1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers the manufacture of aviation turbine fuel that consists of conventional and synthetic blending components.

1.2 This specification applies only at the point of batch origination. Aviation turbine fuel manufactured, certified and released to all the requirements of this specification, meets the requirements of Specification D1655 and shall be regarded as Specification D1655 turbine fuel. Once released to this specification (D7566) the requirements of this specification are no longer applicable: any recertification shall be done to D1655 . Field blending of synthesized paraffinic kerosine (SPK) with D1655 fuel (which may on the whole or in part have originated as D7566 fuel) shall be considered batch origination in which case all of the requirements of this specification (D7566) apply, however the fuel shall be regarded as D1655 turbine fuel after certification and release.

1.3 This specification defines specific types of aviation turbine fuel that contain synthesized hydrocarbons for civil use in the operation and certification of aircraft and describes fuels found satisfactory for the operation of aircraft and engines. The specification is intended to be used as a standard in describing the quality of aviation turbine fuels and synthetic blending components at the place of manufacture but can be used to describe the quality of aviation turbine fuels for contractual transfer at all points in the distribution system.

1.4 This specification does not include all fuels satisfactory for aviation turbine engines. Certain equipment or conditions of use may permit a wider, or require a narrower, range of characteristics than is shown by this specification.

1.5 While aviation turbine fuels defined by this specification can be used in applications other than aviation turbine engines, requirements for such other applications have not been considered in the development of this specification.

1.6 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D56 Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup Tester

D86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure

D93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester

D129 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General High Pressure Decomposition Device Method)

D130 Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test

D156 Test Method for Saybolt Color of Petroleum Products (Saybolt Chromometer Method)

D240 Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter

D323 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method)

D381 Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation

D445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)

D1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method)

D1298 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method

D1319 Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption

D1322 Test Method for Smoke Point of Kerosine and Aviation Turbine Fuel

D1405 Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels

D1655 Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels

D1740 Test Method for Luminometer Numbers of Aviation Turbine Fuels

D1840 Test Method for Naphthalene Hydrocarbons in Aviation Turbine Fuels by Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry

D2276 Test Method for Particulate Contaminant in Aviation Fuel by Line Sampling

D2386 Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels

D2425 Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Middle Distillates by Mass Spectrometry

D2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D2624 Test Methods for Electrical Conductivity of Aviation and Distillate Fuels

D2887 Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of Petroleum Fractions by Gas Chromatography

D2892 Test Method for Distillation of Crude Petroleum (15-Theoretical Plate Column)

D3227 Test Method for (Thiol Mercaptan) Sulfur in Gasoline, Kerosine, Aviation Turbine, and Distillate Fuels (Potentiometric Method)

D3240 Test Method for Undissolved Water In Aviation Turbine Fuels

D3241 Test Method for Thermal Oxidation Stability of Aviation Turbine Fuels

D3242 Test Method for Acidity in Aviation Turbine Fuel

D3338 Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels

D3343 Test Method for Estimation of Hydrogen Content of Aviation Fuels

D3701 Test Method for Hydrogen Content of Aviation Turbine Fuels by Low Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry

D3828 Test Methods for Flash Point by Small Scale Closed Cup Tester

D3948 Test Method for Determining Water Separation Characteristics of Aviation Turbine Fuels by Portable Separometer

D4052 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter

D4054 Practice for Qualification and Approval of New Aviation Turbine Fuels and Fuel Additives

D4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products

D4171 Specification for Fuel System Icing Inhibitors

D4176 Test Method for Free Water and Particulate Contamination in Distillate Fuels (Visual Inspection Procedures)

D4294 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D4306 Practice for Aviation Fuel Sample Containers for Tests Affected by Trace Contamination

D4529 Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels

D4629 Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection

D4809 Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Precision Method)

D4865 Guide for Generation and Dissipation of Static Electricity in Petroleum Fuel Systems

D4952 Test Method for Qualitative Analysis for Active Sulfur Species in Fuels and Solvents (Doctor Test)

D4953 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Gasoline and Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends (Dry Method)

D5001 Test Method for Measurement of Lubricity of Aviation Turbine Fuels by the Ball-on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator (BOCLE)

D5006 Test Method for Measurement of Fuel System Icing Inhibitors (Ether Type) in Aviation Fuels

D5190 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Automatic Method)

D5191 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method)

D5291 Test Methods for Instrumental Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen in Petroleum Products and Lubricants

D5452 Test Method for Particulate Contamination in Aviation Fuels by Laboratory Filtration

D5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence

D5972 Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Automatic Phase Transition Method)

D6045 Test Method for Color of Petroleum Products by the Automatic Tristimulus Method

D6304 Test Method for Determination of Water in Petroleum Products, Lubricating Oils, and Additives by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration

D6379 Test Method for Determination of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Types in Aviation Fuels and Petroleum Distillates--High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method with Refractive Index Detection

D6469 Guide for Microbial Contamination in Fuels and Fuel Systems

D6866 Test Methods for Determining the Biobased Content of Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Samples Using Radiocarbon Analysis

D7153 Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Automatic Laser Method)

D7154 Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Automatic Fiber Optical Method)

D7359 Test Method for Total Fluorine, Chlorine and Sulfur in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Mixtures by Oxidative Pyrohydrolytic Combustion followed by Ion Chromatography Detection (Combustion Ion Chromatography-CIC)

E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

Keywords

aviation turbine fuel; avtur; Jet A; Jet A-1; jet fuel; synthesized hydrocarbons; synthesized paraffinic kerosine; synthetic blending component; turbine fuel;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 75.160.20 (Liquid fuels)

DOI: 10.1520/D7566-11

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