Ultrasonic action on hydrocarbon fuel components

Abstract

Experiments on ultrasonic treatment of water and hexadecane in air at an elevated static pressure were performed. In what follows, an optimal treatment regime was chosen. Acoustic energy and light flow initiated by cavitation bubbles at collapse were used as optimal criteria of the optimal treatment regime. A maximal yield of light fractions of hexadecane is shown to occur when a 50% mixture of hexadecane and water was treated within an assigned regime. A total content of the light paffin hydrocarbons formed during treatment of pure hexadecane comprises 7.6%, whereas during treatment of this mixture their content increased by 17%. Main products of the cavitation action are represented by n-alkanes and their isomers as well as by a small amount of autooxidation products.