ASTM D1655-11b, “Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels,” has just been released. This specification covers purchases of aviation turbine fuel under contract and is intended primarily for use by purchasing agencies.
The specification defines specific types of aviation turbine fuel for civil use in the operation and certification of aircraft and describes fuels found satisfactory for the operation of aircraft and engines. The document can be used as a standard in describing the quality of aviation turbine fuels from the refinery to the aircraft.
ASTM D1655 does not include all fuels satisfactory for reciprocating aviation turbine engines, but rather, defines the following specific types of aviation fuel for civil use: Jet A; and Jet A-1. The fuels are sampled and tested appropriately to examine their conformance to detailed requirements as to composition, volatility, fluidity, combustion, corrosion, thermal stability, contaminants, and additives.
The specification no longer includes wide-cut aviation turbine fuel (Jet B). The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin which now approves the use of ASTM D6615 to replace ASTM D1655 as the specification for Jet B.
The 2011B Edition replaces ASTM D1655-11a and before that the ASTM D1655-11. The 16 page specification is updated much more frequently than most ASTM standards, since a 5-year cycle is the norm.
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