Diffusion Coefficients of UAE Gasoline As Inputs To Some Environmental Transport or Risk Assessment
Diffusion Coefficients of UAE Gasoline As Inputs To Some Environmental Transport or Risk Assessment
1, January 2013
(L-Lo) (L-Lo+2Lo) =
Rearranging to solve for
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
+
versus (L-Lo), then:
=
Considering the evaporation of the liquid:
=
Thus
=
DOI: 10.7763/JOCET.2013.V1.12
I.
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C. Experimental Work
Partially fill the capillary tube with gasoline and remove
top nut from metal fitting. Connect flexible air tube to one
end of the T piece. With the microscope set up, adjust the
object lens. Adjust the vertical height of the microscope
until the capillary tube is visible. If it is not visible, adjust
the distance from the object lens to the tank until it is.
Switch on air pump (Airflow should only be low velocity
across the capillary tube and can be adjusted using the
Hoffman clip on the flexible tube). Record the level inside
the capillary tube. Switch on temperature controlled water
bath (adjust set point on controller to 50 and obtain a
steady temperature.
II. METHODOLOGY
A. Material
Three brands of gasoline were used with the properties
shown in Table I.
TABLE I: GASOLINE SPECIFICATIONS
ASTM
E+
Special
Property
method
( 91)
( 95)
Clear
Clear
and
Appearance
Visual
and
bright
bright
ASTM D
0.710.71Density at 15 oC.kg/l
1298
0.77
0.79
The graphs of
Max 65
Max 65
Max 70
50%
77-115
77 -115
77 -115
End point
Residue, vol.%
ASTM D
2699
ASTM D
2700
Max
180
Max
215
Max.
2.0
Max
180
max
205
Max
2.0
Max 215
Min 91
Min 95
Min 98
Min 83
Min 85
Min 87
Max 180
Max. 2.0
Reid vapor
[email protected] oC in
summer, kg/cm2
ASTM D
323
Max
0.6
Max 0.6
Max
0.6
Sulfur, ppm by wt
ASTM 1266
Max
100
Max 500
Max
500
Max 40
Max 50
Max 55
Max 10
Max 10
Max 10
Aromatic, vol%
Olefins , vol%
ASTM D
1319
ASTM D
1319/5580
t/(L-Lo) (s/m)
90%
ASTM D 86
10%
1,000,000
900,000
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
y = 6E+07x + 663692
R = 0.76
0.002
0.004
L-Lo(m)
Fig. 2. Gasoline 95 Special Graph of (t/L-Lo) vs. (L-Lo)
1,600,000
1,400,000
t/(L-Lo), (s/m)
Distillation, oC
Super
(98)
Clear
and
bright
0.710.8
B. Apparatus
The gas diffusion apparatus was used as shown in Fig. 1.
The diffusion of a vapor A from a volatile liquid into
another gas B can be conveniently studied by confining a
small sample of the liquid in a narrow vertical tube, and
observing its rate of evaporation into a stream of gas B
passed across the top of the tube. Normally, for simple
instructional purposes, B is air and A is an organic
solvent such as gasoline.
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
y = 2E+08x + 902310
R = 0.6328
400,000
200,000
0
0
0.001
0.002
0.003
L-Lo , (m)
Fig. 3. Gasoline 91 E+ graph of (t/L-Lo) VS. (L-Lo)
50
0.004
IV. CONCLUSION
1,200,000
t/(L-Lo), (s/m)
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
y = 7E+07x + 634042
R = 0.9014
400,000
200,000
0
0
0.002
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
0.004
L-Lo), m
t/(L-Lo), (s/m)
NOMENCLATURE
1400000
1350000
1300000
1250000
1200000
1150000
1100000
1050000
1000000
y = 7E+07x + 1E+06
R = 0.8308
0
0.001
0.002
0.003
0.004
(L-Lo), m
Fig. 5. Mixted brand gasoline graph of ( t/L-Lo) vs. ( L-Lo)
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