UPDATE ON CANADIAN DIESEL FUEL TRENDS

Because of anticipated changes in refinery feedstocks and supply and demand patterns the most economical diesel fuels which could be supplied in Canada in 1990 could have a base cetane number of 37 and this might be expected to drop to 35 in 2000. Large medium speed railroad diesels can readily accept fuels without increased operating costs and research is now proceeding to determine the effects on the higher speed Class 7 and 8 truck engines which account for a large proportion of the diesel fuel demand. Fundamental studies principally on analysis of the hydrocarbons in present and future Canadian diesel fuel are also in progress and are aimed at giving a clearer understanding of the effects of different aromatics on the combustion process.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the SAE Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition Baltimore, Maryland, October 8-11, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Whyte, R B
  • Gardner, L
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 5 p.
• 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: Cetane number; Combustion; Demand; Diesel fuels; Hydrocarbons; Supply; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Supply and demand
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399064
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 841403, HS-038 585
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM