International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 54 PETROLEUM HYDRATION WITH ALUM DEHYDRATION KEROSENE WITH ALUM – GC & IR TESTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------By Ammineni Shyam Sundar, B.B.M, P.G.D.B.A, Junior Assistant (Outsourcing), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Ananthapuramu. Email: shyamammineni@gmail.com, a_shyamsundhar@yahoo.com ABSTRACT To control pollution and for maximizing the calorific value of commercial Kerosene, Potassium alum is used in this experiment. The samples prepared like 5grams in 250ml, 10grams in 250ml, and 15grams in 250ml of powder potassium alum in commercial Kerosene from 3 to 4 hours time with in room temperature 35-400C. The Gas Chromatography experiments with Bruker GC430 and IR experiments with Bruker Alpha are done. The 250ml GC report of Original commercial Kerosene indicates one component, with 5grams of Potassium alum 71 components, with 10grams of Potassium alum 64 components, with 15grams of Potassium alum 83 components. May be this Kerosene is forth coming fuel to satellite rockets. Results followed. INDTRODUCTION Petroleum products (gasoline, diesel fuels, motor oils, greases etc.) are one of the main sources of environmental pollution these days. Progressive industrialization and development of automotive industry are undeniably related to an increasing demand for such hazardous substances. This, in turn, leads to an increase in of the potential risks associated with the aforementioned negative impacts of those petroleum substances on the environment and living organism. To overcome all these purification with minimum effort and more mileage with environment friendly, potassium alum is going to be used in Petroleum. IJOART MATERIALS 1. POTASSIUM ALUM – KAl(SO4)2.12(H2O) 2. KEROSENE 1. Potassium alum - Alum is a generic term that describes hydrated double salts. Hydrates are salts that crystallize from a water solution and contain weakly bound water molecules. A hydrate is an addition compound, contains two or more simpler compounds. This is a weak chemical combination between the water and the salt. As such, the combination is Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 55 denoted with a “dot”. However, the water molecules are as much a part of the compound as the other atoms. Alums can be described by generalized formula, (MM’(SO4)2.12(H2O), in which M (univalent) is commonly Na+, K+, NH4+, Rb+ and M’ (trivalent) is commonly Al3+, Ga3+, V3+, Cr3+ Mn3+, Fe3+, Co3+. True alums crystallize as well-defined octahedral and many are beautifully colored, particularly those containing d-block transition metals. In its crystalline form, potassium alum the compound solidifies with twelve water molecules as Hydrate. 1 1. Sodium Chloride – Nacl 2. Borax – (Na2B4O7.7H2O) 3. Ammonium alum – NH4Al(SO4)2.12(H2O) 4. Potash alum – KAl(SO4)2.12(H2O) 5. Copper Sulfate (blue vitriol) – CuSO4.5(H2O) 6. Epsom salt – MgSO4.7(H2O) 7. Salol (Phenyl salicylate) – HOC6H4COOC6H5 8. Chrome Alum – (KCr(SO4)2.12(H2O) 9. Ferric Chloride – FeCl3.6(H2O) 10. Cupric Sulfate Pentahydrate – CuSO4.5(H2O) IJOART When a hydrate is heated, the loosely held water is driven off as water vapor, leaving an anhydrous salt behind. For example 1. KAl(SO4)2. 12(H2O) (s) – KAl(SO4)2(s)+12(H2O)(g) 2. CuSO4.5(H2O)(s) – CuSO4(s)+5(H2O)(g) This dehydration may actually occur in several steps, with the solid crystal rearranging to accommodate the loss of the water molecules. Potas alum or tawas, or potassium aluminum sulfate is a chemical compound: the potassium double sulfate of aluminium. Its chemical formula is KAl(SO4)2 and it is commonly found in its dodecahydrate form as KAl(SO4)2.12(H2O). Alum is the common name for this chemical compound, given the nomenclature of potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate. It is commonly used in water purify, leather tanning, dyeing, fireproof textiles, Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 56 and baking powder. It also has cosmetic uses as a deodorant, as an aftershave treatment and as a styptic for minor bleeding from shaving. Properties Chemical formula KAl(SO4)2.12(H2O) Molar mass 474.3884 g/mol Appearance white small crystals Odor watery metallic Density 1.725 g/cm3 Melting point 92 to 93 °C (198 to 199 °F; 365 to 366 K) IJOART Boiling point 200 °C (392 °F; 473 K) Solubility in water 14.00 g/100 mL (20 °C) 36.80 g/100 mL (50 °C) Solubility insoluble in acetone Refractive index(nD) 1.4564 2 Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 57 IR spectrum of pure Alum The physisorbed (physisorption, characteristic of weak van der waals forces) water molecules present in Potassium alum are leading to loss of the H + and OHions with minimum temperature (below 45 oC).4 2. Kerosene is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid widely used as a fuel in industry and households. Kerosene is a thin, clear liquid formed from hydrocarbons obtained from the fractional distillation of petroleum between 150 °C and 275 °C, resulting in a mixture with a density of 0.78–0.81 g/cm3 composed of carbon chains that typically contain between 6 and 16 carbon atoms per molecule. It is miscible in petroleum solvents but immiscible in water. Regardless of crude oil source or processing history, kerosene's major components are branched and straight chain alkanes and naphthenes (cycloalkanes), which normally account for at least 70% by volume. Aromatic hydrocarbons in this boiling range, such as alkylbenzenes (single ring) and alkylnaphthalenes (double ring), do not normally exceed 25% by volume of kerosene streams. Olefins are usually not present at more than 