RESEARCH ON THERMAL EFFECTS ON FUELS.
Abstract
The modified version of the Texaco Research Coker remained virtually unchanged since its earlier conversion to a more dynamic test. Minor modification work involved pump conversion and insertion of an additional filter in the fuel line. The initial work entailed efforts of correlating thermal stability results between two cokers. It was found that both cokers yielded similar results on one fuel when the heating rate of the fuel in the fuel reservoirs of both test rigs was comparable in duration and when vacuum was not used in the fuel reservoir of the Texaco Research *Coker. The main portion of the effort expended during the last year was concerned with correlating thermal stability results obtained on four identical fuels in the cokers. It was found that a direct correlation existed between the level of deposits in the fuel reservoir and the wing tank. The analytical phase of the program was concerned with analysis of dissolved oxygen-nitrogen and total combined oxygen in jet fuels, with millipore filtration of thermally stressed fuels, spectrophotometric analysis of stressed fuels, and with electron microscopic examination of deposits from the thermally stressed fuels.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0801913
Entities
People
- Frank P. Frascati
- Jerzy J. Bialy
- Thomas A. Norris
Organizations
- Texaco