Differentiation of road diesel and heating gasoil by changes in fuel properties and addition of oxygenated components

Stournas, S; Lois, E; Zannikos, F; Karonis, D

dc.contributor.author	Stournas, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Lois, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Zannikos, F	en
dc.contributor.author	Karonis, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:09:50Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:09:50Z
dc.date.issued	1994	en
dc.identifier.issn	0887-0624	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/11205
dc.subject.classification	Energy & Fuels	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Chemical	en
dc.subject.other	Addition reactions	en
dc.subject.other	Aromatic compounds	en
dc.subject.other	Carbon monoxide	en
dc.subject.other	Exhaust gases	en
dc.subject.other	Gas emissions	en
dc.subject.other	Gas oils	en
dc.subject.other	Heating	en
dc.subject.other	Hydrocarbons	en
dc.subject.other	Nitrogen oxides	en
dc.subject.other	Opacity	en
dc.subject.other	Smoke	en
dc.subject.other	Aromatic oxygenates	en
dc.subject.other	Cetane number	en
dc.subject.other	Thermal efficiency	en
dc.subject.other	Diesel fuels	en
dc.title	Differentiation of road diesel and heating gasoil by changes in fuel properties and addition of oxygenated components	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1021/ef00048a014	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef00048a014	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1994	en
heal.abstract	A major part of urban traffic in many European cities is due to diesel-powered vehicles, which occasionally, albeit illegally, run on heating gas oil rather than the more expensive road diesel; this practice is no doubt abetted by the fact that the properties of the two fuels are quite similar. The purpose of the work described in this paper was to look into the possibility of altering the properties of heating oil so as to make it less desirable as a diesel fuel but without adverse environmental effects. Tests were run with two diesel-powered vehicles and a domestic boiler and included measurements of emissions of smoke, carbon monoxide, unburnt hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and boiler thermal efficiency. Smoke opacity of diesel exhaust was found to have an almost linear relationship with many of the basic interrelated properties (cetane number, viscosity, density) of fuels with similar distillation characteristics, whereas the presence of heavier components tended to increase smoke. Addition of aromatic oxygenates (cresols) reduced the cetane number of diesel fuel but at the same time reduced smoke and NOx in diesel exhaust; the same materials appeared to enhance the thermal efficiency of the boiler and lower its smoke emissions, while slightly increasing the emitted NO. © 1994 American Chemical Society.	en
heal.publisher	AMER CHEMICAL SOC	en
heal.journalName	Energy & Fuels	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1021/ef00048a014	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1994PR94000015	en
dc.identifier.volume	8	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.spage	1263	en
dc.identifier.epage	1267	en