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Chemistry of Diesel Fuels

Edited by Chunshan SONG, Chang S. HSU, and Isao MOCHIDA

Taylor & Francis, New York, 2000, 294 pp.
ISBN 1-56032-845-2

Book price: $125

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Outline

Diesel fuel is one of the three most important transportation fuels. Because diesel engines are inherently more thermally-efficient than gasoline engines, it is expected that diesel demand and utilization will increase more in the next few decades in the 21st century. On the other hand, environmental regulations by governments in many countries have been setting more and more strict standards on compositions and properties of diesel fuels as well as emission reductions from diesel engines. This book consists of 15 chapters contributed by active researchers from industry, academia, and national laboratories in several countries.

The contents in can be
divided into five sections:

(1) General introduction,
(2) Characterization of diesel fuels,
(3) Chemical processing for cleaner diesel fuels,
(4) Diesel fuel additives, and
(5) Diesel emissions and reduction.

This is the first book that is focused on the chemical aspects of diesel fuels covering the molecular composition and properties of diesel fuels and their production and utilization as well as catalysis related to diesel fuel processing, particularly on deep desulfurization. Emission control, alternative diesel fuels as well as bio-desulfurization of fuels are also covered in this book.

This book also provides an introductory overview of diesel
fuel chemistry. It includes the features of diesel engines and diesel fuels, the properties and molecular composition of diesel fuels, production of diesel fuels using different feedstocks and processes, refining for cleaner diesel fuels by deep desulfurization and deep hydrogenation, diesel fuel additives, diesel engine emissions, emission reduction by fuel processing and exhaust gas treatments, and alternative diesel fuels.

It is intended to cover both the fundamental principles and the current status of the art, so that not only the experts but also the beginning researchers and graduate students can appreciate the technical contents of the book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Introduction to Chemistry of Diesel Fuels. Chunshan Song

Chapter 2. Molecular Characterization of Diesel Fuels Using Modern Analytical Techniques. C. S. Hsu, G. J. Dechert, D. J. Abbott, M. W. Genowitz and R. Barbour

Chapter 3. Rapid Detailed Analysis of Transportation Fuels by GC-FIMS. Ripudaman Malhotra, Michael J. Coggiola, Steve E. Young, Charles A. Spindt, Chang S. Hsu, Gary J. Dechert, Parviz M. Rahimi and Yevgenia Briker

Chapter 4. Catalytic Cracking of C6-C16 Paraffins and Cycloparaffins over a Mesoporous Zeolite -Unstacked H-MCM-22 Isao Mochida, Teruyuki Nagayoshi, Seiichiro Eguchi, Kinya Sakanishi, and D. Duayne Whitehurst

Chapter 5. The Use of Hydrocracking Process To Produce High Quality Diesel Oil from Brazil`s High Nitrogen Feedstocks Donizeti Aurelio Silva Belato, Maria Regina Rezende Oddone and Raissa Maria Cotta Ferreira da Silva

Chapter 6. H2S and Aromatic Effects on Hydrodesulfurization of Dibenzothiophenes over CoMo/C Catalyst Hamdy Farag, Isao Mochida and Kinya Sakanishi

Chapter 7. Novel Mesoporous Co-Mo/MCM-41 Catalysts for Deep Hydrodesulfurization of Diesel Fuels Chunshan Song, K. Madhusudan Reddy, Heather Leta, Muneyoshi Yamada and Naoto Koizumi

Chapter 8. Performance of Mo Catalysts Supported on TiO2-Based Binary Supports for Distillate Fuel Hydroprocessing G. Murali Dhar, Mohan S. Rana, S. K. Maity, B. N. Srinivas, and T. S. R. Prasada Rao

Chapter 9. Preparation of Surfactants from a Product of Diesel Fuel Biodesulfurization Elaine A. Lange and Qun Lin

Chapter 10. Synthesis of Low Nitrogen Cetane Improvers from the Nitration of Renewable Feedstocks Mark H. Mason, Christopher Yan, Zhi Chen, Rajan Aggarwal, Joseph A. Heppert, and Galen J. Suppes

Chapter 11. The Effect of Dimethoxy Methane Fuel Additive on Particle Emissions from a Light Duty Diesel Vehicle Richard E. Chase, M. Matti Maricq, Edward W. Kaiser, Diane H. Podsiadlik, and Walter O. Siegl

Chapter 12. The Role of Hydrocarbon Reductant in Metal Loaded Zeolite DeNOx Catalysis Noline C. Clark, Jon A. Rau, Kevin C. Ott, and Mark T. Paffett

