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 |
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Pages (from-to) | 1394-1397 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Fuel |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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