scholarly journals Chemical Composition and Low-Temperature Fluidity Properties of Jet Fuels

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1184
Author(s):  
Alirio Benavides ◽  
Pedro Benjumea ◽  
Farid Cortés ◽  
Marco Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Jet Fuels ◽  
Weight Percentage ◽  
Compositional Approach ◽  
Composition Property ◽  
Crystallization Onset

The physicochemical properties of petroleum-derived jet fuels mainly depend on their chemical composition, which can vary from sample to sample as a result of the diversity of the crude diet processed by the refinery. Jet fuels are exposed to very low temperatures both at altitude and on the ground in places subject to extreme climates and must be able to maintain their fluidity at these low temperatures otherwise the flow of fuel to turbine engines will be reduced or even stopped. In this work, an experimental evaluation of the effect of chemical composition on low-temperature fluidity properties of jet fuels (freezing point, crystallization onset temperature and viscosity at −20 °C) was carried out. Initially, a methodology based on gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC–MS) was adapted to determine the composition of 70 samples of Jet A1 and Jet A fuels. This methodology allowed quantifying the content, in weight percentage, of five main families of hydrocarbons: paraffinic, naphthenic, aromatic, naphthalene derivatives, and tetralin- and indane-derived compounds. Fuel components were also grouped into 11 classes depending on structural characteristics and the number of carbon atoms in the compound. The latter compositional approach allowed obtaining more precise model regressions for predicting the composition–property dependence and identifying individual components or hydrocarbon classes contributing to increased or decreased property values.

Low Temperature Characteristics of Elastomers

1948 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-111
Author(s):  
S. D. Gehman ◽  
D. E. Woodford ◽  
C. S. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Butyl Rubber ◽  
Dry Ice ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Critical Measure ◽  
Cold Room ◽  
High Elasticity

Abstract The low temperature stiffening of elastomers frequently limits their usefulness. A new laboratory test for measuring their stiffness at low temperatures is described. Strips of the stocks to be tested are mounted around a cylindrical rack in a vertical, cylindrical insulated chamber. The temperature in the chamber is controlled by cooling the base externally with dry ice and by a moderate regulated flow of precooled air through dry ice in the bottom of the chamber. This system gives stable temperatures which are easily controlled. The chamber can be rotated to attach the samples in succession, by means of projecting top grips, to a suitably mounted torsion wire. The stiffness is measured by the angle of twist of the sample when the torsion head is rotated 180°. The relative modulus for any temperature is calculated as the ratio of the modulus at this temperature to that at 25° C. Plots of angle of twist against temperature show a rather sharp break at the low temperature end of the curve. This determines a somewhat subjective “freezing point”. Curves are given to illustrate the wide variety of low temperature stiffening characteristics for elastomers. In unplasticized stocks the chemical composition of the monomers is the dominating factor for these properties for various synthetic rubbers. The stiffness of elastomers which are capable of crystallization on stretching, such as Hevea, Neoprene, and Butyl rubber, depends not only on temperature but also on time of exposure. To study these effects, the foregoing apparatus was used in a cold room. A rather long induction period occurs, during which the stiffness is essentially constant. It then increases and eventually reaches a larger constant value. Several months may be required to complete these changes. x-Ray examination of Hevea and Butyl proved that the increased stiffness on long exposure is due to crystallization. No change was observed in the stiffness of GR-S in the period of 2.5 months at − 30° C. Reduction in the speed of retraction is a critical measure of the deterioration of high elasticity at low temperatures. It gives a wide differeniation at moderately low temperatures between Butyl rubber and Hevea or GR-S, whereas a slow modulus test does not.

FEC-LiTFSI-Pyr1ATFSI Ionic Liquid Electrolyte to Improve Low Temperature Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries

2014 ◽  
Vol 986-987 ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
Xiao Xue Zhang ◽  
Zhen Feng Wang ◽  
Cui Hua Li ◽  
Jian Hong Liu ◽  
Qian Ling Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Liquid Electrolyte ◽  
Capacity Retention ◽  
Composite Electrolyte ◽  
Ionic Liquid Electrolyte ◽  
Fluoroethylene Carbonate

N-methyl-N-allylpyrrolidinium bis (trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide (PYR1ATFSI) with substantial supercooling behavior is synthesized to develop low temperature electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries. Additive fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) in LiTFSI/PYR1ATFSI/EC/PC/EMC is found that it can reduce the freezing point. LiFePO4/Li coin cells with the FEC-PYR1ATFSI electrolyte exhibit good capacity retention, reversible cycling behavior at low temperatures. The good performance can be attributed to the decrease in the freezing point and the polarization of the composite electrolyte.

The Thermal Deformation of Cement-Based Material at Low Temperatures

2014 ◽  
Vol 1081 ◽  
pp. 279-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Juan Liao ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Wen Zhan Ji
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Cement Paste ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Thermal Deformation ◽  
Pore Solution ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Bulk Solution ◽  
Hardened Cement ◽  
Hardened Cement Paste ◽  
Cement Based Materials

Thermal deformation of concrete at low temperature expands from-20°C to-50°C and contracts from-30°C to-10°C. Based on previous studies, the paper tries to explain the deformaion trend by analyzing freezing point of bulk solution and pore solution in saturated hardened cement paste. The result shows that it is critical to thermal deformation of cement-based materials at low temperature that pore solution in the pores smaller than 8 nm freezes.

