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What features enable the Su-25 Frogfoot to operate with such a wide variety of fuels?

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It is widely attested* that the Su-25 Frogfoot's engines (the Turmansky R-95Sh and later the R-195) were designed to function using a wide variety of fuels, including diesel, gasoline, petrol, kerosene and avgas.

For a rough-field front-line attack aircraft, the ability to load it with whatever was at hand, even tank fuel, would be very useful.

It's not a feature I've read about anywhere else. The question is, what specific engine modifications allow this level of fuel-tolerance in comparison with, for example, the T-34 which powers the A-10, an aircraft designed for a similar role.

 * for example miltaryfactory.com lowflying.net

Su-25 Grach (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot)

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(Previous questions asked whether diesel engine aircraft can run on car diesel (yes) and if you could safely run a 777 on diesel (no).)

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It is widely attested* that the Su-25 Frogfoot's engines (the Turmansky R-95Sh and later the R-195) were designed to function using a wide variety of fuels, including diesel, gasoline, petrol, kerosene and avgas.

For a rough-field front-line attack aircraft, the ability to load it with whatever was at hand, even tank fuel, would be very useful.

It's not a feature I've read about anywhere else. The question is, what specific engine modifications allow this level of fuel-tolerance in comparison with, for example, the T-34 which powers the A-10, an aircraft designed for a similar role.

 * for example miltaryfactory.com lowflying.net

Su-25 Grach (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot)

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(Previous questions asked whether diesel engine aircraft can run on car diesel (yes) and if you could safely run a 777 on diesel (no).)

jet-engine military fuel engine-design

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It is widely attested* that the Su-25 Frogfoot's engines (the Turmansky R-95Sh and later the R-195) were designed to function using a wide variety of fuels, including diesel, gasoline, petrol, kerosene and avgas.

For a rough-field front-line attack aircraft, the ability to load it with whatever was at hand, even tank fuel, would be very useful.

It's not a feature I've read about anywhere else. The question is, what specific engine modifications allow this level of fuel-tolerance in comparison with, for example, the T-34 which powers the A-10, an aircraft designed for a similar role.

 * for example miltaryfactory.com lowflying.net

Su-25 Grach (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot)

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(Previous questions asked whether diesel engine aircraft can run on car diesel (yes) and if you could safely run a 777 on diesel (no).)

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Being a ground attack aircraft, the Su-25 has an operational ceiling of 23,000 ft and will not encounter the low temperatures to which a Boeing 777 is regularly exposed. Therefore, the risk of diesel fuel gelling and clogging the fuel lines is much lower.

On the other side of the temperature scale, gasoline could vaporize in hot environments and equally endanger the fuel supply of the engines. Those extremes are rarely found in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, and the Su-25 was primarily designed for operations in moderate climates.

Nevertheless, some modifications are advised in order to avoid trouble when exotic fuels are used:

• Regular fuel pumps use kerosene for lubrication. Kerosene is a good lubricant and allows for a simpler pump design. By using better bearings, the fuel pump can also be used with gasoline or petrol without suffering long-term damage.


• Running the fuel lines away from hot surfaces reduces the risk of vapour bubbles forming inside. I don't know the details of the Su-25 design, but I would be mightily surprised if any fuel line runs right below the upper skin of the aircraft where the sun can heat the surface to temperatures in excess of 70° even in moderate latitudes. This is supported by a light grey paint scheme as shown by the Ukrainian Su-25 in your question.


• Don't do fancy things with the fuel, like use it as a hydraulic fluid, but restrict its use to being burned in the engine. Then any liquid hydrocarbon can be used.

That turbofans can run on a wide variety of fuels has been established in the answers to this question.

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  Another factor: military engines aren't made to last very long. This article says TBO is 750-1500 FH. You can just let the pumps and components wear.
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Being a ground attack aircraft, the Su-25 has an operational ceiling of 23,000 ft and will not encounter the low temperatures to which a Boeing 777 is regularly exposed. Therefore, the risk of diesel fuel gelling and clogging the fuel lines is much lower.

On the other side of the temperature scale, gasoline could vaporize in hot environments and equally endanger the fuel supply of the engines. Those extremes are rarely found in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, and the Su-25 was primarily designed for operations in moderate climates.

