Liquid fuel, however, requires other qualifications than merely highheating values. It must be safe for transportation, handling, and for storage. Very few petroleums as they come from the well have these qualifications. All contain a greater or less... Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey - Page 161by Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1903Full view - About this book
| Geology - 1903 - 898 pages
...value of the Beaumont petroleum compares favorably with that of the best liquid fuels in use. SAFETY. Liquid fuel, however, requires other qualifications...gravity of between 20° and 25° B (sp. gr. 0.9333 to 0.0032) and a flash test of from 240° to 270° F. The Astatka, or fuel oils of the Russian fields,... | |
| Geology - 1906 - 1190 pages
...qualifications than merely high-heating values. It must be safe for transportation, handling, and for storagr. Very few petroleums as they come from the well have...fuel oils should have a gravity of between 20° and 2.V5 B. (specific gravity 0.9333 to 0.9032) and a flash test of from 240° to 270° F. The Astatka,... | |
| Charles Willard Hayes, William Kennedy - Oil fields - 1903 - 222 pages
...value of the Beaumont petroleum compares favorably with that of the best liquid fuels in use. SAFETY. Liquid fuel, however, requires other qualifications...gravity of between 20° and 25° B (sp. gr. 0.9333 to 0.9032) and a flash test of from 240° to 270° F. The Astatka, or fuel oils of the Russian fields,... | |
| Nevin Melancthon Fenneman - Oil fields - 1906 - 180 pages
...Pennsylvania and Ohio crude petroleum is about 20,200 BTU, and that of Baku, Russia, crudo about 19,500. It will thus be seen that the calorific value of the...should have a gravity of between 20° and 25° B. (specific gravity 0.9333 to 0.9032) and a flash test of from 240° to 270° F. The Astatka, or fuel,... | |
| Michigan. Geological Survey - Ecological surveys - 1906 - 372 pages
...from the well have these qualifications. All contain a greater or less percentage of naphtha, or some lighter hydrocarbons which have a tendency to reduce...the flash point and make the oil easily Inflammable. TheJItuhtng point of the sample of your raw oil proves to be betfmn 1M and no degrees F. which indicates... | |
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