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Analysis of Alcohol Components in Vehicle Fuel

자동차용 연료 내의 알코올성분 분석

  • Lim, Young-Kwan (Research Center, Korea Institute of Petroleum Management) ;
  • Kim, Ye-Eun (Research Center, Korea Institute of Petroleum Management) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Min (Research Center, Korea Institute of Petroleum Management) ;
  • Han, Kwan-Wook (Research Center, Korea Institute of Petroleum Management) ;
  • Jung, Choong-Sub (Research Center, Korea Institute of Petroleum Management)
  • 임영관 (한국석유관리원 석유기술연구소) ;
  • 김예은 (한국석유관리원 석유기술연구소) ;
  • 이정민 (한국석유관리원 석유기술연구소) ;
  • 한관욱 (한국석유관리원 석유기술연구소) ;
  • 정충섭 (한국석유관리원 석유기술연구소)
  • Received : 2012.06.07
  • Accepted : 2012.07.12
  • Published : 2012.08.31
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Abstract

Alcohol components are illegally mixed with petroleum products for tax evasion purposes, but this degrades vehicle performance. The alcohol content in petroleum fuel can be analyzed by gas chromatography. However, this technique requires a long analysis time and is expensive. $CrO_3$, also known as Jones reagent, changes color upon reaction with an alcohol. In this study, therefore, we analyze alcohol contents in vehicle fuel by using $CrO_3$ aqueous solution.

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