Book Description
THE ONE-STOP GUIDE TO SOLVING FUEL PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS--REVISED AND UPDATED TO MEET TODAY'S CHALLENGES! Here is all you need to solve practically every fuel problem you might face out in the field! Concise, comprehensive, and compact, this guide covers the entire range of fuel performance problems encountered during testing, storage, transportation, delivery, and combustion. Using a hands-on, practical approach and actual field examples to demonstrate concepts, leading petroleum industry expert Kim B. Peyton takes you step-by-step through: * Effective troubleshooting tactics * Test methods and test results * The most common sources of fuel problems * Chemical additive problems * Safetyand hazard management A unique roundup chapter draws together hard-to-find information on chemical storage tanks, fuel filters, flowmeters, metals, plastics, and more. This revised edition contains valuable new material such as: * Detailed sketches of fuel refining units, fuel pumps, and ASTM testing equipment * Time-saving charts describing fuel specifications * Expanded section on testing methods, to include several new tests that can identify and solve fuel performance problems Invaluable to professionals in every area of the petroleum industry--from refinery engineers to research chemists to technical service personnel and service managers--this resource quickly takes you from problem to resolution, saving you time and money. If you are looking for a one-stop answer book to all your fuel performance problems--the search ends here.