Chapter 13. Distribution of PAHs in Burn Residue and Soot Samples and Differentiation of Pyrogenic and Petrogenic PAHs. The 1994 and 1997 Mobile Burn Study Zhendi Wang, M. Fingas, M. Landriault, L. Sigouin, and P. Lambert

Chapter 14. The Use of Oxygenated Diesel Fuels for Reduction of Particulate Emissions from a Single-Cylinder Indirect Injection Engine Howard S. Hess, Melissa A. Roan, Sumeet Bhalla, Suchada Butnark, Vlad Zarnescu, Andre L. Boehman, Peter J.A. Tijm and Francis J. Waller

Chapter 15. Catalytic Activity of Alkali Metal Salts Supported on Perovskite Type Oxide for Carbonaceous Materials Combustion Isao Mochida, Tatsuro Miyazaki and Kinya Sakanishi

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Chemistry of Diesel Fuels
Edited by Chunshan SONG, Chang S. HSU, and Isao MOCHIDA

Taylor & Francis, New York, 2000, 294 pp.
ISBN 1-56032-845-2

Book price: $125
 

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Re: Premium Diesel Fuel Encyclopedia -> Ric\'s Anthesis

Quote:

"Because diesel engines are inherently more thermally-efficient than gasoline engines, it is expected that diesel demand and utilization will increase more in the next few decades in the 21st century."

Don't know is America's heavily dependant transporation industry can survive and wait a "few decades" more. Unfortunately, it's going to take a big wakeup call of some sorts before the virtues of "diesel engines are [truly accepted as] inherently more thermally-efficient than gasoline engines."

American's are stubborn to change, just like their rejection of the metric system 30 years ago.
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Turbo Steve:
American's are stubborn to change......<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

......Which is precisely why US automobile technology has been log-jammed in a 20-year old timewarp and why the American consumer is faced with such a disgraceful REAL choice of vehicles, and why ever-poorer diesel quality has become "accepted".

The massive Trade Protectionism which exists (masquerading hypocritically as "Safety and Environmental" concerns) against imports merely exacerbates the problem.

Used vehicles can only be imported when they are 25+ years old, so, apart from the handful of Foreign manufacturers who have gone through all the hoops and enormous costs of having new vehicles approved for importation, the US customer who never leaves US shores never even has an opportunity of seeing what IS on offer elsewhere in the world (and there's an awful lot on offer...!).
 
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hehe, you can be anything AND way ahead of the curve at the same time, simply drive a TDI
 
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Re: Premium Diesel Fuel Encyclopedia -> Ric\'s Anthesis

JeffT, I knew you'd fail that easy Refining 101 course, so here is some more information for you:




Guess What?

NO TWO DIESEL FUELS ANYWHERE ARE THE SAME


The simple reason for this is that all diesel fuels are not simply ONE product as the dream you have had in your mind all this time, instead, all diesel fuels are BLENDS of various DIFFERENT products as they come out of the refinery.

LOL


EVERY DIESEL IS DIFFERENT, AND NONE ARE THE SAME
 
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The ONLY diesel fuels that are NOT DIFFERENT all the time due to blending of various stocks are the specialty diesel fuels -> AMOCO, TOSCO, & PHILLIPS. Purchasing these fuels guarantees that you receive a special refined product, not a blend of a mix of unknown products.
 

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Re: Premium Diesel Fuel Encyclopedia -> Ric\'s Anthesis

Fear of the unknown is a mental, rather than physical issue.


Just like VW's irrational fear of U.S. diesel fuel, during the Lupo around-the-world trip.


[ July 09, 2001: Message edited by: Ric Woodruff ]
 

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Re: Premium Diesel Fuel Encyclopedia -> Ric\'s Anthesis

Ric, VWAG's "irrational" fear of U.S. diesel fuel is entirely justified. The Lupo required a couple of support vans carrying German-spec diesel fuel to accompany it around the world. Here is the story: http://www.lupo80days.com/route_en.html
When you open this site, click on day 38, then of "journal" and "pictures". You yourself admit to having one bad tank of fuel in 20 or so years of driving diesels, and VWAG also had a bad tank of native Texas diesel fuel that damaged one of their vans. (Diesel "fuel" consisting largely of muddy sludge: check out the pictures.)
 
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Ric fully qualifies for one of the first diploma's with a Negative IQ.


he is so dumb as to be virtually untreatable!
 

