NAVY FUELS

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NAVY FUELS LUBRICANTSQUALITY ISSUES

• PRESENTED BY
• Lynda Turner
• Navy Petroleum Office

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AGENDA

• Navy Mobility Fuels Organization
• Specification Issues
• Use of Static Dissipator Additive
• Tracer Leak Detection
• In-line Sampling Program
• Post, Camps Station Receipts
• Navy Study - JP-5 Single Fuel Shipboard

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Navy OrganizationsFuel Quality Issues

• NAVSUP
• Navy Petroleum Office - SCP
• OPNAV
• N42
• NAVAIR
• NAVAIR 4.4.5
• NAVSEA
• NAVSEA 03M3
• NSWC-Annapolis
• NSWC-Philadelphia
• NAVAL RESEACH LAB

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Specification Status

• MIL-DTL-5624 (formerly MIL-T-5624)
• MIL-F-16884
• MIL-L-17331
• MIL-L-9000
• MIL-DTL-854570 (formerly MIL-I-85470)
• MGO Purchase Description
• MIL-HDBK-200

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Addition of SDA in JP-5 Shipboard Use

• Issue CENTCOM requested addition of SDA to JP-5
• NAVAIR Technical Evaluation Performed
• Request was approved contingent on
• Use of new formulation STADIS 450 only
• Successful MIL-P-22088 centrifugal purifier
  performance test
• May 98 DESC funding provided for purifier test
• Baseline testing unsuccessful
• Significant troubleshooting attempts unsuccessful
• Only one facility operational to perform testing
• Status
• NAVSEA/NSWC Phila attempting to resolve facility
  problems
• NAVAIR approval pending successful purifier test

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Use of Tracer Additivesfor Pipe and Tank Leak
Detection

• Issue Approval For Use of Tracer Leak Detection
  Additives in JP-5/F-76
• NAVAIR Guidance Message
• Only Tracer A and R approved for issuance to
  aircraft
• Concentration - 5 ppm (max)
• NAVAIR approval required prior to issuance to
  aircraft
• NAVSEA - No formal guidance issued to date
• Tracer A and R will be reviewed initially
• Recommendation
• Approval of additional additives requires further
  testing
• NAVAIR/NAVSEA will provide testing POAM

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In-line Sampling Program

• DESC/Navy program developed to assess Marine Gas
  Oil (MGO) worldwide
• DESC contract signed with DNV
• DNV provides sampling containers, flanges,
  courier service testing and reporting of results
  for commercial product received by Navy vessels
• Navy Actions
• Ship identification
• Provide flange delivery information
• Informational briefing to ships
• Installation of flanges
• Expected Start Date - December 98

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Navy PCS ReceiptGuidelines

• References
• NAVSUP Volume II, Supply Ashore
• NAVSUPINST 4355.5, Petroleum Contract Quality
  Assurance Manual
• MIL-HDBK-200, Quality Surveillance Handbook for
  Fuels, Lubricants and Related Products
• DESC Contract Clauses
• NAVPETOFF Handbook 4020.1, Quality and Quantity
  Determination of Ground Products Received from
  DLA Post, Camps and Station Contract Bulletins
  and Local Procurement

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JP-5 Single Naval Fuel?

• OPNAV requested by 3rd Fleet SEA 03L to
  determine feasibility of converting to a single
  fuel
• Southwest Research Institute accomplished study
• Operators view as operational/maintenance benefit
• Study must address pros/cons of conversion
• operational
• maintenance
• logistics/availability
• cost analysis of all elements
• Study must include all stakeholders
• Study POAM/funding TBD