New Method for State Express Control of Unstable Hydrocarbon Media and Their Mixtures

Abstract

All requirements for the express control of unstable hydrocarbon media and devices for their implementation to obtain reliable measurement results are determined. The features of the control of volatile hydrocarbon media and their mixtures with industrial small-sized refractometers operating on the effect of total internal reflection are considered. The new method for determining components and the ratio between concentrations of them in a mixture of volatile hydrocarbon media is developed. There are no analogs to this method in the world. This method allows determining the presence of one volatile hydrocarbon medium in another in a ratio of 1% to 99% or more. The new design of a small-sized refractometer has been developed, which makes it possible to measure the refractive index in visible light. In the refractometer’s newly developed design, the refractive index measurement range of a condensed medium is from 1.2500 to 1.7000 (measurement error 0.0004). New dependencies of change in density ρ for various grades of hydrocarbon fuel (in the Russian Federation) on temperature T have been established. After adjusting the coefficients, these dependencies can be used for fuel produced in various world countries. The results of the research on different gasoline types and their mixtures are presented.