Fuels and Fuel-Additives (eBook)

SOM PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA, MSc, DPhil, has forty-five years of research experience in the field of fuels, lubricants, and additives. He is a former executive director of the R&D center of Indian Oil Corporation (a global Fortune 500 company), and Director of Indian Oil Blending Ltd and Iftex Oils & Chemicals Ltd. Dr. Srivastava has been responsible for developing an entire range of fuels and lubricants for the Indian Oil Corporation. The author and coauthor of 200 research papers, thirty patents, and four books, Dr. Srivastava is currently an independent consultant on fuels and lubricants. JENO HANCSÓK, MSc, Doctor of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, is head of the MOL Department of Hydrocarbon and Coal Processing at the University of Pannonia and a consultant of the international oil and gas company, MOL Plc. He is the author or coauthor of more than 700 papers and presentations, and holds fourteen patents that are applied in the chemical industry. Dr. Hancsók devotes his research to the study and development of engine fuels, engine oils, and their additives, working with both fossil and renewable energy sources.

1. FUEL SCENARIO

2. EMISSION REGULATION OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES AND QUALITY OF AUTOMOTIVE FUELS

2.1 Direct Regulation of Emission

3. FUELS FROM CRUDE OIL (PETROLEUM)

3.1 Crude oil

3.2. Crude oil refining

4. ALTERNATIVE FUEL

4.1. Light (gaseous) hydrocarbons

4.2. Propane-butane (LPG)

4.3. Mixtures of synthetic liquid hyrocarbons

5. FUEL ADDITIVES FOR AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE

5.1. Engine deposits and their control

6. BLENDING OF FUELS

6.1. Blending of gasolines

6.2. Blending of diesel gas oils

7. MAIN PROPERTIES OF THE MOTOR FUELS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ENGINE AND ENVIRONMENT

7.1. The effects of the properties of gasolines on the engine and the environment

7.2. THE EFECTS OF IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF DIESEL GAS OILS ON THE ENGINE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

8. AVIATION FUELS

8.1 Aviation gasolines

8.2. Jet Fuels

9. FUEL OILS AND MARINE FUELS

9.1. Classifications of fuel oils

9.2. Production of fuel oils

9.3. Fuel oil stability and compatabiltity

9.4. Additives for residual fuel

11. DEFINITIONS

"The extensive and varied list of references will be of value to those working in the field even though some of the material listed appears to be from rather inaccessible sources." (Energy Technology, 1 October 2014)