Nevertheless, some modifications are advised in order to avoid trouble when exotic fuels are used:

• Regular fuel pumps use kerosene for lubrication. Kerosene is a good lubricant and allows for a simpler pump design. By using better bearings, the fuel pump can also be used with gasoline or petrol without suffering long-term damage.


• Running the fuel lines away from hot surfaces reduces the risk of vapour bubbles forming inside. I don't know the details of the Su-25 design, but I would be mightily surprised if any fuel line runs right below the upper skin of the aircraft where the sun can heat the surface to temperatures in excess of 70° even in moderate latitudes. This is supported by a light grey paint scheme as shown by the Ukrainian Su-25 in your question.


• Don't do fancy things with the fuel, like use it as a hydraulic fluid, but restrict its use to being burned in the engine. Then any liquid hydrocarbon can be used.

That turbofans can run on a wide variety of fuels has been established in the answers to this question.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Peter KämpfPeter Kämpf

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  Another factor: military engines aren't made to last very long. This article says TBO is 750-1500 FH. You can just let the pumps and components wear.
  $endgroup$
  – user71659
  14 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

6

$begingroup$

Being a ground attack aircraft, the Su-25 has an operational ceiling of 23,000 ft and will not encounter the low temperatures to which a Boeing 777 is regularly exposed. Therefore, the risk of diesel fuel gelling and clogging the fuel lines is much lower.

On the other side of the temperature scale, gasoline could vaporize in hot environments and equally endanger the fuel supply of the engines. Those extremes are rarely found in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, and the Su-25 was primarily designed for operations in moderate climates.

Nevertheless, some modifications are advised in order to avoid trouble when exotic fuels are used:

• Regular fuel pumps use kerosene for lubrication. Kerosene is a good lubricant and allows for a simpler pump design. By using better bearings, the fuel pump can also be used with gasoline or petrol without suffering long-term damage.


• Running the fuel lines away from hot surfaces reduces the risk of vapour bubbles forming inside. I don't know the details of the Su-25 design, but I would be mightily surprised if any fuel line runs right below the upper skin of the aircraft where the sun can heat the surface to temperatures in excess of 70° even in moderate latitudes. This is supported by a light grey paint scheme as shown by the Ukrainian Su-25 in your question.


• Don't do fancy things with the fuel, like use it as a hydraulic fluid, but restrict its use to being burned in the engine. Then any liquid hydrocarbon can be used.

That turbofans can run on a wide variety of fuels has been established in the answers to this question.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Peter KämpfPeter Kämpf

160k12405649

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Another factor: military engines aren't made to last very long. This article says TBO is 750-1500 FH. You can just let the pumps and components wear.
  $endgroup$
  – user71659
  14 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

$begingroup$

Being a ground attack aircraft, the Su-25 has an operational ceiling of 23,000 ft and will not encounter the low temperatures to which a Boeing 777 is regularly exposed. Therefore, the risk of diesel fuel gelling and clogging the fuel lines is much lower.

On the other side of the temperature scale, gasoline could vaporize in hot environments and equally endanger the fuel supply of the engines. Those extremes are rarely found in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, and the Su-25 was primarily designed for operations in moderate climates.

Nevertheless, some modifications are advised in order to avoid trouble when exotic fuels are used:

• Regular fuel pumps use kerosene for lubrication. Kerosene is a good lubricant and allows for a simpler pump design. By using better bearings, the fuel pump can also be used with gasoline or petrol without suffering long-term damage.


• Running the fuel lines away from hot surfaces reduces the risk of vapour bubbles forming inside. I don't know the details of the Su-25 design, but I would be mightily surprised if any fuel line runs right below the upper skin of the aircraft where the sun can heat the surface to temperatures in excess of 70° even in moderate latitudes. This is supported by a light grey paint scheme as shown by the Ukrainian Su-25 in your question.


• Don't do fancy things with the fuel, like use it as a hydraulic fluid, but restrict its use to being burned in the engine. Then any liquid hydrocarbon can be used.

That turbofans can run on a wide variety of fuels has been established in the answers to this question.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Peter KämpfPeter Kämpf

160k12405649

$endgroup$

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Peter KämpfPeter Kämpf

160k12405649

answered 2 hours ago

Peter KämpfPeter Kämpf

160k12405649

answered 2 hours ago

Peter KämpfPeter Kämpf

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