An introduction to fuel analysis / by Nigel Draffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Draffin, Nigel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuel--Analysis.

Fuel.

Fuel--Testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Place of Publication:

Adderbury : Petrospot, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""About the author""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 1.Ships officer using hydrometer""; ""Photograph courtesy of Shell Photographic Unit""; ""Figure 2. Example text of a typical analysis report""; ""Figure 3.Table of standard prefixes for the SI units of measure""; ""Figure 4. Bunkering facilities in Colombo in 1951, before bunker quality became an issue""; ""Photograph courtesy of the Shell Photographic Unit. Taken by Derrick Knight.""

""Figure 5. Summary table of principal grades""""Figure 6.Extract from ISO 8217 (E) 2005 Residual fuel""; ""Figure 7.Extract from ISO 8217 (E) 2005 Distillate fuel""; ""Figure 8. Asphaltenic sludge in a purifier (outside of bowl)""; ""Photograph courtesy of Petrospot Ltd""; ""Figure 9. Asphaltenic sludge in a purifier (inside of bowl)""; ""Photograph courtesy of Petrospot Ltd""; ""Figure 10.�Chart showing typical variations in Estimated Cetane Number (ECN) for a given value of CCAI""; ""Chart courtesy of Fueltec Solutions AS""

""Figure 11. Fuel pump plunger damaged by organic acid""""Photograph courtesy of Bunker Claims International""; ""Figure 12. How not to take a spot sample""; ""Photograph courtesy of Petrospot Ltd""; ""Figure 13. Comparison between drip and automatic sampler""; ""Figure 14. Drip sampler and cubitainer in use""; ""Photograph courtesy of Lloyd's Register""; ""Figure 15.Drip sampler and cubitainer""; ""Photograph courtesy of Maritec Pte Ltd""; ""Figure 16.Sample bottle and seal""; ""Photograph courtesy of DnVPS""; ""Figure 17. Sample label""

""Photograph courtesy of Lintec Testing Services Ltd""""Figure 18. Sealed sample""; ""Photograph courtesy of Kittiwake Developments Ltd""; ""Figure 19. Digital density meter""; ""Photograph courtesy of Inpechem Inspectors B.V.""; ""Figure 20. Digital density test diagram""; ""Figure 21. Density table""; ""Figure 22. Operation of an automatic viscometer""; ""Photograph courtesy of Lintec Testing Services Ltd""; ""Figure 23. Ostwald type capillary viscometer.""; ""Figure 24. Viscosity table""; ""Figure 25.Water (H2O) table""; ""Figure 26. Carbon residue table""

""Figure 27. Sulphur (S) table""""Figure 28. Total sediment test equipment in use""; ""Photograph courtesy of Lintec Testing Services Ltd""; ""Figure 29. Total sediment table""; ""Figure 30. Examples of Rating Numbers of Typical Spots""; ""Spot examples courtesy of Intertec OCA ""; ""Figure 31. Ashing a sample""; ""Photograph courtesy of DnVPS""; ""Figure 32. Ash table""; ""Figure 33. ICP spectrometer ""; ""Photograph courtesy of Inpechem Inspectors B.V.""; ""Figure 34. Schematic of an ICP system""; ""Figure 35. Determination of metals by Atomic Absorption Chromatography""

""Photograph courtesy of Inpechem Inspectors B.V.""

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-908663-10-3

1-299-19065-0

OCLC:

842647323