Heavy fuel oil is a combenation of a large number of different hydro carbon chains. I no the difference between boiling and flash point. I am reasearching cavitation of pumps and valves on heated fuel oil systems and would like to find a chart or table where different fuel would start to boil. This is difficult since the different hydro carbon chains boil at dirrerent temperatures. But I am intrested where the first hydro carbon chains would start to boil and have the potential to lead to pump or valve cavitation?
I think these papers could help you;
They're available on the ResearchGate Server for download.
Dear Ivan Hartman
Thank you very much for posting an interesting technical question on RG. Heavy fuel oil are the toxic residuals obtained from the distillation of crude oil. As you stated, heavy fuel oil is a combination of a large number of long chain hydrocarbons, each of which has a specific boiling point. Usually the boiling temperature of heavy fuel oil ranges between 350 degrees Celsius to 500 degrees Celsius and it is highly viscous. However, the boiling temperature is dependent on pressure. The following links may be helpful to you. Good luck with your research.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128038321000131
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781845697280500148
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081011126000046
Ivan Hartman please read through the article attached herewith, i think it will help you to get your answer
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