HIGH-TEMPERATURE STABILIZERS FOR JET FUELS AND SIMILAR HYDROCARBON MIXTURES .1. COMPARATIVE-STUDIES OF HYDROGEN DONORS

The results of a number of screening experiments are reported that wer e designed to seek hydrogen donor molecules that function as high-temp erature stabilizers (i.e., >400 degrees C) in jet fuels and similar hy drocarbon mixtures. The most important conclusion of this work was tha t in the temperature range between 400 and 450 degrees C, 1,2,3,4-tetr ahydroquinoline (THQ) was by far the best thermal stabilizer that we h ave discovered to date and significantly more effective than benzyl al cohol (BzOH), our previous benchmark.