THE COMPRESSIBILITY OF MOTOR FUELS

Abstract

The compressibility of motor fuels does not obey Hooke's la ; the lower the specific gravity of the fuel, the greater its compressibility departs from Hooke's law. For relatively heavy fuels with specific gravity from 1 to about 0.835 kg/liter the dependence of alpha upon the pressure is not so great. This provides the basis for the calculations o injection f these fuels by existing methods, taking into account compressibility of average alp a. In the calculation of injection of fuel with a specific gravity of less than 0.835 kg/liter to neglect the dependence of alpha upon the pressure will cause a significant error in the calculation and shows the need of some correction in existing methods of calculation. In the choice of a value for the velocity of sound for the calcury to take into account the specific gravity of the fuel. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 28, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264506

Entities

People

  • I.v. Astakhov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compressive Properties
  • Fuels
  • Heavy Fuels
  • Physical Properties
  • Specific Gravity

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Petroleum Engineering