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A measurement of fuel filters ability to remove soft particles, with a custom-built fuel filter rig KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Csontos, Botond, author.
- Conference Name:
- SAE Powertrains, Fuels & Lubricants Meeting (2020-09-22 : Krakow, Poland)
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource cm
- Place of Publication:
- Warrendale, PA SAE International 2020
- Summary:
- Biofuel can enable a sustainable transport solution and lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to standard fuels. This study focuses on biodiesel, where the easiest way to implement biodiesel, is to use it as drop in fuel. When mixing biofuels into diesel one can run into problems with solubility causing contaminants precipitating out as insolubilities. These insolubilities, also called soft particles, can cause problems as internal injector deposits and nozzle fouling. One way to overcome the problem of soft particles is by the means of filtration. It is thus of great interest to be able to quantify fuel filters ability to filter soft particles. The aim of this study is to test different fuel filters for heavy-duty engines and their ability to filter out synthetic soft particles. A custom built fuel filter rig is presented, together with some of its general design requirements. For evaluation of the efficiency of the filters, fuel samples were taken before and after the filters. The fuel samples were analyzed with GC-MS and XRF to quantify the amount of soft particles. Further the pressure drop across the filters were measured, to provide an indications about the filters plugging potential. Results presented about the concentration dependency of synthetic soft particles, both regarding to pressure drop and efficiency of removal. Finally, different fuel filters materials were compared regarding their efficiency to remove soft particles. The results of this paper show the basic concepts of how soft particles can be examined in a laboratory scale fuel filter rig and show a first estimate about the capabilities of soft particle removal by currently available fuel filters
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Publisher Number:
- 2020-01-2130
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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