Hw is aviation fuel gotten?

Question

like, what is used in producing it and from what source?

Answer 1

JET A1 (AVTUR) is a Kerosene mixture that is used in turbine aircraft in Commercial and General Aviation.

JP-8 (JP-5) are military grave jet fuels that are similar

AVGAS or 100L is a high octane gasoline for piston aircraft

All are refined from crude oils just like all other fossil fuels

Answer 2

J Fuel, I think that is what they still call it, is a petroleum product.

It is a mixture of Kerosene type stuff and Alcohol.

Answer 3

There are two main forms of aviation fuel - Jet fuel and AvGas.  Jet fuel is used for turbine aircraft.  This includes jets and turboprop aircraft.  Jet Fuel is a refined kerosene that typically has an anti-gelling additive.  The gelling additive prevents the fuel from gelling at high altitudes where it is VERY cold.  Piston engine aircraft use AvGas.  AvGas is similar to automotive gas and in fact is a gasoline range product [more on this].  Typically, the only AvGas made now is 100LL.  This is 100 octane with low levels of tetraethyl lead.  Less commonly you'll find people who use auto gas in their piston aircraft, but that is not very common [or smart].

All aviation fuels are produced in a refinery similar to how automotive gas is produced.  The oil is fractionated and they are able to extract different compounds based upon boiling temperature.

Answer 4

ya gets it from a hose.

Answer 5

Aviation fuels, like all fossil fuels, are refined from crude oil by refining companies.  Crude oil contains a wide variety of petroleum products that can be separated by weight.

The heaviest component of crude oil is asphalt, which is used for highway paving and for roofing tar.  Just above the tars come the polymers that plastics are based on.  Next come various layers of lubricating oil.  Fuel oils, including heating and diesel fuel, kerosene and gasoline, come next.

Volatile compounds like propane, butane, and acetylene are at the top.  These are separated at the refinery by boiling them off one at a time at different temperatures in a process called "cracking."

For much more information including photos and diagrams, try an internet search on "petroleum refining."

Answer 6

aviation fuel is kerosen and there are three main types available. the most common in general aviation is a blue colored low octane fuel rating around 90, the other is a red colored high octane fuel with a rating around 115. The third aviation fuel is jet fuel which is yellow in color, it is named jet- A1 or avtur.

Kerosen is a bi- product of petrolumn distillation.