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Presented to: CAAFI Annual General MeetingWashington, D.C.

By: Mark RumizenCAAFI Certification Qualification Panel LeaderFAA Aviation Fuels Specialist

Date: 30 September 2009www.caafi.org

Alternative Fuel Specifications and Certification

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Please Welcome ASTM D7566

Designation D 7566 - 09

Standard Specification forAviation Turbine Fuel ContainingSynthesized Hydrocarbons

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• Fuel Specification Overview• Fuel Certification• The D7566 Story• Future Plans

Presentation Overview

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ASTM D7566 Structure

• Body of Spec Applies to Finished Semi-Synthetic Fuel

• Annex for Each Class of Synthetic Blending Component

• Allow Re-Certification to D1655

• Annex 1– Hydroprocessed SPK

• Includes 50% FT Fuel• HRJ Fuels in 2010

Blend Comp’s Criteria and Blend % Limits

Annex 3Other Adv Fuels or Processes

Annex 2Other Adv Fuels or Processes

Annex 150% Hydpross’d SPK Fuel Blends

Fuel Produced to D7566 Can Be Designated as D1655 Fuel

5.1 Materials and Manufacture

D1655

Table 1

D7566Av Turbine Fuel Containing

Syn HC’s

Table 1Blended Fuel Performance

Properties

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Why Are Fuel Specifications So Important?

World of Commodities

World of Aviation

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ProductionDennis Hoskin

ExxonMobil

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Specification Development

Mark Rumizen CAAFI/FAA

Engine Design

Stan Seto GE/Belcan

Aircraft Design

Oren Hadellar Consultant

CertificationMark Rumizen

CAAFI/FAA

Workshop Agenda – Part 1

DistributionRick Kiene Consultant

AirlinesMark Bourdeau United Airlines

Airport Fuel Farms

Dave Barrett ASIG

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Specification Overview

Oren Hadellar Consultant

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• Fuel Specification Overview• Fuel Certification• The D7566 Story• Future Plans

Presentation Overview

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Aviation Fuel

Aircraft Parts

Engineering Drawings

Acceptable Performance

Properties Implicit

Acceptable Design Implicit

How do we use Fuel Specifications?

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Fuel Specifications

PerformanceProperties

Design

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FAA OversightAircraft Parts

Aviation Fuel

Industry Oversight FAA Oversight

Fuel Specifications

Operating Limitations

Engineering Drawings

How do we use Fuel Specifications?

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• Engine Ratings and Operating Limitations

– Fuel Specification

• Powerplant Limitations– Fuel Specification

• Operating Limitations– Powerplant limitations in

Airplane Flight Manual

• Aircraft Flight Manual– no person may

operate a civil aircraft without complying with the operating limitations specified in the approved AFM

The FAA Does Not Certify Fuel, It Certifies Engines/Airplanes to Operate on a Specified Fuel

Fuel Specifications and Certification

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1950’s 1970’s 1990’s 2000’sExisting Fuel

New Engines Existing Engines

New Fuel

Industry QualificationCertification Policy

The Certification Challenge

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OEM Review & Approval

ASTM Balloting Process

Specification Properties

Engine Testing

Fit-For-Purpose Properties

Component/Rig/APU Testing

ASTM Research

Report

ASTM Research

ReportASTMSpecification

Accept

ASTM

Review

& Ballot

Re-EvalAs Required

Reject

ASTMSpecification

Accept

ASTM

Review

& Ballot

Re-EvalAs Required

Reject

ASTM Specification

Industry Qualification

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Existing Specification

New Specification

Changed Specification

New

Existing

Industry Qualification

Industry Qualification

Industry Qualification

Industry Qualification

Equipment Certification

Aviation Fuel

Engi

ne/A

irpla

ne

Establishing Operating Limitation

Unchanged Operating LimitationNew Operating Limitation

Equipment Certification

Equipment Certification

Fuel-Only Equipment Certification

Fuel-Only Equipment Certification

Drop-in Fuel

FT & HRJ

Jet A

Certification Policy

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• Fuel Specification Overview• Fuel Certification• The D7566 Story• Future Plans

Presentation Overview

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Revision to D1655 Ballot Feb 29

1st D7566 Ballot Oct 17

2nd D7566 Ballot Mar 9

3rd D7566 Ballot Jul 2

D7566 Issued Sept 1

ASTM Meeting Dec 8

ASTM Meeting Jun 4

ASTM Meeting Jun 22

Separate Spec Task Force Mtg Jul 16

FT Research Rpt Sept 29

FT Research Rpt Addn Apr 30

2008

2009

Dead End

The Road to D756611 Negative

Ballots

10 Negative Ballots

5 Candidate FT Fuels

4 Negative Ballots

Compositional Testing

0 Negative Ballots

Subcommittee Approval

Committee Approval

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Use Existing Spec

Need Separate Spec

Users Producers

Need compositional criteria

Compositional criteria adds cost

Need Distillation slope criteria

No Dist slope limit for conventional

fuel

Need freezing pt for syn blend

component

Don’t need freezing pt for syn blend

comp

Separate spec, but cross-referenced to

D1655

Compositional criteria added, but checked only at process start-up

Footnote stating that limit does not apply to

conventional fuel

Only higher of two freezing pts added

The Consensus Process

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• Fuel Specification Overview• Fuel Certification• The D7566 Story• Future Plans

Presentation Overview

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D7566 (Synthetic Jet Fuel Specification) Status

Hydroprocessed Renewable Jet (HRJ) Status

Synthetic Jet Fuel from Advanced Fermentation

Other Future Fuels

Mark Rumizen CAAFI/FAA

Jim Kinder Boeing

Rahul Shendure Amyris

Paul Bogers Shell Aviation

Workshop Agenda – Part 2

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D7566 Issued Sept 1

2010

2009

The Road to Future Alternative Fuels

HRJ Research Rpt

HRJ 50% Blend in D7566

2011

2012

2013

100% FT Fuel Approved

100% HRJ Fuel Approved

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Mark A. RumizenFAA Aviation Fuels Specialist

CAAFI Steering Committee

Tel: 781-238-7113Fax: 781-238-7199Email: mark.rumizen@faa.gov

Federal Aviation Administration12 New England Executive ParkBurlington, MA 01803

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