TESTING FLAME-RADIATION PROPERTIES OF DIESEL FUELS

THE ASTM-CRC LUMINOMETER WAS EVALUATED AS A LABORATORY TECHNIQUE TO PREDICT THE COMBUSTION-IMPROVING CHARACTERISTICS OF DIESEL SMOKE-SUPPRESSANT ADDITIVES. PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTATION, WHICH REVEALED THE INADEQUACIES OF THIS APPROACH (BECAUSE UNSATISFACTORY TEST REPEATABILITY MASKED ITS DISCRIMINATING CAPABILITY), LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW WICK PREPARED FROM GLASS-WOOL FIBERS. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN PRECISION WAS OBTAINED WITH THIS EXPERIMENTAL WICK, THE LUMINOMETER APPROACH WAS NOT SUITABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE FUEL AND ADDITIVE BLENDS. FURTHER EXPERIMENTATION WAS PERFORMED TO OPTIMIZE THE GEOMETRY OF THE GLASS-WOOL FIBER WICK AS A RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE IN ASTM D1740 FOR DETERMINING THE FLAME-RADIATION PROPERTIES OF DIESEL FUELS. /AUTHOR/

• Authors:
  • LEPERA, M E
  • Hartzell, L G
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 428-34
• Serial:
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Additives; Air quality management; Combustion; Diesel fuels; Flames; Glass fibers; Radiation monitoring; Smoke; Wood
• Uncontrolled Terms: Radiation tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Luminometer; Smoke abatement
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224179
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM