The 10th International Conference on Stability

Technical Program

Presentation Program Theme: "Alternative Fuels"

SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

Fuel Quality Services, Inc. - GE Water & Process Technologies - Pratt & Whitney - Air BP - Energy Institute - ExxonMobil Aviation - GE Aviation - NASA Glenn Research Center - Parker Hannifin - Saudi Aramco - Saybolt LP Shell Aviation - US Defense Energy Support Center - US Naval Fuels and Lubricants IPT - Chevron Global Aviation - ECHA Microbiology Gammon Technical Products - Intertek Caleb Brett - PAMAS GmbH / Masley Gloves Southwest Research Institute - Stanhope-Seta

IASH Sustaining Members: Air BP - ConocoPhillips - ExxonMobil Aviation - Fuel Quality Services, Inc. - Pratt & Whitney - Shell Aviation - U.S. Air Force - US Defense Energy Support Center

IASH Supporting Members: Arabian Fuels Technology Center - Chevron Global Aviation - ECHA Microbiology Ltd. - Flint Hills Resources LP - Gammon Technical Products - GE Aviation - Intertek Caleb Brett

All Technical Sessions will be located in Turquoise Ballroom III Technical Posters & Commercial Exhibition located in Presidio Ballroom I-IV Speaker Ready Room located in the Mesquite Room

Sunday 7th October 2007

11.00 - 13.00	Board of Directors Meeting in Canyon I & II (Members & Invited Guests)
14.00 - 17.00	Registration in Presidio Foyer
14.00 - 17.00	Set up Posters and Exhibits in the Presidio Ballroom III, IV&V
19.00 - 21.30	OPENING RECEPTION AT LAST TERRITORY LOCATED ON THE HILTON PROPERTY SPONSORED BY: EXXONMOBIL AVIATION and PARKER HANNIFIN

Monday 8th October 2007 Turquoise Ballroom III

07.00 - 08.30	Breakfast in Dos Locos Restaurant 07.00 - 17.30 Registration in Presidio Foyer
08.30 - 08.45	Welcome and Introduction by Graham Hill, Conference Chairman
08.45 - 09.15	Keynote Address: Alternative Fuels: Where We Are and Where We Are Going Presented by Mike Farmery, Shell (UK)

09.15 - Session 1.SYNTHETIC FUELS Mike Farmery, Session Chair

	Combustion and Operational Characteristics of SASOL Fully Synthetic Jet Fuel. - Dr. Clifford A. Moses,Tedd Biddle, Stan Seto, Chris Lewis, Randy Williams, and Piet N.J. Roets (USA) (Presented on Tuesday at 11.20)
09.20 - 09.45	Evaluation of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Fuels as Blending Stocks for Naval Applications - Philip H. Chang and Richard A. Kamin (USA)
09.45 - 10.10	DOD Assured Fuels Initiative: B-52 Aircraft Emissions Burning a Fischer-Tropsch/JP-8 Fuel Blend - Edwin Corporan, Matthew J. DeWitt and Christopher D. Klingshirn (USA)
09.45 - 10.10	BREAK
10.40 - 11.05	A Laboratory Assessment of the Compatibility of Fischer-Tropsch Derived (ISO Parafinnic Kerosene) and Blended FT-Petroleum-Derived Fuels with Non-Metallic Materials - John L. Graham, Richard C. Striebich, Donald K. Minus, and William E. Harrison III (USA)
11.05 - 11.30	Blending of Fischer-Tropsch Fuels with Conventional Jet Fuels: Thermal Oxidative Stability - Maria Sobkowiak, Josefa M. Griffith, Bei Wang, and Bruce Beaver (USA)
11.30 - 13.30	LUNCH IN DOS LOCOS RESTAURANT SPONSORED BY: SAYBOLT

