INCREASING THE RESPONSIVENESS OF NO. 2-D DIESEL FUELS TO FLOW IMPROVERS BY BLENDING WITH LOW WAX DILUENTS
Low temperature operation of diesel vehicles can be improved either by diluting the fuel with low-wax diluents or by treating the fuel with flow improvers. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of the combined use of flow improvers and diluents. Laboratory experiments were conducted using three low-wax diluents--a No. 1-D diesel fuel, a tar sands-derived fuel, and an unleaded gasoline--in various No. 2-D diesel fuels. All three diluents increased the responsiveness of the No. 2-D fuels to flow improver treatment, and the combined use of diluents and flow improvers synergistically reduced the filter plugging temperature. For example, these reductions ranged from 6 to 13 deg C for fuels containing 25% No. 1-D fuel and a flow improver, whereas the use of flow improver alone was ineffective in most of the fuels, and dilution alone caused reductions of only 3 to 5 deg C. Vehicle tests confirmed the synergistic effect of dilution and flow improver use.
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Availability:
- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
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Supplemental Notes:
- Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition Baltimore, Maryland, October 8-11, 1984.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA United States 15096 -
Authors:
- Reddy, S R
- Publication Date: 1984
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 9 p.
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Serial:
- SAE Technical Paper
- Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- ISSN: 0148-7191
- EISSN: 2688-3627
- Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Diesel fuels; Dilution; Ecological synergism; Filters; Flow; Fuel additives; Fuels; Laboratory tests; Low temperature; Measures of effectiveness; Plugging
- Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
- Old TRIS Terms: Diluents; Fuel flow; Synergistic
- Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00395781
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 841351, HS-038 305
- Files: HSL, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM