In recent years, NATO and U.S. military forces have decided to implement a single fuel (JP-8)
for all land-based military aircraft, vehicles, and equipment during war and peace times. This is
referred to as the single fuel forward concept. However, possible environmental pollution problems
have been identified in the process of implementing this single fuel concept. This work presents
data on the operational and, especially, environmental evaluation of the JP-8 fuel that is burned
in diesel engines and furnaces. The investigation is conducted in a comparative manner between
the JP-8 fuel and the proverbial Diesel Oil No. 2, which is being substituted. The two fuels were
burned under identical conditions in disparate types of combustors, including direct injection
(DI) and indirect injection (IDI) diesel engines as well as a laminar-flow muffle furnace. The
primary goal was to contrast the emissions of the two fuels, because JP-8 is a substitute for
diesel oil in military applications, such as engines of ground vehicles and power generators, as
well as other burners. Regulated emissions of CO, particulate matter (soot), oxides of nitrogen,
and total unburned hydrocarbons have been examined. In the case of the combustion of the two
fuels in the furnace, unregulated organic compounds have also been monitored. Moreover, the
operational behaviors of the two fuels in the engines have been discussed. Results demonstrated
that, for both fuels, the magnitude of the emissions, as well as the trends with operating conditions,
were influenced by the type of combustor. However, the emissions from the two fuels, when burned
in the same combustor, were comparable overall, both qualitatively and quantitatively.