Evaluation of coal-derived EDS (Exxon Donor Solvent) mid-distillate. Interim report, October 1982-December 1984

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6963489

Bowden, J N; Present, D L; Yost, D M

A cooperative demonstration program between industry and the Department of Energy yielded a sizable quantity of coal-derived, mid-distillate fuel producted by the Exxon Donor Solvent (EDS) process. Eighty-three 55-gallon drums of this product were made available to the Belvoir Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility at Southwest Research Institute for evaluation through the U.S. Army Belvoir Research, Development and Engineering Center, Ft. Belvoir, VA. The EDS mid-distillate was characterized in the laboratory for chemical and physical properties, and evaluated in a medium-speed diesel engine. Due to the low cetane number, toxicity, poor storage/thermal stability, and incompatibility with elastomers, this fuel was not evaluated as received in the normal operation of diesel engines. A 69/31 blend of the EDS mid-distillate and a petroleum-derived diesel fuel was used with relative success in a medium-speed diesel engine. A similar blend evaluated in single-cylinder diesel engine burned less efficiently than the petroleum fuel.

• Research Organization: Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (USA). Belvoir Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility
• OSTI ID: 6963489
• Report Number(s): AD-A-192052/9/XAB; BFLRF-227
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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