Syncrude Canada Ltd.’s Edmonton Research Center has developed a new cetane index (CI), using laboratory data from 306 middle distillates obtained from various pilot and commercial plants that upgrade ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - July 02, 2013) - PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, recently released its latest version of ...

Metrohm provides a turnkey solution for quality control of diesel using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). This solution is based on a pre-calibration model and a dedicated spectral database, and ...

An investigation of the effect of cetane improvers on diesel cetane number showed that diesel fuels have a low sensitivity to the additives. Hydrotreated straight-run gas oils from Ural crudes, and ...

My car handbook (Verso 1.6D-4D) recommends using diesel with a cetane rating of "48 or higher". Whereas petrol fuels detail their octane rating, I am struggling to find any cetane details for diesel - ...

A quantitative model was developed for each parameter. Cetane index: For the cetane index, reference values were given for 65 of the 71 samples. These values remained in the range of 39.7 to 57.2, and ...

Three new predictive equations for cetane number have been developed.Each of these equations is shown to be superior to the current cetane index equation (ASTM D 976-80) for a large fuel data base.One ...