When MARPOL Annex VI entered into force in 2005, it marked not only the end of a long struggle by IMO to regulate harmful emissions from international shipping, its entry into force also immediately triggered a review of the regulation with a view to tighten emissions standards established in the original Annex VI. As known to many readers, strict future IMO regulations on NO(x) and SO(x) emissions are agreed. The new regulations which will be implemented in steps from 1. July 2010 towards 2020 will have far reaching implications for marine fuels and diesel engines. In particular, a global limit of 0.5% sulphur is part if the new IMO regulation. Production of residual fuels with 0.5% sulphur is believed to be economically unattractive. This has lead to the description of the global cap of 0.5% S as 'end of heavy fuels' or 'global distillates'. These future distillates are likely to be very different from present distillates, however, and the characteristics of these fuels remain unclear. This paper present data on present day marine distillates and discusses issue relevant to the use of distillate fuels including: Fuel lubricity, Fuel Particle Contamination, Fuel water and microbial contamination, Distillate safety issues, Distribution and quality control, Fuel additives. The paper ends with a discussion on the need for research and strategies for distillate fuels towards 2020.


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    Title :

    Marine distillate fuels specifications - today and tomorrow


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 1 Bild, 1 Tabelle, 11 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Storage medium


    Language :

    English




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