Sublimation in a Wilson chamber

1947 ◽  
Vol 190 (1020) ◽  
pp. 137-143 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Water Vapour ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Ice Crystals ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Water Droplets ◽  
Liquid Drops ◽  
Ice Particles ◽  
Series Of Experiments

About fifty years ago Professor C. T. R. Wilson began a classical series of experiments (Wilson 1895 to 1933) on the condensation of water vapour in both dust-free and ordinary air. The only reference to ice throughout that work is as follows (Wilson 1897 c , p. 299): ‘It is assumed here that the cloud-particles are actually liquid drops and not ice crystals, in spite of the fact that the condensation begins at temperatures much below the freezing-point and that the temperature when the particles are fully grown is, as we shall see, also slightly below the freezing-point.’ In the present paper experiments are described in which the final temperatures after expansion are much lower. These confirm that down to surprisingly low temperatures only liquid water droplets are formed, but they show that after a threshold low temperature is passed ice particles begin to be formed. These ice particles are not formed by the freezing of water droplets but by the direct sublimation of water vapour to ice crystals, and the process has some essential differences from the condensation of water vapour at higher temperatures. The experiments also indicate that in ordinary outdoor air there are no sublimation nuclei on which the ice crystals form when the air is supersaturated at temperatures between 0 and — 32° C.

Fluorinated carboxylate ester-based electrolyte for lithium ion batteries operated at low temperature

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (67) ◽  
pp. 9640-9643
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Panlong Li ◽  
Nan Wang ◽  
Zhong Fang ◽  
Congxiao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Solvation Energy ◽  
Fluorinated Electrolyte

A novel fluorinated electrolyte is formulated with low freezing point and solvation energy, realizing high performance batteries that operate at low temperatures.

In situ Tensile Experiments at Low Temperatures on Niobium Single Crystals by H.V.E.M.

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 58-59
Author(s):  
F. H. Louchet ◽  
L. P. Kubin
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Slip System ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Tensile Axis ◽  
Image Intensifier ◽  
Screw Dislocations ◽  
Source Operation

Experiments have been carried out on the 3 MeV electron microscope in Toulouse. The low temperature straining holder has been previously described Images given by an image intensifier are recorded on magnetic tape.The microtensile niobium samples are cut in a plane with the two operative slip directions [111] and lying in the foil plane. The tensile axis is near [011].Our results concern:- The transition temperature of niobium near 220 K: at this temperature and below an increasing difference appears between the mobilities of the screw and edge portions of dislocations loops. Source operation and interactions between screw dislocations of different slip system have been recorded.

Survival of mouse blastocysts after low-temperature preservation under high pressure

2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cs. Pribenszky ◽  
M. Molnár ◽  
S. Cseh ◽  
L. Solti
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
High Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Embryo Cryopreservation ◽  
Subzero Temperatures ◽  
Survival Capacity

Cryoinjuries are almost inevitable during the freezing of embryos. The present study examines the possibility of using high hydrostatic pressure to reduce substantially the freezing point of the embryo-holding solution, in order to preserve embryos at subzero temperatures, thus avoiding all the disadvantages of freezing. The pressure of 210 MPa lowers the phase transition temperature of water to -21°C. According to the results of this study, embryos can survive in high hydrostatic pressure environment at room temperature; the time embryos spend under pressure without significant loss in their survival could be lengthened by gradual decompression. Pressurisation at 0°C significantly reduced the survival capacity of the embryos; gradual decompression had no beneficial effect on survival at that stage. Based on the findings, the use of the phenomena is not applicable in this form, since pressure and low temperature together proved to be lethal to the embryos in these experiments. The application of hydrostatic pressure in embryo cryopreservation requires more detailed research, although the experience gained in this study can be applied usefully in different circumstances.

INVAR M93

Alloy Digest ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Bend Strength ◽  
Temperature Performance ◽  
Ni Content ◽  
Precision Alloys ◽  
Ni Alloy

Abstract Invar is an Fe-Ni alloy with 36% Ni content that exhibits the lowest expansion of known metals from very low temperatures up to approximately 230 deg C (445 deg F). Invar M93 is a cryogenic Invar with improved weldability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear and bend strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on low temperature performance as well as forming and joining. Filing Code: FE-143. Producer or source: Metalimphy Precision Alloys.

Rate Dependent Constitutive Equations of Cyclic Softening

1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 653-665
Author(s):  
J. S. Mshana ◽  
A. S. Krausz
Keyword(s):  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Constitutive Equations ◽  
Strain Softening ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Cyclic Strain ◽  
Cyclic Stress ◽  
Cyclic Softening ◽  
Stress Softening

Constitutive equations of cyclic strain and stress softening for materials with low internal stress levels are derived from the rate theory. The study shows that over the high stress and low temperature range where the description of plastic flow in cyclic softening can be approximated with activation over a single energy barrier, cyclic strain softening is well related to stress relaxation process while cyclic stress softening is related to creep process. The material structural characteristics for cyclic strain softening, cyclic stress softening and stress relaxation are identical. Subsequently, it is shown that cyclic stress and strain softening within the high stress and low temperature range can be evaluated from the constitutive equations using the material structural characteristics measured from a simple stress relaxation test.

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