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Properties and Specifications of LSHFO, MDO, and HFO used for Main Engine, and Auxiliary Engine

Read
about fuel Oil Specifications like LSHFO, MDO, and HFO for Main Engine, and Auxiliary
Engine Used on Ship. These are particular for a ship and are intended only to
give certain ideas about fuel oil quality. Some other ships might have different
value for it, but the properties and features which are used for evaluation
will remain the same.

Specifications
of Low Sulfur Heavy Fuel Oil (LSHFO)                                   

               Property/Feature
Value
Unit
Viscosity @ 50ᵒC
360.3
mm2/s (Cst)
Density @ 15ᵒC
991
g/ml
Flashpoint
70
ᵒC
Pourpoint
24
ᵒC
Carbon Residues (Conradson)
11
%wt
Sulphur
0.99
%wt
Ash
0.03
%wt
Vanadium
26
mg/kg
Water
0.1
%vol
Sediment (potential)
0.01
%wt
Aluminum and Silicon
53
mg/kg
Silicon
24
mg/kg
Sodium
10
mg/kg
Iron
8
mg/kg
Nickel
12
mg/kg
Calcium
12
mg/kg
Magnesium
2
mg/kg

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Specifications
of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO)                         

Property/Feature
Value
Unit
Viscosity @ 50ᵒC
500
mm2/s (Cst)
Density @ 15ᵒC
998.2
g/ml
Flashpoint
70
ᵒC
Pourpoint
24
ᵒC
Carbon Residues (Conradson)
18
%wt
Sulphur
3.87
%wt
Ash
0.04
%wt
Vanadium
97
mg/kg
Water
0.1
%vol
Sediment (potential)
0.07
%wt
Aluminum and Silicon
25
mg/kg
Silicon
13
mg/kg
Sodium
23
mg/kg
Iron
15
mg/kg
Nickel
36
mg/kg
Calcium
3
mg/kg
Magnesium
1
mg/kg

Specifications
of Marine Diesel Oil (MDO)                               

Property
Designation
Unit
Specification
DMB
DMC
Density @ 15ᵒC
0.9
0.92
kg/m3
Cinematic Viscosity @40ᵒC
<11
<14
mm2/s cSt
Pourpoint (Winter)
<0
<0
ᵒC
Pourpoint (Summer)
<6
<6
ᵒC
Flashpoint
>60
>60
ᵒC
Sediment content (extraction)
<0.07
 –
% by weight
Total content of sediments
 –
0.1
% by weight
Water content
<0.3
<0.3
% by volume
Sulphur content
<2.0
<2.0
% by weight
Ash content
<0.01
<0.05
% by weight
Coke residue (MCR)
<0.30
<2.5
% by weight
Cetane number
>40
>40
 –
Copper-strip test
<1
<1
mg/kg
Vanadium content
0
<100
mg/kg
Content of aluminum and silicon
0
<25
 –

So these were some of the
properties and specification of fuel oil that are used onboard.

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  2. What is the impact of mixing hsfo with lshfo. Interested in the mixing that is bound to occur onboard a ship.

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