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This publication was prepared for Fuel and Marine Marketing LLC (FAMM) by Paula J. Spreutels and Monique B. Vermeire of Heavy Fuels Technology (HFT), located at the Texaco Technology Ghent Research Laboratory in Belgium. HFT does exclusive work for FAMM in the area of fuel technology, with related field support for matters concerning fuel quality issues. HFT is very active in supporting FAMM on various interna- tional fuel technical organizations and at industry seminars. Everything you need to know about marine fuels This document, and more, is available for download at Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net
Table of Contents I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II. Crude oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. How is a crude oil field formed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. Composition and classification of crude oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Crude oil refining and stocks for marine fuel blending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 III. Fuel oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1. Fuel oil applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2. Fuel specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2a. Significance of the marine fuel properties listed in ISO 8217:1996 . . . . . . . . . . 10 2b. Correspondence of specifications and test methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. Test specifications and precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4. Onboard fuel oil treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4a. Conventional cleaning with purifiers/clarifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4b. Advanced computer driven fuel cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5. Fuel oil stability and compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6. Commingling of fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7. Microbiological contamination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8. Fuel contamination in lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9. Used oil in heavy fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Attachment I: Crude oil refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Attachment II: Reproducibility R of marine fuel test methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Attachment III: Gas turbine fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Reference in this brochure to any specific commercial product, process or service, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the reader, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by FAMM. Everything you need to know about marine fuels This document, and more, is available for download at Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net
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