CLOUD POINT AND POUR POINT

TEST
MLAB GROUP V
 CLOUD POINT AND POUR POINT

WHAT IS CLOUD POINT AND PERFORMING CLOUD POINT IMPORTANCE AND

POUR POINT AND POUR POINT TEST OVERVIEW
WHAT IS CLOUD POINT

-CLOUD POINT IS THE TEMPERATURE IN

WHICH WAX IN DIESEL OR BIOWAX IN
BIODIESEL FORMS A CLOUDY APPEARANCE.
THE PRESENCE OF SOLIDIFIED WAXES
THICKENS THE OIL AND CLOGS FUEL FILTERS
AND INJECTORS IN ENGINES.
AN EVERY DAY EXAMPLE OF CLOUD POINT CAN BE SEEN
IN COOKING OIL STORED IN COLD WEATHER. COOKING
OIL BEGINS FORM WAXES THAT CAN BE SEEN DIRECTLY
WITH OUR EYES, AS THE TEMPERATURE LOWERS, THE OIL
STARTS TO DEVELOP WHITE, WAXY CLUMPS OF
SOLIDIFIED OIL THAT SINKS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
CONTAINER.
 IN CRUDE OR HEAVY OIL, CLOUD POINT IS
SYNONYMOUS TO (WAT) WAX APPEARANCE
TEMPERATURE.
POUR POINT
-POUR POINT OF A LIQUID IS THE TEMPERATURE
BELOW WHICH THE LIQUID LOSES ITS FLOW
CHARACTERISTICS. IN CRUDE OIL A HIGH POUR POINT
IS GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH PARAFFIN
CONTENT, TYPICALLY FOUND IN CRUDE DERIVING
FROM A LARGER PROPORTION OF PLANT MATERIAL.
BASICALLY IT IS THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT
WHICH A LUBRICANTS TURNS INTO A SEMI SOLID AND
ALMOST LOSSES ITS FLOW CHARACTERISTICS.
 CLOUD POINT
TESTING ASTM D2500
POUR POINT TESTING
ASTM D97
IMPORTANCE OF POUR POINT TEST
- Pour point test is used to
measure in what temperature the
fuel will gel up because that will
affect the fuel’s fluidity, it’s ability
to flow. It might slow up the
machine it is used in because the
fluids viscosity has changed.
IMPORTANCE OF CLOUD POINT TEST

- Cloud point testing is used to

see in which temperature the fuel will
start to gel and form crystallizations
that will solidify overtime and might
affect the process of burning and
processing the fuel.