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Electrification of petroleum fuels

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  1. 1.

    The volumetric charge density in the flow of a fuel, within certain limits, is linearly dependent on its specific volumetric resistance.These limits vary depending on the flow rate.

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    For a fuel with a low conductivity, the current force for the electrification of a turbulent flow in a pipeline of great (more precisely, infinite) length is proportional to the flow rate to the 1.875 power.

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    The current force for the electrification of the turbulent flow of a fuel is proportional to the diameter of the pipeline to the 0.875 power. With an increase in the length of the pipeline, within known limits, it increases.

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    The theory of Kosman and Gavis [1] describes correctly the process of the electrification of petroleum products with their turbulent flow in pipelines; however, it does not take account of various charge carriers in industrial petroleum products, as a result of which it yields too low a value of the current strength for the electrification of the flow of petroleum fuels.

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  1. I. M. Gubkin Moscow Institute of the Petrochemical and Gas Industry, USSR

    V. N. Egorov

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Translated from Khimiya i Tekhnologiya Topliv i Masel, No. 4, pp. 20–25, April, 1970.

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Egorov, V.N. Electrification of petroleum fuels. Chem Technol Fuels Oils 6, 260–266 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00723571

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