Navy-CRC barge storage program. [Coordinating Research Council]

Book · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:6158162

The Navy-CRC barge storage program was initiated to investigate the scale-up factor in going from bottle or drum storage to bulk storage in tanks. Seven base distillate fuels were used to make 12 test fuel blends of varying stability. About 5000 gallons of each blend was prepared and stored for 24 months in a clean tank in one of two US Navy vessels. Portions of the 12 test fuel blends were also stored in steel drums at ambient temperature, in glass bottles at ambient temperature, and in glass bottles at 43.3/sup 0/ C (110/sup 0/ F). Samples of each of the test blends, both fresh and at intervals during storage, were sent to 14 cooperating laboratories for determination of soluble gum, insoluble gum and percent light transmission. Bottle and drum storage at ambient temperature produced soluble gum and percent light transmission values very similar to barge storage. Bottle storage for one week 43.3/sup 0/ C (110/sup 0/ F) was equivalent to bottle, drum, or barge storage at ambient temperature for one month. The insoluble gum values from barge storage were much lower than obtained in bottle and drum storage; this probably reflects difficulties in sampling insoluble gum from the barge tanks rather than any inherent differences in the amount of insoluble gum.

• OSTI ID: 6158162
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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