Fuel Testing Articles
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PHILOS and Blue FC Announce R&D and Business Cooperation to Revolutionize Fuel Cell Technology
PHILOS, a leading membrane technology manufacturing company, and Blue FC, a fuel cell system company, have announced a ground-breaking R&D and business cooperation that is set to revolutionize the fuel cell industry. The CEOs of both companies, Dr. Jeong-Hak Kim of PHILOS and Dr. Yong Sheen Hwang of Blue FC, have agreed to work together to develop innovative solutions using PHILOS's advanced ...
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Ethanol Detection Enzyme - Case Study
BACKGROUND This project was prompted by feedback from the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD). Ethanol has been added as an octane enhancer in some Michigan gasoline for some time, it increases the octane almost 3 Anti Knock Index points. If gasoline contains ethanol, there is a limit of 10% of total volume for conventional fuels. [1] Around 13 billion gallons of ...
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Octane Testing-Gasoline from Gas
Octane engine is used for gasoline octane testing. Gas to Gasoline or Gas-to-Liquids, it is a more economical and cleaner way to convert natural gas into gasoline and other liquid fuels. Several steps are needed to turn natural gas into gasoline. Natural gas is broken down under high temperatures into acetylene and a liquid-phase step converts the acetylene into ethylene. This can be converted ...
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State-of-The-Art SRF Production facility in Germany solid recovered fuels for An entire cement plant 365 days a year - Case study
B+T uses lindner shredders to supply deuna zement gmbh with energy The two major players in recycling and waste processing: Lindner-Recyclingtech and the B+T Group have been partners for many years, successfully working together on many important projects. Now they are delighted to announce their latest project: a brand-new SRF production facility with the most modern technology in the whole of ...
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Diesel & Biodiesel Moisture Matters
Welcome to Moisture Matters – the show where we take your everyday and not so everyday objects and test them to see which has more moisture. Today we’re testing fuel! Which do you think has more moisture, diesel or biodiesel? The Computrac Vapor Pro XL is a chemical-free Karl Fischer alternative that provides moisture specific results without the use of reagents or complicated ...
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Today’s vulnerable diesel fuel
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated a change to ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) in 2007, it caused some significant problems for fleets. The majority of fleet managers are not aware of these problems. From fuel microbes to water contamination, here are the problems and how to prevent (or solve) them. 1. Lack of Lubrication Prior to the introduction of ULSD, diesel fuel ...
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Maintaining biodiese quality standards - Case study
A problem that is sometimes encountered with biodiesel blends is inaccurate blend ratios. This article describes a quick analytical method to assess blend ratios and ensure fuel performance According 10 a study' done by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the chief problem found with biodiesel blends was inaccurate blend ratios. Retail customers and fleet managers do not typically worry ...
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Coal Gasifier & Biomass Gasifier
Syngas analyzer apply in gasifier 1. Coal gasifier The coal gasifier can be divided into four modes by the movement pattern of the coal in the gasifier: fixed bed (moving bed), fluidized bed, entrained bed and molten bed. While it can be summarized to atmospheric and high pressure styles according to the gasification operating pressure. Based on the feeding method, the coal gasifier contains ...
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Carbon Nanotubes and Nanohorn Hybrid Composite Buckypaper as Microporous Layer for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
Abstract In the present work, carbon nanotubes (CNT) and CNT-carbon nanohorns (CNH) (0, 30, 50, 70 and 100 wt.% CNH) composite Buckypapers (BPs) were fabricated using vacuum filtration technique. Structure and property relation of composite BPs were studied using scanning electron microscope, four probe technique, BET surface area and contact angle measurements. Properties such as electrical ...
By SusChem
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Performance and emission characteristics of CI engine, fuelled with diesel and oxygenated fuel blends
Vegetable oils are a potential alternative towards partial or total substitution of diesel fuels. In this study, we used ethanol as the solvent, and a bio fuel enhancer as additive to explore the possible use of higher percentages of biodiesel in an unmodified diesel engine. Biodiesel was produced from cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) by pyrolysis process. A mixture containing 80% (by volume) of ...
