A literature review on fuel stability studies with particular emphasis on diesel oil

This paper reviews the research that has been reported up to the end of 1988 on the stability of liquid fuels. The emphasis in this review is to develop an understanding of the principal factors that control the stability of liquid fuels, particularly diesel fuels. The problem of instability in fuel...

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Published in:Energy & fuels 1991-01, Vol.5 (1), p.2-21
Main Authors: Batts, B. D, Fathoni, A. Zuhdan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
02 PETROLEUM
022000 - Petroleum- Transport, Handling, & Storage
023000 - Petroleum- Properties & Composition
ABSORPTION
ADDITIVES
BITUMENS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COAL LIQUIDS
COHERENT SCATTERING
COKE
COLOR
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
COMPATIBILITY
DECOMPOSITION
DEPOSITS
DIESEL FUELS
DIFFRACTION
ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE
ELEMENTS
EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
FILTRATION
FLUIDS
FUEL ADDITIVES
FUELS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGENATION
HYDROXIDES
INFRARED SPECTRA
KINETICS
LIGHT SCATTERING
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY
LIQUID FUELS
LIQUIDS
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MEASURING METHODS
METALS
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
REACTION KINETICS
RESONANCE
SCATTERING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTRA
SPECTROSCOPY
STABILITY
STORAGE
STRESSES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TAR
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMAL STRESSES
THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY
VOLUME
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
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Summary:This paper reviews the research that has been reported up to the end of 1988 on the stability of liquid fuels. The emphasis in this review is to develop an understanding of the principal factors that control the stability of liquid fuels, particularly diesel fuels. The problem of instability in fuels is becoming of increasing concern and is likely to become exacerbated with the development of alternative fuel sources such as synfuels from shale, coal, and tar sand. Details of the chemical nature of the degradation products, the mechanism by which they are formed, the specific agents responsible for their formation, the methods of control the stability by specific processing or treatment, and characterization or testing methods can be found in published works and it is the aim of this paper to review this literature.
ISSN:0887-0624
1520-5029
DOI:10.1021/ef00025a001