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Incorporation of upto 5-20% water in Fuel Oils such
as diesel and furnace oil is known to improve the fuel
efficiency and reduce pollution. Both the particulate
matter and the nitrogen oxide in the exhaust are considerably
reduced. Although the concept is known since the turn
of last Century, the Technologies have been developed
and commercialized in the West in the last 2-3 years.
Some American Companies have already entered this Country
and are operating such plants.
MAMKO have studied the system and, developed Water/Fuel
Oil Emulsion Technology, to meet this objective. The
water incorporation in Fuel Oils is effected by a process
called emulsification. It is the emulsification of water
droplets into the fuel oil. The key to achieving maximum
efficiency is to produce droplets as small as possible.
Here we offer the technology for Fuel Oil such as Furnace
Oil and LDO.
The Emulsification may be implemented at any one of
the following three stages; namely :
(a) At Consumption Stage
Here the oil is emulsified just before the use that
is just before the entry to the Boiler or a Diesel Engine
as the case may be.
(b) At Buffer Stage
Generally there is a buffer storage where the material
is stored before the use. For example, when a Truck
driver fills his tank at a Petrol Pump his tank is his
buffer storage. Also a boiler operator stores his fuel
in a tank and uses it as and when the boiler is fired.
The storage tank is a buffer storage. In these cases
emulsification may be carried out at the time of filling
the buffer storage tank.
(c) At Manufacturing Stage
Here the emulsification may be carried out at the Refining
center prior to the distribution of the Fuel after the
refining of the given fraction. There is a fundamental
difference in the final products in the above cases.
All f them differ in the requirement of the period for
which Emulsion should be stable. The following Table
gives the figures.
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Emulsification
Stage
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Required
Physical stability period for the product
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At Consumption stage |
Less than a minute. |
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At Buffer stage |
1 to 7 Days. |
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Manufacturing stage |
2-5 Years. |
Definite
Advantages of this Technology are :
- Improved atomization
- Improved carbon
burnout
- Lower SO3 formation
- Lower V205 formation
- Reduced back-end
fouling
- Reduced back-end
corrosion
- Elimination of
fireside additives
- Lower particulate
- Lower Nox lower
02
- Shorter flame length
- Reduced flame impingement
- Improved heat transfer
- Reduced soot blowing
- Reduced acid mist
- Reduced boiler
maintenance including downtime.
Mamko
offers both the Technology and the Equipment/System.
Mamko requires the following data to give you a proposal.
(1) Selection of Implementation stage (as noted above)
and storage period.
(2) Conversion Capacity (ton per hr).
(3) Choice of Fuel Oil with physical data.
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