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some remarks: The reason they used their own fuel was imho some sort of marketing hype as they wanted to boost shell diesel sales and prove their "outstanding quality". They advertised it EVERYWHERE. They are trying to make s.o. believe that brand name diesel is better than off brand. Unfortunately the fuel tankers here are generally white and not branded except a 1m x 1m EXCHANGEABLE brand sign - Therefore i dont see the reason to buy brand name fuel. I use offbrand stations in 95% of all cases and i havent had any fuel related problems.
The reason the support vans broke down was water in the fuel. It´s VW´s own fault that they hadnt installed their water alarm - it was cancelled in the early ´90ies and i´m considering to retrofit one as i´m often refuelling in the czech republic.

I honestly belive that the 3l Lupo would running good on NA diesel as the lubricity issue isnt that important for the PD engine.

BTW Volkswagen doesnt sell diesel vans in the US afaik too and they obviously run on NA fuel (not water)!

[ July 09, 2001: Message edited by: dieselkraft ]
 
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Roland, there is alot more to it than that. Sure there is indeed a VW-Shell Marketing pact, however, the truth of the matter is virtually ALL European diesel fuel is better than anything over here for a large number of reasons.

One of the most spectacular is that all Euro crude is extremely low in sulfur to begin with, overhere all we get is the bottom of the barrel rot-gut sour crude high in every form of crap imaginable which is very difficult to refine compared to the crude oil used by European refiners.


Suffice it to say, diesel fuel here basically sux, but the majority of dumb Americans are happy to suck it.
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dieselkraft:
I use offbrand stations in 95% of all cases and i havent had any fuel related problems.
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It is highly unlikely you ever will. In the 3+ years I have been visiting this site on a regular basis, I have yet to hear a report of a fuel related problem, other than a few rare cases of fuel gelling - that's it.



One MUST keep things in perspective!!!

[ July 09, 2001: Message edited by: Ric Woodruff ]
 
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hehe, you forgot the perspective that Roland is in Germany while you are in the crappy USA!


Why is Diesel non-existent in the USA and so insignificant in Japan?

- In the USA, energy savings are not encouraged through taxation. The difference in savings between a gasoline-powered vehicle and a Diesel-powered vehicle is not enough to justify an individual's purchase of a Diesel automobile. Furthermore, the quality of Diesel Fuel is so much better in Europe than in the United States of America (specifically, a cetane rating of 50 vs. 40 a 25% difference).
- Light-duty Diesel-powered vehicles are more developed in Japan than in the USA. However, Diesel engines remain limited by the low mean mileage of individual Japanese users.
- However, these two countries are becoming more interested in the Diesel engine because of its good fuel efficiency.
(1) - Jean-Claude GUIBET (French Petroleum Institutes), Carburants et Moteurs, éditions TECHNIP.
 

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Ric:

I lived in Augsburg, Germany for 3 1/2 years before retiring from the service. Almost all their diesel is of high quality and their engines smoke a lot less over there than our OTR's do in North America. Their diesel is much better than ours - bar none! And yes, I grew up as a diesel mechanic servicing and driving dumptrucks, caterpillars, and etc..., using crappy U.S. fuel. Later I noticed a big difference in the quality of fuel in Germany.

I purchased, drove, and bought / sold several dozen diesel cars over there to make some money on the side - buying perhaps a few thousand gallons of European fuel during that time.

Question: How many gallons of European diesel have you purchased or used?
How much experience do you have with European fuel? None! (thought so!)


The quality of fuel in Germany was and still is much higher - and - I mention this from first-hand experience!

Conversely, you have zero experience to use and it shows in your nonmaintenance practices which you love to brag about because they get attention to feed a bottom-feeding low-ego!

Those living the comfy life in the U.S. are talking out the side of their mouth; they are only speaking from their lack of experience as they keep their heads in the sand of ignorance.


SkyPup:

Many thanks for sharing numerous threads and years of reseach with members of the Forum. Your technical expertise and analysis has opened our eyes a little wider when it comes to diesel fuel and engine modifications.


Conversely, it's too bad a few folks continue to keep their heads in the sands of shortsightedness and pretend they don't know better when they actually do - misleading many folks along the way and creating a lot of extra work for leaders on the Forum to straighten out.


Keep up the good work as a valuable major asset to Fred's excellent Forum!


Ric:

You're in the wrong section again, causing every thread you click on to go south in a hurry!


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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Turbo Steve:
[QB]Ric:

......Those living the comfy life in the U.S. are talking out the side of their mouth....
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Well said, TS!

Actually, I thought it was another orifice out of which they were talking.....

On second thoughts, that can't be right 'cos they can't talk out of that one when their head's already stuck in it!!!

