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Provider:
ASTM (American Society for Testing & Materials)
Topic(s):
Energy & Environment
Who Should Attend?
Petroleum company employees, regulatory personnel, fuel marketing personnel, engine manufacturing and testing personnel
Full Seminar Description
This three-day course focuses on the properties and specifications of gasoline and how they affect its performance in a spark ignition engine. Included is a tour of a gasoline testing laboratory or a gasoline distribution terminal. Fee per person: $1195.Learn :
- *How gasoline and compositional variables affect engine performance
- * How to interpret test data to determine if gasoline meets required specifications and regulations
- * How to use octane blending equations and calculate volatility parameters
- * How quality is maintained throughout the distribution system
- * About gasohol and other ethanol mixtures in gasoline
- * About reformulated gasoline, and the requirements mandated by the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act
On-Site Training Available
ASTM can bring this course to your site for groups of 15 or more. On-site training courses can also be tailored to meet your specific needs.
Free ASTM Membership
Attend this course and receive a FREE 1-year membership to ASTM International and Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants. (Applies to new members only and may not be used to renew existing memberships)
Attention: Professional Engineers
If your state has a continuing education requirement for license renewal, ASTM training courses and ASTM membership can help you meet that requirement.
Who Should Attend
A scientific background is not required for this course. It is intended for:
- * Petroleum Company Employees
- * Federal, State, and Local Regulatory Personnel
- * Laboratory Supervisors
- * Fuel Marketing Personnel
- * Pipeline Company Employees
- * Engine Mfg. and Testing Personnel
- * Attorneys Involved in Regulation Litigation
- * Anyone Involved in Purchase, Sale, Operations, or Distribution of Gasoline
Fee Includes:
- All Eleven Referenced ASTM Standards and Course Notes
- Transportation To and From Tour Site
- Refreshment Breaks
- Course Completion Certificate with 2.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Refunds will be made for cancellations received before the first day of class.
Course Outline
Day 1
- Gasoline Composition, Chemistry,. Production, Blending, and Specs
- Octane Measurements and Enhancers
- CRC Vehicle Satisfaction Programs
- Octane Requirement Increase Altitude and Climatic Adjustments Phase Separation and Water Tolerance Importance of Volatility
- Vapor Pressure and Vapor Liquid Ratio
- Distillation
- ASTM Volatility Classes
- Cold and Hot Starting and Drivability
- CRC Drivability Programs
- Drivability Indices
- Evaporative and Exhaust Emissions
- Impact of Volatility Regulations
Day 2
- Additives and Their Chemistry
- Oxidation and Corrosion Inhibitors
- Metal Deactivators
- Engine Deposit Control Additives
- Oxygenates
- Chemistry of Alcohols and Ethers
- Effects of Ethanol and Other Oxygenates
- Effects on Volatility and Emissions
- Water Sensitivity
- CRC Oxygenate Drivability Programs Materials Compatibility
- Reformulated Gasoline Requirements
- Gasoline Distribution
Day 3
- Clean Air Act and 1991 Amendments
- Reformulated Gasoline
- EPA Testing Requirements
- Regulatory Issues
- Ozone Depletion
- Carbon Monoxide Reduction
- Maintenance of Quality Tour of a Fuel Testing Laboratory
ASTM Standards Referenced Test Methods
- D 86 Distillation of Petroleum Products
- D 130 Detection of Copper Corrosion from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Tarnish Test
- D 381 Existent Gum in Fuels by Jet Evaporation
- D 525 Oxidation Stability of Gasoline
- D 1319 Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption
- D 2533 Vapor Liquid Ration of Spark-Ignition Engine Fuels
- D 3606 Benzene and Toluene in Finished Motor and Aviation Gasoline by Gas Chromatography
- D 4815 Determination of MTBE, ETBE,TAME, DIPE, tertiary-Amyl Alcohol and C1 to C4 Alcohols in Gasoline by Gas Chromatography
- D 5191 Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method)
Practices
- D 4057 Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Its Products
Specifications
- D 4814 Automotive Spark Ignition Engine Fuel
About ASTM and Committee D02
ASTM is one of the world's largest voluntary standards development organizations. ASTM standards have grown to be among the world's most widely used and accepted documents. The 82-volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards (available online, print, and CD-ROM) contain over 12,000 standards written by 34,000 members on our 140 technical committees. The standard referenced in this course was developed by Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants.
Sponsor Background:
ASTM, celebrated it's 100th anniversary in 1998, is one of the world's largest voluntary standards development organizations. ASTM standards have grown to be among the world's most widely used and accepted documents. The 81-volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards contains over 12,000 standards written by 34,000 members on our 140 technical committees. These standards and related information are widely used throughout the world as the basis of purchasing and other contracts, codes, laws and regulations. ASTM Committee D-2 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants developed the standard used in this course.Instructor(s):
Dr. Salvatore J. RandInstructor Background:
Salvatore J. Rand is an ASTM Fellow and a consultant in motor and aviation fuel technology. He is vice-chairman of ASTM Committee D-2 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants, former chairman of Subcommittee 5 on Properties of Fuels, and secretary of the section on Color and Reactivity. He is retired from the Fuels Research Division of Texaco's R&D Department. Rand received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Fordham University and his Ph.D degree in physical chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Quote From Past Participants:
"I already had the basics, but this course helped me pull it all together. What I learned will truly benefit me in my job." Caltex Petroleum Corp ".. great job! This was one of the best training seminars I've ever been to." United Refining Co.
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