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Cloud Point Depressants and their Effect on Diesel Fuel Properties
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Many marketers of branded diesel fuels are introducing a “premium” diesel fuel grade. The National Conference on Weights and Measures is recommending that one of the criteria for marketing a fuel as “premium” is that it have a lower cloud point or alternatively a reduced low temperature flow test (LTFT) failure point [1]. However, waxy crudes and process limitations make it difficult for refiners to economically make very low cloud point diesel fuel. Fortunately, cloud point depressants (CPDs) can overcome these limitations. However, refiners are concerned about the effect cloud point additives have on other diesel fuel properties. We found that cloud point depressants allow refiners to meet low temperature specifications while being neutral or beneficial to other diesel fuel properties.
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Manka, J. and Sopko, T., "Cloud Point Depressants and their Effect on Diesel Fuel Properties," SAE Technical Paper 982575, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/982575.Also In
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