Nice to see you back on form, TS, and thanks to you and SP for all your valued contributions.

At least some of us keep on hammering at the "Crappy US diesel" problem instead of stoically accepting third-rate standards and denying that a problem even exists.
 

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Actually, I haven't seen any smoking from any of the new trucks and buses. They all must have excellent computer-controlled engines as we do. It's quite the phenomenon as far as I'm concerned.
 

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Velvet - good point.

However it proves the fact that fuel quality matters to teh design of the engine.

The newest engines are designed to run on the crappy N.A. fuel. Our engines are desinged to run on 49+ cetane low sulfur fuel.

and Fuel problems - such as ANY SMOKE in a NON Chipped TDI is the biggest example of fuel problems - that and clogged manifolds.

How many have we cleaned so far? TONS all due to crappy fuel. Cars with good fuel don't gum up the intake manifold.

80,000 miles on mine now - manifold is still looking great. I have some smoke now but I am also Upsoluted. Before Upsolute zero smoke even at WOT - now just smoke at WOT - which actually went away almost completely runnign about 50% BioDiesel.

So yall fuel dummies - keep talk if you want -but the only reason I can think that you would never notice it is that you can't decern the nuances of the engine's operation enough to notice smoother or more powerful. Drive without the radio on roll up the windows and turn the fan off - listen to the car! It will tell you lots more than you think possible.
 
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YO Velvet
The large displacement turbodiesels in buses and truck and cranes and earthmovers all cost more per engine that a couple of entire TDIs do. Plus they are designed specifically to run on crap USA diesel too.

The displacement of most high speed turbodiesel passenger cars is about 500cc per cylinder or a little less. This is simply OUT of the category that you are talking about. The distance from the injector to the cylinder wall is way way way less.

Not to mention, almost all city buses throughout the USA run the HIGHEST GRADE DIESEL FUELS AVAILABLE, which we have no acess to for our TDIs.

Kinda makes you think doesn't it?
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SkyPup:

Not to mention, almost all city buses throughout the USA run the HIGHEST GRADE DIESEL FUELS AVAILABLE, which we have no acess to for our TDIs.

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That is the most totally bogus statement I have ever heard uttered by SP. City buses use plain 'ol ordinary diesel fuel just like everyone else on the planet.

Do you make this crap up as you go along SP???
 
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Boy you are really out of it Ricster, time for another good wipe to clean yourself up. Be sure to let us know when you do have something to contribute besides your imagination.

Ric's only knowledge about diesel fuel quality is the size of the Big Gulp Slurpies he gets whenever he pulls into the Piggly Wiggly for a fill up, which is usually every other hour.

His main beef with VW is they did not build a cup holder big enough to contain his monster 55 ounce Big Gulp Sloppy Slurrpy.

[ July 10, 2001: Message edited by: SkyPup ]
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SkyPup:
Boy you are really out of it Ricster, time for another good wipe to clean yourself up. Be sure to let us know when you do have something to contribute besides your imagination.

Ric's only knowledge about diesel fuel quality is the size of the Big Gulp Slurpies he gets whenever he pulls into the Piggly Wiggly for a fill up, which is usually every other hour.

His main beef with VW is they did not build a cup holder big enough to contain his monster 55 ounce Big Gulp Sloppy Slurrpy.

[ July 10, 2001: Message edited by: SkyPup ]
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No evidence provided above. The truth is clear.

 

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Re: Premium Diesel Fuel Encyclopedia -> Ric\'s Anthesis

guys,, the reason modern diesels dont smoke is that they have controlled the amount of fuel that you put in the engine at one time.. this is evident if you just bother to look... at the 7.3 series in the ford, cummins in the dodge,,, they all went to direct injection with computer controls... to stay withing a prescribed map....

sound familar?????

and yes you can chip them as well.... oddly enough,, they started doing this in the late 80s being the americans are behind and all..
 
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ric Woodruff:
No evidence provided above. The truth is clear.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

BURP
 

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The city of Orlando used to use a 20% kerosene & 80% diesel fuel blend for their city buses, because the head of Metro Transit thought it was "cleaner burning". The bean counters decided that the city could save $100,000 per year switching to 100% diesel, so they did.

It turns out that the MPG of the buses was down using the kerosene/diesel blend, more fuel was being burned, making the pollution issue a wash.
 
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You need a good wash too!
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SkyPup:
You need a good wash too!
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Nah, I use the pool nearly daily, so I haven't washed in months (wash my hair poolside periodically, though).
 
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