What is BS EN 16715 - Determination of ignition delay of fuels about?
Petroleum is a fossil fuel, it is a naturally occurring liquid, and is found beneath the earth's surface. It can be refined into fuel, and used for combustion, and energy production.
BS EN 16715 specifies a test method for the quantitative determination of ignition, and combustion delays of middle distillate fuels intended for use in compression ignition engines. The method utilizes a constant volume combustion chamber with direct fuel injection into heated, compressed synthetic air. A dynamic pressure wave is produced from the combustion of the product under test.
BS EN 16715 is applicable to middle distillate fuels, fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), and blends of diesel fuels, and FAME. BS EN 16715 is also applicable to middle distillate fuels of non-petroleum origin, oil-sands based fuels, blends of fuel containing biodiesel material, diesel fuel oils containing cetane number improver additives, and low-sulfur diesel fuel oils. However, users applying BS EN 16715 guidelines, and methods especially to unconventional distillate fuels are warned that the relationship between derived cetane number, and combustion behaviour in real engines is not yet fully understood.
BS EN 16715 covers the ignition delay range from 2,47 ms to 4,09 ms, and combustion delay from 3,71 ms to 6,74 ms (67 DCN to 39 DCN).
Who is BS EN 16715 - Determination of ignition delay of fuels for?
BS EN 16715 determination of ignition delay of fuels is useful for:
- Agricultural sector
- Transport industry
- Power plants
- Chemical industries
Why should you use BS EN 16715 - Determination of ignition delay of fuels?
BS EN 16715 provides you with guidelines for apparatus assembly, installation, and preparation of the apparatus, along with standard operating, and test conditions which are used to determine the delay of ignition. BS EN 16715 also provides the guidelines for calibration, verification, and quality control.
BS EN 16715 provides you with an equation which is used to calculate the derived cetane number (DCN) from the ignition, and combustion delays which is determined from the dynamic pressure curve. This facilitates the determination of ignition delay of middle distillate fuels.
