A Study of Magnetic Effects on Tee Physicochemical Properties of Individual

There have occurred a great number of experimental studies which present evidences of the benefits of magnetic treatment on many occasions. Some eye-catching proto-industrial examples ever reported include: the enhancement of oil recovery[l] and prevention of wax deposition[2-41 m petroleum production, transportation and refining; the improvement of fluidity of crude oils[571, and the d e d c a t i o n of oil-water mixtures[l,S]. Even for motor vehicles and industrial boilers, much fuel economy and noticeable soot suppressions could be approached when the magnetic treatment was introduced[9-11]. Over the last decade or so, the magnetic treatment, as a novel technique with great economic potentiality, has been strenuously exploited and widely adopted in the domain of petroleum chemical engineering. However, there remab some blurring issues waiting eagerly for early answers, with the core of the uncertainties being the unfolding of the molecular interaction mechanism@) governing the macro-behaviors of the magnetically treated hydrocarbons and fuels. In our study, focus has been laid on the understanding of magnetic action modes which have led to the &el economy and soot abatement in engine applications. In the present research, measurement was made about the properties of some typical individual hydrocarbons such as viscosity, surface tension and maximum smokeless flame height(MSFH) after they have been treated m the mpet ic !le!& sf&E:ci~: htciisiiks. Tic iK and W spectra of the magnetized hydrocarbons were employed to elucidate the property changes m t e r m of molecular structures.