Specific Organic Fuels

The pyrotechnic behavior of charcoal may also vary greatly, depending upon the type of wood used to prepare the material. The surface area and extent of conversion to carbon may vary widely from wood to wood and batch to batch, and each preparation must be checked for proper performance.Historically, willow and alder have been the woods preferred for the preparation of charcoal by U.S. black powder manufacturers. Grape vines, eucalyptus, and numerous other carbon-containing materials have also been used elsewhere around the world. 

Larger particles of charcoal in a pyrotechnic mixture will produce attractive orange sparks in the flame, a property that is often used to advantage by the fireworks industry. In this case, they are considered to be an added component that does not participate in the primary pyrotechnic reaction, and are not included in oxygen balance calculations. 

The carbohydrate family consists of a large number of naturally occuring oxygen-rich organic compounds. The simplest hydrates—or sugars—have molecular formulas fitting the pattern (C H20)n, and appeared to early chemists to be hydrated carbon. The more complex members of the family deviate from this pattern slightly. 

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In developed markets, cleaner-fuel issues revolve around several product specifications. The fuels market is at various stages of removing sulfur and aromatics from gasoline and diesel. For global organizations, formulating a clean-fuels agenda is a very market-dependent issue, as shown in Table 18.4. 

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In the post-absorptive state stored fat is presented to the tissues in four forms free fatty acids derived directly from adipose tissue triglycerides formed in the liver from fatty acids and acetoacetate and hydroxybutyrate formed by the partial oxidation of free fatty acids. Free fatty acids and ketone bodies are readily oxidizable. It may be that more than one form is necessary because free fatty acids alone, owing to their low solubility and their relative toxicity, cannot be transported in sufficient quantities to meet the fuel requirements of some tissues, such as heart muscle. The other possibility for the existence of multiple forms of this substrate is that it allows direction of particular fuels to specific organs. 

Refining alone can not, economically, provide a fuel to meet specifications the role of organic lead derivatives has long been to make up the difference between the octane number of the clear fuel and the octane required by legislation. 

Physical Properties. Physical properties of waste as fuels are defined in accordance with the specific materials under consideration. The greatest degree of definition exists for wood and related biofuels. The least degree of definition exists for MSW, related RDF products, and the broad array of ha2ardous wastes. Table 3 compares the physical property data of some representative combustible wastes with the traditional fossil fuel bituminous coal. The soHd organic wastes typically have specific gravities or bulk densities much lower than those associated with coal and lignite. 

Monofunctional, cyclohexylamine is used as a polyamide polymerization chain terminator to control polymer molecular weight. 3,3,5-Trimethylcyclohexylamines ate usehil fuel additives, corrosion inhibitors, and biocides (50). Dicyclohexylamine has direct uses as a solvent for cephalosporin antibiotic production, as a corrosion inhibitor, and as a fuel oil additive, in addition to serving as an organic intermediate. Cycloahphatic tertiary amines are used as urethane catalysts (72). Dimethylcyclohexylarnine (DMCHA) is marketed by Air Products as POLYCAT 8 for pour-in-place rigid insulating foam. Methyldicyclohexylamine is POLYCAT 12 used for flexible slabstock and molded foam. DM CHA is also sold as a fuel oil additive, which acts as an antioxidant. StericaHy hindered secondary cycloahphatic amines, specifically dicyclohexylamine, effectively catalyze polycarbonate polymerization (73). 

Attack on metals can be a function of fuel components as well as of water and oxygen. Organic acids react with cadmium plating and 2inc coatings. Traces of H2S and free sulfur react with silver used in older piston pumps and with copper used in bearings and brass fittings. Specification limits by copper and silver strip corrosion tests are requited for fuels to forestall these reactions. 

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