A small-volume, high-throughput approach for surface tension and viscosity measurements of liquid fuels

Dang, Wanjun; Zhao, Wei; Schoegl, Ingmar; Menon, Shyam

doi:10.1088/1361-6501/ab8b23

A small-volume, high-throughput approach for surface tension and viscosity measurements of liquid fuels

Journal Article · Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Measurement Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ab8b23· OSTI ID:2331211

^[1]; Zhao, Wei ^[2]; Schoegl, Ingmar ^[2]; Menon, Shyam ^[2]

Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States); Louisiana State University and A&M College
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)

An ongoing effort looking at bioblendstocks to function as drop-in replacements or blending components for gasoline has identified a large number of candidate fuels. This work documents an approach for rapid screening of candidate fuels using relatively small sample sizes ($$\mathcal{O}(\mu\,{\rm l})$$) that targets two key physical properties of liquid fuels—surface tension and viscosity. The approach utilizes shape oscillation dynamics of single droplets generated by a piezo-electric device and their decay over time. Strobed imaging of the oscillation process is used along with image processing, edge detection, and data analysis to capture the decay of the oscillation over time. The time constant of the decay process along with oscillation frequency are then used to estimate viscosity and surface tension using a theory for small amplitude droplet oscillations. Measurements are obtained for primary reference fuels (isooctane and n-heptane) as well as candidate fuels from four bio-derived functional groups of interest. Measurement results for surface tension and viscosity are correlated with literature data as well as measurements from standard reference instruments. The measurement results show that the droplet oscillation based approach is capable of reproducing surface tension and viscosity values for the tested fuels within deviations of 7% and 13% respectively from literature data. Results are obtained using an average of 5 µl per fuel within about 20 s, thus demonstrating a small-volume, high-throughput approach that can be used for screening of candidate bioblendstock fuels.

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Research Organization:: Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007981

OSTI ID:: 2331211

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1634179
OSTI ID: 23077050

Journal Information:: Measurement Science and Technology, Journal Name: Measurement Science and Technology Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 31; ISSN 0957-0233

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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