혼합연료의 혼합성에서 보았을 때, #6 오일은 메타놀, 에타놀, 프로파놀등 어느 알콜과도 혼합하지 않고 급격한 분리 현상을 일으켰으며, #1 오일과 메타놀의 혼합에서도 알콜 함량이 매우 낮을 때를 제외하고는 거의 혼합되지 않았다. 에타놀과 프로파놀만이 #1 오일과 균일한 상태(homogeneous condition)로 혼합되었다. 인화점은 알콜 함량의 증가에 의해 급격히 하락하다가 알콜 함량 20% 이상에서 순수한 알콜과 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 점성은 에타놀 혼합의 경우는 혼합비의 증가에 따라 완만히 감소하였으나, 프로파놀의 경우는 증가하였다. 화염의 용적은 알콜 증가에 따라 감소하고 길이도 짧아졌으나 에타놀 혼합체의 경우에만 예외를 나타내었으며, 휘도도 알콜 증가에 따라 눈에 띄게 감소하였다.

Two pure fuel oils(#1 oil, #6 oil), theree pure alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol) were tested for the fuel characteristics such as miscibility (that established which pure fuels and fuel mixtures could be fired in the boiler), flash point, viscosity. Specific target of the study besides the oil/alcohols or oil/alcohol mixture without any modification and with safety. #1 oil could be mixed without any problems at all concentrations with two of the alcohols; these were the ethanol and propanol. However, miscibility of #6 oil with any alcohols and #1 oil with methanol was not possible and very limited in this study. The measurements of flash point and viscosity for the mixtures were done for the comparisons with the pure fuels. There was a marked change of flame shape and flame luminosity as the alcohol content of the mixtures was increased. The mixture flame shortened and became non-luminous compared with a pure fuel oil flame.

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