13.30 Session 2. NEW CHALLENGES IN FUEL DISTRIBUTION & STORAGE Pam Serino, Session Chair

13.35 - 14.00	Investigation of Field Problems Causing Aircraft Operational Issues - Daniel Mertens and George R. Wilson, III (USA)
14.00 - 14.25	Commercial Marine Diesel Fuel for Military Applications - Risks and Recommendations for the Use of Biodiesel and Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel in Tactical Equipment - Kenneth J. Henz (USA)
14.25 - 14.50	Long Term Storage of Fuel Oil in the Natural Gas Era - Dr. Josefa Ben-Asher and Sarit Calderon (Israel) Paper to be included in Proceedings; author unable to attend. The Introduction of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel - A Success Story - Bradley D. Oberg (USA)
14.50 - 15.20	BREAK

15.20 Session 3. BIOFUELS I - HANDLING & STABILITY Steve Westbrook, Session Chair

15.25 - 15.50	Effect of Biodiesel Impurities on Filterability and Phase Separation from Biodiesel and Biodiesel Blends - Charley Selvidge (USA)
15.50 - 16.15	Alternative Fuels and Material Compatibility - Edward W. English, II (Presented by Howard Chesneau) (USA)
16.15 - 16.40	The Relationship Between Biodiesel Stability Indicators and Deposition Tendency, Part 1: Comparison of B100's of Differing Stability - J. Andrew Waynick, Robert L. McCormick and Steven R. Westbrook (USA)
16.40 - 17.05	The Relationship Between Biodiesel Stability Indicators and Deposition Tendency, Part 2: Effect of Aging on Stability and Deposition Tendency of B100's and B20's - J. Andrew Waynick, Robert L. McCormick and Steven R. Westbrook (USA)
17.05 - 17.30	Evaluation of Antioxidants on Stability-Related Properties of Biodiesel: Effect of Antioxidant Chemical Structure on Antioxidant Performance - J. Andrew Waynick, William E. Moehle, Vince Gato, and Steven R. Westbrook (USA)
18.30 - 20.00	POSTER RECEPTION IN PRESIDIO BALLROOM I - IV SPONSORED BY: US DEFENSE ENERGY SUPPORT CENTER and US NAVAL FUELS & LUBRICANTS IPT

Tuesday 9th October 2007 Turquoise Ballroom III

07.00 - 08.30	Breakfast in Dos Locos Restaurant 07.30 - 16.00 Registration in Presidio Foyer
08.30 - 08.40	Announcements
08.40 - 09.10	Keynote Address: A Broad Overview of the Status of Biodiesel in the US Presented by Robert L. McCormick, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)

09.10 Session 4. BIOFUELS II - BIODIESEL STABILITY Robert McCormick, Session Chair

09.15 - 09.40	Chemistry of Biodiesel Instability - Jack Burgazli (USA)
09.40 - 10.05	Oxidation and Storage Stability of Biodiesel and Biodiesel Blends - Robert L. McCormick and Steven R. Westbrook (USA)
10.05 - 10.30	BREAK
10.30 - 10.55	Oxidative Stability of Biodiesel - Methods, Tools, and Techniques for Assessing the Extent of Degradation - Sharon M. Cline and Thomas E. Carter (USA)
10.55 -11.20	Improvement in Storage Stability of a Biodiesel with Synthetic Antioxidants - Axel Ingendoh (Germany)
11.45 - 13.00	LUNCH IN DOS LOCOS RESTAURANT SPONSORED BY: GE AVIATION

