The Effects of Storage on Turbine Engine Fuels

Johnson, David W.

doi:10.5772/intechopen.69897

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“…Fundamental studies on the oxidative degradation of middle distillate fuels have been reported by many authors. ,− In 2005, Beaver et al proposed a mechanistic study where aromatic heteroatomic species such as phenols and arylamines can undergo oxidation. Consequently, quinone species are formed, which can function as electrophiles in nonoxidized compounds in the coupling reactions generating soluble macromolecular oxidatively reactive species (SMORS).…”

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Chemometric Analysis Combined with GC × GC-FID and ESI HR-MS to Evaluate Ultralow-Sulfur Diesel Stability

de Aguiar,

Roque,

de Lima

et al. 2024

ACS Omega

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Diesel has been the most employed fuel in highway and nonhighway transportation systems. Many studies over the past years have attempted to classify diesel as a stable or unstable composition since this fuel can still degrade during storage or thermal oxidative processes. Products generated because of such degradation are the reason for the formation of soluble gums and insoluble organic particulates, which in turn cause a negative influence on engine performance. This work reports a detailed composition of nonpolar and polar compounds in many ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) samples by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector (GC × GC-FID) and electrospray ionization highresolution mass spectrometry (ESI HR-MS). In addition, chemometric approaches were applied for ULSD storage stability investigation. GC × GC-FID experiments achieved the nonpolar chemical characterization for the ULSD samples, including all main hydrocarbon classes: paraffins, mono-and dinaphthenics and olefins, and aromatics. The GC × GC-FID data combined with principal component analysis (PCA) described that the separation of the samples' concerning storage stability was mainly due to the contents of mono-and diaromatic compounds in the unstable ULSD samples. Moreover, PCA was also applied to the ESI (±) data set, and the results highlight the presence of compounds belonging to O class (natural antioxidants), which decrease the rate of oxygen consumption in the fuel, characterizing it as stable composition. The basic nitrogen compounds are mostly present in the stable ULSD samples indicating that they did not affect the stability of the fuel. On the other hand, the HC classes presented pronounced abundance among unstable ULSD samples suggesting that the fuel degradation may go through the oxidation of hydrocarbons and the formation of O x compounds as byproducts. Furthermore, MS/MS experiments point to the formation of C c H h N n O o -like precursor species, which can react with each other and lead to the formation of gums and insoluble sediments in the fuel. In summary, the results express the potential of using the GC × GC-FID and ESI (±) Orbitrap MS techniques as valuable tools for diesel stability evaluations.

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