Use of high-intensity ultrasound as a potential test method for diesel fuel stability

Gareth J. Price; Matthew McCollom

doi:10.1016/0016-2361(95)00084-I

Use of high-intensity ultrasound as a potential test method for diesel fuel stability

Gareth J. Price, Matthew McCollom

Department of Chemistry

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Abstract

An automotive diesel fuel was subjected to irradiation with high-intensity ultrasound. In addition to the cracking of saturated alkane components of the fuel, sonication promoted polymerization reactions which concentrated aromatic and nitrogen-containing compounds into insoluble sediments having properties similar to those obtained in long-term storage tests on other diesel fuels. Hence the application of ultrasound may prove to be a useful method for accelerated testing and prediction of long-term diesel stability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1394-1397
Number of pages	4
Journal	Fuel
Volume	74
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-2361(95)00084-I
Publication status	Published - Sept 1995

Keywords

diesel fuel
stability testing
ultrasound

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Chemical Engineering(all)
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Organic Chemistry

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