Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, Vol.2, No.6, 317-321, 1995
FACTORS AFFECTING GAS OILS RESPONSE TOWARDS LOW-TEMPERATURE ADDITIVES
Gas oil samples with different physico-chemical characteristics have shown variable response towards low temperature additives. Statistical interpretation of results indicated that magnitude in pour point and cold filter plugging point (CFPP) depression is greatly affected by the gas oil distillation range variables final boiling point (FBP) and difference between temperature to recover 90 vol % from temperature to recover 20 vol %. Per cent weight of n-paraffins with carbon number range C-20-C-32 is also found with great impact on that response magnitude. The statistical models derived have supported the high degree of correlation between these gas oil variables towards low temperature additives.