Fuel quality guide

Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2012

June 2012 | Editor

CIMAC | As today’s commercial residual fuel specifications cannot reliably predict the ignition and combustion characteristics of a fuel due to the lack of a suitable test parameter, the International Council on Combustion Engines (CIMAC) Working Group 7 “Fuels” recently issued “Fuel Quality Guide – Ignition and Combustion”.

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