provide the key power source. For jet fuels, its property of energy density plays an important role in determining the flight range, load, and performance of the aircraft. Therefore, the design and fabrication of high-energy-density (HED) fuels attract more and more attention from researchers all over the world. Herein, we briefly introduce the development of liquid jet fuels and HED fuels and demonstrate the future development of HED fuels. To further improve the energy density of fuel, the approaches of design and construction of multi-cyclic and stained molecule structures are proposed. To break through the density limit of hydrocarbon fuels, the addition of energetic nanoparticles in HED fuels to produce nanofluid or gelled fuels may provide a facile and effective method to significantly increase the energy density. This work provides the perspective for the development of HED fuels for advanced aircrafts.

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Liquid aerospace fuel / High-energy-density fuel / Stained molecule structure / Nanofluid or gelled fuels

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Jiaorong Nie, Tinghao Jia, Lun Pan, Xiangwen Zhang, Ji-Jun Zou. Development of High-Energy-Density Liquid Aerospace Fuel: A Perspective. Transactions of Tianjin University, 2022, 28(1): 1-5 DOI:10.1007/s12209-021-00302-x

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