20-80% water-in-diesel emulsion fuel formulations and stability study for duration of two weeks
- Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering University Malaysia Pahang 12, 25000, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
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New surfactant formulations were prepared at FKKSA Lab at University Malaysia Pahang; the formulation consists of synthesized polyol based non-ionic surfactants combined with different concentrations of commercial stabilizers and co surfactants. Six different compositions denoted as Samples (A, B, C, D, E, F) were tested on 20-80% water-in-diesel emulsion fuel samples for duration of fortnights. Results showed that emulsions prepared with formulations C, D, E and F were very stable and showed no water separation for two weeks. Followed by B, which started separation after 13 days and lost 15% of the water, while sample A, which appeared to be the least stable of all, lost 15% of oil in the first day. From these data one can conclude that the samples (C, D, E and F) surfactant formulation could be used as tailored stabilizers for synthesizing diesel based emulsion fuels.
[Souleyman A. Issaka, Abdurahman H. Nour and Rosli M. Yunus (2015); 20-80% water-in-diesel emulsion fuel formulations and stability study for duration of two weeks Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Jul). 1394-1398] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