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SnO 2 -Nafion ® nanocomposite polymer electrolytes for fuel cell applications
Fuel cells are capable to exploit the combustion of hydrogen to convert chemical energy into electricity. Polymer electrolyte fuel cells based on Nafion membranes are able to work in a relatively low temperature range (70–90ºC) but require operating relative humidity (RH) close to 100%. To develop proton-exchange membranes with adequate performances at low RH, an attractive strategy ...
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Xp3 Fuel Efficiency and Maintenance Case Study by Pepsi Guatemala
PEPSI Guatemala Fuel: Diesel Machine/Type: Truck/Motor Test: Fuel Efficiency and Maintenance OBJECTIVE Evaluation of Xp³ for Diesel’s effectiveness in transport units Nos. 950 y 945. Fuel consumption history, oil analysis, and injectors were checked before Xp³ was added. Oil analyses were conducted after 5,352 km, with and without Xp³. In addition, a detail record of fuel ...
By Xp3 Canada
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Get comparable ASTM/EN data for biodiesel blend while saving time and money
If you need to verity how much biodiesel is in a diesel fuel, sending a sample off to a laboratory can take several days to get an answer. This can add unnecessary delays if a truck has just been loaded for a delivery, but must wait for the lab result. The best solution is to have an on-site test where the fuel is loaded or delivered. The two most widely used analytical methods for measuring the ...
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Fuel Cell Voltage Monitoring Considerations
Knowing what’s happening inside a fuel cell is a critical function, especially as fuel cells are continuing to be developed. One important aspect of this is to measure the voltageof each cell in a stack. Although this may sound trivial, it can be more complex and more expensive than it may at first appear due to high voltages, high channel counts,communication types, etc. There are a few ...
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Comparison of EN 14078 and ASTM D7371 infrared biodiesel methods
Infrared (IR) analysis is the most widely used measurement technology for measuring biodiesel in diesel. Both EN 14078 and ASTM D7371 methods use infrared as the analytical method and more specifically FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) spectroscopy. Infrared is a common spectroscopic technique used for quantitative and qualitative analysis. In the biodiesel measurement, the fatty acid methyl ...
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Removing Uncertainty
A number of economic situations such as increased crude oil prices, political unrest in oil producing countries, government subsidies, and technological improvements in ethanol production, have led to increased use of ethanol in automotive fuel. Ethanol is also added to automotive fuel as an oxygenate, octane enhancer and a fuel extender or petrol substitute. It Is the most widely used renewable ...
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Maintaining biodiesel quality standards
A problem that is sometimes encountered with biodiesel blends is inaccurate blend ratios. This article describes a quick analytical method to assess blend ratios and ensure fuel performance. According to a study1 done by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the chief problem found with biodiesel blends was inaccurate blend ratios. Retail customers and fleet managers do not typically worry ...
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The impact of blending techniques, feedstock choice, and analytical techniques on biodiesel blend accuracy
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, USA, conducted a nationwide study released in 2005 that compared the actual content of biodiesel in biodiesel/ petroleum diesel blends vs. the nominal content. Results showed that 36% of the samples were incorrectly labeled. Inaccurately blended biofuels can have a negative impact throughout the supply chain, affecting distributors, ...
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Experimental investigation of the late phase of spent fuel pool accidents
Experimental programmes have been carried out in order to investigate the behaviour of nuclear fuel components in high-temperature air atmosphere, which characterises the main conditions of the late phase of spent fuel pool accidents. The tests provided new data on the oxidation of zirconium cladding in different atmospheres, on the oxidation and release of ruthenium from fuel pellets and on the ...
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Hardware-in-the-Loop testing platform for distributed generation systems
The rapid validation of the expected performance of distributed generation installations is a critical step in the design process. However, the plethora of distributed generator types and the uniqueness of the load characteristics make the testing quite challenging. This paper introduces an original approach to Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation aimed to evaluate the performance and suitability of ...
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