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Original Experimental Approach for Assessing Transport Fuel Stability
Published on: October 21, 2016
Implementation of direct LSC method for diesel samples on the fuel market
Romana Krištof1, Marko Hirsch2, Jasmina Kožar Logar3
1AMES d.o.o., Brezovica pri Ljubljani, Slovenia; Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Abstract:
The European Union develops common EU policy and strategy on biofuels and sustainable bio-economy through several documents. The encouragement of biofuel's consumption is therefore the obligation of each EU member state. The situation in Slovenian fuel market is presented and compared with other EU countries in the frame of prescribed values from EU directives. Diesel is the most common fuel for transportation needs in Slovenia. The study was therefore performed on diesel. The sampling net was determined in accordance with the fuel consumption statistics of the country. 75 Sampling points were located on different types of roads. The quantity of bio-component in diesel samples was determined by direct LSC method through measurement of C-14 content. The measured values were in the range from 0 up to nearly 6 mass percentage of bio-component in fuel. The method has proved to be appropriate, suitable and effective for studies on the real fuel market.
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