Smoke Point Determination of Kerosene and Aviation Turbine Fuel Using an Automated Method

Published by	Publication Date	Number of Pages
UOP	03/01/2013	6

Category: UOP

Description

UOP 1000 – Smoke Point Determination of Kerosene and Aviation Turbine Fuel Using an Automated Method

This method is for determining the smoke point of kerosene and aviation turbine fuel utilizing an automated instrument with a camera capable of digitalizing the flame image. Smoke point is defined as the maximum height, in millimeters, of a smokeless flame of fuel burned in a wick-fed lamp of specified design. In general, higher aromatic concentration of a fuel will produce a shorter flame height, while low aromatic concentration will produce a higher flame height with lower smokeproducing tendency. The automated method demonstrates improved precision and removes analyst subjectivity of visually observing flame height by manual smoke point methods.