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

Gareth J. Price, Matthew McCollom

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1394-1397
Number of pages4
JournalFuel
Volume74
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 1995

Funding

The authors are grateful for the award of a SERC research studentship (to MM) and to the Esso Research Centre at Abingdon for financial support under the ‘CASE’ scheme.

Keywords

  • diesel fuel
  • stability testing
  • ultrasound

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Fuel Technology
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Organic Chemistry

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