Tomislav Cavka

Mr. Tomislav Cavka


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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3 November 2026 in Energies
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ADAnita Domitrović
Anita Domitrović
Karolina Krajček NikolićKarolina Krajček Nikolić
Karolina Krajček Nikolić
David GerhardingerDavid Gerhardinger
David Gerhardinger
TCTomislav Cavka
Tomislav Cavka
Under EU mandates, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) reaches airports blended into Jet A-1, yet engine data for such commercial fuel are rare. This exploratory study compared it with fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) blends in a JJ-1400 microturbojet. Both campaigns used the same Jet A-1 reference, and all fuels contained 5% v/v turbine oil. The first tested 25% and 50% FAME at 60,000–120,000 rpm. The second tested 20–100% of a commercial Jet A-1 containing up to 50% (m/m) renewable component at 50,000–120,000 rpm. Fuel effects on thrust and exhaust gas temperature (EGT) at fixed shaft speed were estimated with an additive two-way model. The thrust effects of the SAF-containing mixtures ranged from −0.3% to +1.4% (90% confidence limits −3.2% to +4.4%) and were not statistically significant. With 25% and 50% FAME, thrust was 5.3% and 12.5% lower and EGT about 50 and 70 K higher than with Jet A-1, more than in other small gas turbines at fixed speed. Consistency checks made bench drift an unlikely cause, but the fixed test order prevented a full separation from changes during the session. The reference runs agreed within 0.7%, whereas a similarity relation predicted 6–10% less thrust on the warmer 2024 day.