13.00 Session 5. FUEL FILTRATION & CLEANLINESS Vic Hughes, Session Chair

13.05 - 13.30	The Use of Electronic Sensors in Field Measurements of Aviation Jet Fuel Cleanliness - Anthony Kitson-Smith and Vic Hughes (UK)
13.30 - 13.55	Evaluation of Old and New Techniques for Measuring Cleanliness of Distillate and Biofuels - Rick Chapman, Mike Sherratt and Jim Crighton (UK/USA)
13.55 - 14.20	The Next Generation Free Water Sensing Technology - Steven D. Anderson and Alex Marshall (UK)
14.20 - 14.40	BREAK
14.40 - 15.05	Media Migration from Aviation Fuel Filter Monitors - Paul P. Wells (USA)
15.05 - 15.30	Determination of the Effects of Fuel System Icing Inhibitor (FSII) Containing Di-EGME on IP 1583 4th Edition Water Absorbent Monitors - Gary Bessee & Jeremy Tucker (USA)
15.30 - 15.55	Used Aircraft Filter Analysis -Determining SAP Presence / Absence - Krystal B. Wrigley (Presented by Dennis Hoskin) (USA)
16.15 - 16.30	Buses Depart for PIMA Air & Space Museum from in front of Lobby
17.00 - 19.00	RECEPTION AT PIMA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM SPONSORED BY: PRATT & WHITNEY

Wednesday 10th October 2007 Turquoise Ballroom III

07.00 - 08.30	Breakfast in Dos Locos Restaurant
07.30 - 16.30	Registration in Presidio Foyer
08.30 - 08.40	Announcements

08.40 Session 6. ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY Anthony Kitson-Smith, Session Chair

08.45 - 09.10	A Portable Software Implementation of Chemometric Modeling for Rapid Fuel Quality Assessment - Dr. Robert E. Morris, Kevin J. Johnson, Mark H. Hammond, Kirsten E. Kramer, Jeffrey A. Cramer, and Susan L. Rose-Pehrsson (USA)
09.10 - 09.35	The Development of Automated Analytical Methods to Predict Fuel Properties by Unattended Software - Jeffrey A. Cramer, Kirsten E. Kramer, Kevin J. Johnson, Mark H. Hammond, Susan L. Rose-Pehrsson, and Robert E. Morris (USA)
9.35 - 10.00	Studies of the Kinetics of Jet Fuel Thermal Stability by Laser Induced Fluorescence - Dr. Clifford A. Moses and George R. Wilson III (USA)
10.00 - 10.25	BREAK
10.25 - 10.50	A New Realistic Laboratory Scale Fuel Oil Filtration Test - Wil J.M. Stassen, Koen Steernberg, Jacco D.M. Woldendorp, Arjen Nieuwhof, Frans G.A. van den Berg and Klaus Schlame (Germany)
10.50 - 11.15	Measurement of Liquid Phase H2S in Residual and Crude Oils - Mike Sherratt and Andy Woodward, Jim Crighton and Wanda Fabriek (UK)

11.15 Session 7. ADDITIVES & ADDITIVE RELATED PROPERTIES Steve Anderson, Session Chair

11.20 - 11.45	The Need for Static Dissipator Additives in Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuels and Recent Developments - Cyrus P. Henry (USA)
11.45 - 12.10	ULSD - Impact on Fuel Conductivity - Jack Burgazli (USA)
12.10 - 13.30	LUNCH IN DOS LOCOS RESTAURANT SPONSORED BY: SHELL AVIATION
13.30 - 13.55	Solubility Concerns with Additives - Paul M. Ryder (USA)
13.55 - 14.20	Investigation into the Rapid Degradation of US Navy Shipboard Diesel Fuel - Sherry A. Williams, Richard A. Kamin, Robert W. Fowler, Carole L. Jessee, and Henry H. Zion (USA)
14.20 - 14.45	Loss of Fuel System Icing Inhibitor Additive During Fuel Transport and Storage - Steven K. Shaeffer (Presented by Steven Zabarnick) (USA)
14.45 - 15.10	BREAK
15.10 - 15.35	Determination of Minimum Required FSII Dosage for Use on USAF Aircraft - Matthew J. DeWitt, Steven Zabarnick, Theodore Williams, Zachary West, Linda Shafer, Richard Striebech, Scott Breitfield, Charles Delaney, and Donald Phelps (USA)
15.35 - 16.00	Development of Alternative Fuel System Icing Inhibitor Additives that are Compatible with Aircraft Tank Topcoat Material - Steven Zabarnick, Zachary West, Matthew J. DeWitt, Linda Shafer, Richard Striebich, Charles Delaney, and Donald Phelps (USA)
16.00 - 16.25	Update on the Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicology of the Isothiazolone Biocide - Howard L. Chesneau and Edward W. English (USA)
18.30 - 22.00	GALA DINNER TO BE HELD POOLSIDE SPONSORED BY: FUEL QUALITY SERVICES, INC. and GE WATER & PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES

