Description

Fuel Oil Specification 504.20

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General

Commercially available fuel oils with a viscosity up to The data refer to the fuel as supplied, i.e. before
700 cSt at 50° C corresponding to 55 cSt at 100° C any on-board cleaning.
can be used for MAN B&W Holeby 4-stroke medium
speed diesel engines.

For guidance on purchase, reference is made to ISO Property Units Value

8216/17, BS 6843 and to CIMAC recommendations
regarding requirements for heavy fuel for diesel Density at 15°C kg/m3 ≤ 991*
engines, third edition 1990. From these maximum
accepted grades are RMH 55 and K55. The mention- Kinematic
ed ISO and BS standards supersedes BS MA 100 in viscosity
which the limit is M9. at100°C cSt ≤ 55
at 50 °C cSt ≤ 700
It means that engines can be operated on the same
fuel oils as MAN B&W 2-stroke low-speed diesel Flash point °C > 60
engines.
Pour point °C ≤ 30
The data in the above HFO standards and specifica-
tions refer to the same fuel type as delivered to the Carbon residue % (m/m) ≤ 22
ship, i.e. before on-board cleaning.
Ash % (m/m) ≤ 0.15
In order to ensure effective and sufficient cleaning of
the HFO, i.e. removal of water and solid contaminants, Total sediment
the fuel oil specific gravity at 15° C (60° F) should be after ageing % (m/m) ≤ 0.10
below 0.991. Higher densities can be allowed if
special treatment systems are installed. Water % (v/v) ≤ 1.0

Current analysis information is not sufficient for Sulphur % (m/m) ≤ 5.0

estimating the combustion properties of the oil.
This means that service results depend on oil pro- Vanadium mg/kg ≤ 600
perties which cannot be known beforehand. This
especially applies to the tendency of the oil to form Aluminium +
deposits in combustion chambers, gas passages Silicium mg/kg ≤ 80
and turbines. It may, therefore, be necessary to rule
out some oils that cause difficulties.
m/m = mass V/V = volume

Guiding Heavy Fuel Oil Specification *) May be increased to 1.010 provided adequate
cleaning equipment is installed, and modern
Based on our general service experience we have, type of centrifuges.
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as a supplement to the above-mentioned standards,

drawn up the guiding HFO-specification shown below.
Heavy fuel oils limited by this specification have, to
the extent of the commercial availability, been used
with satisfactory results on MAN B&W GenSets.
If heavy fuel oils, with analysis data exceeding the
above figures, are to be used, especially with regard
to viscosity and specific gravity, the engine builder
should be contacted for advice regarding possible
changes in the fuel oil system.

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Fuel Oil Condition, when Entering the Engine

As practically all fuel oil specifications including the
above standards refer to the same fuel type as
supplied, the fuel supplied to a ship has to be treated
on board before use. For running on the oil quality
mentioned above it is necessary that equipment
exists on board, which can treat, viz clean and
preheat, the fuel oil with optimum efficiency.
In B 11 00 0 "Cleaning Recommendations" our
recommendations are outlined.
For economical HFO operation the fuel oil condition
at engine inlet should be as recommended below.
For fuels above 180 cSt/50° C a pressurerized fuel
oil system is necessary to avoid boiling and foaming
of the fuel.
The viscosity leaving the heaters should be 10-15
cSt and approx. 12-18 cSt entering the engine. The
maximum temperature of oil after preheater should
be 150° C to avoid to rapid fouling of preheater.
The preheating chart on page 3 illustrates the expect-
ed preheating temperature as function of the specific
fuel oil viscosity.

Property Units Max. value

Water % by volume max. 0.2

Solid
particles ppm (mg/kg) max. 20

Particle size Micron max. 5

Viscosity cSt Range 12-18

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Fuel oil - preheating chart

Approx. viscosity
after preheater

Temperature sec.
cSt
after preheater °C Rw.

7 43

170

160 10 52

Normal preheating limit 12 59

150
15 69
140

20 87
130

120
30 125

110

100

90

80

70

60
Approx. pumping limit
50

40

30
Log scales 10 15 25 35 45 55 cSt/100° C

30 60 100 180 380 700 cSt/50° C

200 400 800 1500 3500 7000 sec. Rw/100° F
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Viscosity of fuel

This chart is based on information from oil suppliers regarding typical marine fuels with viscosity index 70-80.
Since the viscosity after the preheater is the controlling parameter, the preheating temperature may vary,
dependent on the viscosity and viscosity index of the fuel.

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