CATEGORY: DIESEL
Energy & fuels, 2013, vol. 27, noJANFEV, pp.
804-810
Analysis
of Marine Diesel Fuel with the Advanced Distillation Curve Method
HSIEH Peter Y. (1) ; ABEL Kathryn R. (1) ; BRUNO Thomas J. (1) ;
(1) Material Measurement Laboratory,
Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 325 Broadway MS 647.07, Boulder, Colorado 80305, ETATS-UNIS
Abstract
Ocean-going ships bum heavy fuel oil. The combustion of heavy fuel oil in
marine diesel engines emits nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, and particulates
into the air.
Heavy
fuel oil is a complex mixture, prepared by blending residual oil from petroleum
distillation with more volatile fractions to meet industry standards. Fuel
composition has a significant effect on the type and amount of combustion
products produced. The complexity of heavy fuel oil blends makes analysis
difficult. Authors created the advanced distillation curve (ADC) method as a
complex fluid analysis protocol, combining thermophysical and chemical
properties measurement.
They applied the ADC method, under reduced pressure, to a sample of
IFO 380 intermediate fuel oil to characterize its volatility and composition as
a function of volume fraction. Applying the method to heavy fuel oil yields
quantitative data that can be used to model and design more efficient internal
combustion engines for ocean-going ships.
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