Thursday 11th October 2007 Turquoise Ballroom III

07.00 - 08.30	Breakfast in Dos Locos Restaurant
07.30 - 17.00	Registration in Presidio Foyer
08.30 - 08.40	Announcements

08.40 Session 8. MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF FUEL Howard Chesneau, Session Chair

08.45 - 09.10	Microbial Contamination Studies in JP-8 Fueled Aircraft - Marlin Vangsness, Capt. Sarah Chelgren, Ellen Strobel, Lori Balster, Loryn Bowen, and Susan Mueller (USA)
09.10 - 09.35	Investigation of Gene Activation of Bacterial Species Isolated from United States Air Force Aviation Fuel Using DNA Microarrays - Dr. Michelle E. Rauch, Brandon R. Martinez, Jonathan S. Stralka, and Katherine Todorov (USA)
09.35 - 10.00	Molecular Systematics and Genetic Fingerprinting of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria in Fuel Samples- Judith White, Andrew J. Weightman, Graham C. Hill, and Eshwar Mahenthiralingam (UK)
10.00 - 10.25	Using Adenosine Triphosphate Concentration as a Measure of Fuel Treatment Microbicide Performance - Frederick J. Passman, Edward English and Charlotte Lindhardt (USA)
10.25 - 10.50	BREAK
10.50 - 11.15	ATP Analyses as a Tool to Determine the Need to Clean the Fuel Tanks of Diesel Motivated Vehicles Before Refueling with Biocides and Stability Improving Additives. - J. Geva, E. Geissmann, E. Ittah, I. Nakdimon, Y. Sapir, and R. Fass (Israel)
11.15 - 11.40	Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Kill of Anti-Microbials for Aviation Fuel - Graham C. Hill, Edward C. Hill, Rachael Ling, and Derek J. Collins (UK) Paper to be included in Proceedings; author unable to attend. Bacterial Contamination of High Octane Number Oxygenated Gasoline - Dr. Tao zhiping and Zhang ji (China)

11.40 Session 9. AVIATION FUELS Tedd Biddle, Session Chair

11.45 - 12.10	Aviation Gasoline: History and Future - Alisdair O. Clark (UK)
12.10 - 12.35	Simulations of Fuel Tank Temperatures within US Air Force Cargo Aircraft as part of a JP-8 Replacement Study - Jamie S. Ervin and Thomas M. Bartsch (USA)
12.35 - 13.45	LUNCH IN DOS LOCOS RESTAURANT SPONSORED BY: ENERGY INSTITUTE
13.45 - 14.10	Effect of FAME Contamination on Jet Fuel Thermal Oxidative Stability - George R. Wilson, III, Pamela M. Serino, and Melanie Thom (USA)
14.10 - 14.35	B10 and Jet A-1 in Multiproduct Pipelines - TRAPIL Trial - Patrick Viltart (France)
14.10 - 14.35	Study of the Oxidation of the Main Hydrocarbon Families Contained in the Kerosene Jet A-1 - Mickaël Sicard, Christophe Hein, Sterenn Gernigon, Frédéric Ser, Dominique Brodzki, and Gérald Djéga-Mariadassou (France)
14.35 - 15.00	BREAK

