Heavy Fuel oil turbines?
Heavy Fuel oil turbines?
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Anyone know at what stage the investigation of heavy fuel oil turbines is, and what "heavy" means in this context?
A couple of years back I advised on a viscometer for the heavy fuel oil heater control for a high speed ferry that was going to switch to IF30 (30cSt at 50[deg]C) for its turbines. Why? because it would save $5,000 a day in fuel costs. I don't know the outcome of this nor what is the current state of development so if anyone knows, please let me know.
Also, what are the likely problems, in your experience.
A couple of years back I advised on a viscometer for the heavy fuel oil heater control for a high speed ferry that was going to switch to IF30 (30cSt at 50[deg]C) for its turbines. Why? because it would save $5,000 a day in fuel costs. I don't know the outcome of this nor what is the current state of development so if anyone knows, please let me know.
Also, what are the likely problems, in your experience.





RE: Heavy Fuel oil turbines?
RE: Heavy Fuel oil turbines?
A fuel additive binds vanadium into some kind of a solid at gas turbine operating temperatures. Turbotech or something is the vendor.
Once you choose an additive you have to be careful. Heavy oils from different oil fields have different amounts of vanadium.
It is usually the parrafin that makes heavy fuels turn solid. If your heavy fuel has alot of parrafin be careful with turbine trips. Will you have to dismantle and clean wax out of pipes and parts to restart? Can piping be flushed or kept heated?
A refinery that uses oils from the same fields usually produces the same heavy fuels. hopefully you can get a consistant source.
I like turbines