Winter fuel additive testing
Introduction
Some winter fuel additives were tested with Biodiesel made from a mix of soy/rape. Drip cup tests were performed to assess viscosity (times are in seconds - smaller times have faster liquid flow and therefore show less viscosity).
This Biodiesel starts to gel at -1C and at this temp the drip cup test is 23.3 seconds.
Many thanks to K.H for performing this testing.
Contents
Results
| Ref | Additive | Dosage | Drip cup -19.5C |
Drip cup -10.0C |
Drip cup -5.5C |
Cost per treated litre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petrol | 5% | 33.5 | 33.1 | 33.0 | 6.00p |
| 2 | XC40 | 0.3% | 35.9 | 34.9 | 34.1 | 6.24p |
| 5 | Hiberna | 0.3% | 40.8 | 34.4 | 34.2 | 5.7p |
| 4 | Coldflow 350 | 0.3% | 41.4 | 38.7 | 34.4 | 6.87p |
| 7 | Diesel | 20% | 45.0 | 37.1 | 33.2 | 28p |
| 6 | Acetone | 0.15% | 46.2 | 34.7 | 34.4 | 1.05p |
| 3 | Synergy | 0.3% | 54.9 | 39.0 | 33.8 | 6.24p |
| 8 | Stanadyne | 0.3% | Crystals | Crystals | 34.1 | 5.53p |
| 9 | Control | - | Solid | Solid | Solid | - |
Samples at -19.5C
Samples at -10C
Samples at room temperature
