The addition of FTC to distillate fuel at the recommended ratio of 1:1600 will not alter fuel specification. As a check, Fuel Technology requested BHP Petroleum Laboratory at Mulgrave in Victoria to analyse two samples of distillate drawn from the same source. Sample A was analysed as received, Sample B was treated with FTC at a ratio of 1:1600.

The results obtained for both samples all fall within the repeatability limits of each test, confirming that addition of FTC to the fuel has not given rise to any observable changes in the properties of the fuel.

Sample A

Sample B

ASTM D976-80

Calculated Cetane Index

ASTM D86-82

Initial boiling point

° C

 5% recovered

° C

10% recovered

° C

20% recovered

° C

30% recovered

° C

40% recovered

° C

50% recovered

° C

60% recovered

° C

70% recovered

° C

80% recovered

° C

90% recovered

° C

95% recovered

° C

Final boiling point

° C

Recovered

%

Residue

%

Loss

%

ASTM D2500-81

Cloud point

° C

IP 336/81

Total sulphur

Wt %

ASTM D130-83

Temperature of test

° C

Duration of test

Hours

Copper strip corrosion

ASTM D524-81

Ramsbottom carbon residue

Wt %

Conradson carbon residue

Wt %

ASTM D1796-83

Sediment and water

Vol %

ASTM D93-85

Flash temperature

° C

IP 216/85

Total contamination (0.8 µ)

mg/L

Non-combustible contaminant

mg/L

Volume sample used

mL

ASTM D445-83

Viscosity at 37.8° C

cSt