15.00 Session 10. FUELS FROM UNCONVENTIONAL SOURCES Harry Giles, Session Chair

15.05 - 15.25	Stability and Handling Issues Associated with Aviation Turbine Fuels Derived from BIO Sources - George R. Wilson, III (USA)
15.25 - 15.50	Use of a Simulation Model to Evaluate the Use of Vegetable Oil in a New Refining Process for Diesel Using Existing Installations - Cláudio P. Limoeiro, Daniel Barry V. Fuller, Guilherme A. Barbosa, Marcelo G. Tito (Brazil)
15.50 - 16.15	Renewable Diesel Fuel - Frederick J. Cornforth, Joseph Kaufman and George Parks (USA)
16.15 - 16.40	Transportation Fuel Precursors from Unconventional Sources - Parviz Rahimi, Craig Fairbridge, Ken Mitchell, Bruce Bunting, Tom Gallant, and James Franz (Canada)

16.40 - 17.05 PLENARY SESSION Steve Westbrook, Chairman

18.00 - 19.30	CLOSING RECEPTION ON THE SUNDANCE CAFE PATIO SPONSORED BY:SAUDI ARAMCO

POSTER SESSION
Monday Evening, 8th October 2007
Presidio Ballroom III, IV&V 18.30 - 20.00

SPONSORED BY: US DEFENSE ENERGY SUPPORT CENTER & US NAVAL FUELS AND LUBRICANTS (IPT)TECHNICAL POSTERS

National Center for Upgrading Technology
Fouling Characteristics and Mitigation of Sour Crudes - Dr. Parviz Rahimi, Youngjun David Oh, Remy McNamara, Teclemariam Alem, and Irwin Wiche (Canada)
NIST / PetroStorTech LLC
Determination of Mercury in Crude Oil Using a Novel Method - Stephen E. Long, W. Robert Kelly, Jacqueline L. Mann, and Harry N. Giles
Onera
Hydrocarbon Liquid Fuels Thermal Stability, Antioxidant Influence and Behaviour - Stérenn Gernigon, Adrien Aubourg, Mickaël Sicard, Frédéric Ser, François Bozon-Bozon-Verduraz (France)
Petrotest® Instruments GmbH & Co.
Determination of the Oxidation Stability in Biodiesel and Blends Problems and Solution - Thomas Jebens (Germany)
QinetiQ
Detection and Characterisation of Undissolved Water and Particulate in Jet Fuel - Garry K. Rickard and Peter S. Brook (UK)
QinetiQ
The Impact of a Selection of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters on Jet Fuel Quality - Peter S. Brook and Garry K. Rickard (UK)
Southwest Research Institute
Evaluation of a Modified EN 14112 (Rancimat Test) for Assessing Oxidation Stability of Biodiesel Blends - Steven R. Westbrook (USA)
Universityof Dayton Research Institute
Effects of Aromatic Type and Concentration in Fischer-Tropsch Fuel on Emissions Production and Material Compatibility - Matthew J. DeWitt, Edwin Corporan, John Graham, and Donald Minus (USA)
US Air Force / AFRL Propulsion Directorate
A Microbiological Examination of a Biodiesel Sample Over Time - Capt. Sarah K.C.Brooks, Ellen M. Stroble, Loryn L. Bowen, Marlin D. Vangsness, Lori M. Balster, and Susan S. Mueller (USA)
US Army TARDEC
Fischer-Tropsch IPK Assessments of Fit-for-Use in the Army's Tactical Ground Vehicles - Patsy A. Muzzell, Luis A. Villahermose, Brian J. McKay, Eric R. Sattler, and Leo L. Stavinoha (USA)
US Army TARDEC
Reducing the Army's Dependence on Oil: Fueling Tactical Ground Vehicles with an "Assured Fuel" Alternative to JP-8 - Patsy A. Muzzell, Eric R. Sattler, and Leo L. Stavinoha (USA)
US Department of Energy
Effects of Potential Additives to Promote Seal Swelling on the Thermal Stability of Synthetic Fuels - Dirk D. Link, Robert G. Gormley, Paul H. zandhuis, and John P. Baltrus (USA)
Indian Oil Corporation (poster not presented)
Renewed Storage Stability Limits for Jet A-1 Being Used by the Indian Air Force - Dr. S. Nandi, R. Manoharan, V.K. Sharma, A.A. Gupta and R.K. Malhotra (India) - Author not able to attend. EXHIBITORS