Storage stability of distillate fuels for ships

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1973 · Am. Soc. Test. Mater., Spec. Tech. Publ.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1520/STP36519S· OSTI ID:6705122

White, E W

The basis of instability, the effect of temperature on sediment formation, and some of the tests for storage stability are discussed. In the experimental program, three types of long-term storage stability tests were used. Distillate fuels were stored at ambient conditions for 3 years in 3 different containers: 20-foot-long glass columns constructed of standard glass pipe with a steel wire suspended inside the columns, 1-gal borosilicate glass bottles and 1-gallon tinned steel cans. The bottle samples were stored at three different locations--Annapolis, Maine, and Florida; the columns and cans were all stored at Annapolis. Samples were withdrawn periodically from all the containers for determination of gum and physical properties of the fuel. Two accelerated tests--a 16-hour test at 95/sup 0/ C (203/sup 0/ F) and a 43.3/sup 0/ C (110/sup 0/ F) oven storage test--were also run on the same fuels and the results compared to the long-term storage tests. Although there was some scattering of data, the accelerated storage tests gave promise of correlating with the results of long-term storage. The amount of gum formed in the 1-gallon glass bottles increased as the storage location moved south to warmer climates, and the fuels stored in tin cans gave high gum values because of corrosion of the can.

• OSTI ID: 6705122
• Journal Information: Am. Soc. Test. Mater., Spec. Tech. Publ.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Soc. Test. Mater., Spec. Tech. Publ.; (United States) Vol. 531; ISSN ASTTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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