5% by volume. IJOART The flash point of kerosene is between 37 and 65 °C (100 and 150 °F), and its auto-ignition temperature is 220 °C (428 °F). The pour point of kerosene depends on grade, with commercial aviation fuel standardized at −47 °C (−53 °F). Heat of combustion of kerosene is similar to that of diesel; its lower heating value is 43.1 MJ/kg (around 18,500 Btu/lb), and its higher heating value is 46.2 MJ/kg. Today, kerosene is mainly used in fuel for jet engines in several grades. One form of the fuel known as RP-1 is burned with liquid oxygen as rocket fuel. This fuel grade kerosene meets specifications for smoke points and freeze points. The combustion reaction can be approximated as follows, with the molecular formula C12H26 (dodecane): 2 C12H26(l) + 37 O2(g) → 24 CO2(g) + 26 H2O(g); ∆H˚ = -7513 kJ In the initial phase of liftoff, the Saturn V launch vehicle was powered by the reaction of liquid oxygen with RP-1. For the five 6.4 mega newton sea-level thrust F-1 rocket engines of the Saturn V, burning together, the reaction generated roughly 1.62 × 1011 watts (J/s) (162 giga watt) or 217 million horsepower. Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 58 Kerosene is sometimes used as an additive in diesel fuel to prevent gelling or waxing in cold temperatures. Ultra-low sulfur kerosene is a custom-blended fuel used by the New York City Transit to power its bus fleet. The transit agency started using this fuel in 2004, prior to the widespread adoption of ultra-low sulfur diesel, which has since become the standard. In 2008, the suppliers of the custom fuel failed to tender for a renewal of the transit agency's contract, leading to a negotiated contract at a significantly increased cost. JP-8, (for "Jet Propellant 8") a kerosene-based fuel, is used by the US military as a replacement in diesel fueled vehicles and for powering aircraft. JP-8 is also by the U.S. military and its NATO allies as a fuel for heaters, stoves, tanks and as a replacement for diesel fuel in the engines of nearly all tactical ground vehicles and electrical generators. In X-ray crystallography, (is a tool used for identifying the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline atoms cause a beam of incident Xrays to diffract into many specific directions) kerosene can be used to store crystals. When a hydrated crystal is left in air, dehydration may occur slowly. This makes the colour of the crystal become dull. Kerosene can keep air from the crystal. IJOART It can be also used to prevent air from re-dissolving in a boiled liquid, and to store potassium, sodium, lithium, etc. [2] METHODS 1. Gas Chromatography tests 2. Infrared Spectroscopy tests. 1. Gas chromatography (GC) is a common type of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition. Typical uses of GC include testing the purity of a particular substance, or separating the different components of a mixture (the relative amounts of such components can also be determined). In some situations, GC may help in identifying a compound. In preparative chromatography, GC can be used to prepare pure Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 59 compounds from a mixture. Bruker GC430 machine is used for this experiment. 2. Infrared spectroscopy (IR spectroscopy) is the spectroscopy that deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum that is light with a longer wavelength and lower frequency than visible light. It covers a range of techniques, mostly based on absorption spectroscopy. As with all spectroscopic techniques, it can be used to identify and study chemicals. For a given sample which may be solid, liquid, or gaseous, the method or technique of infrared spectroscopy uses an instrument called an infrared spectrometer (or spectrophotometer) to produce an infrared spectrum. A basic IR spectrum is essentially a graph of infrared light absorbance (or transmittance) on the vertical axis vs. frequency or wavelength on the horizontal axis. Typical units of frequency used in IR spectra are reciprocal centimeters (sometimes called wave numbers), with the symbol cm−1. Units of IR wavelength are commonly given in micrometers (formerly called "microns"), symbol μm, which are related to wave numbers in a reciprocal way. A common laboratory instrument that uses this technique is a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. Two-dimensional IR is also possible as discussed below. Bruker Alpha machine is used for this experiment. IJOART EXPERIMENT One liter of commercial Kerosene is taken and is divided into 4 parts as 250ml samples in 300ml capacity plastic bottles. First bottle 250ml kerosene kept as a original sample. The room temperature is 35-40oC. The Potassium alum kept in the sample Kerosene is from 1 hour to 3 hours only. The Potassium alum is used in this experiment in natural one not human made. The Potassium alum crystal in powdered well and then it mixed in 250ml samples of Kerosene like 5grams in one 250ml bottle and 10grams in one 250ml bottle and 15grams in one 250ml bottle. The GC and IR reports taken of original sample. They are as follows. FTIR-(KBr) Data of Commercial Kerosene Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 60 S.NO. IR Region Assignment 1 3054.12 Ar-H stretching vibrations 2 2921.29 Aliphatic C-H stretching vibrations 3 2857.05 Aliphatic C-H stretching vibrations 4 1458.86 5 1376.37 6 808.84 C-C Carbon skeleton stretching vibrations of Aromatic ring C-C Carbon skeleton stretching vibrations of Aromatic ring Mono substituted Ar-H bending vibrations 7 730.24 Para substituted Ar-H bending vibrations Infrared Spectroscopy of Original Kerosene of 250ml sample IJOART The IR spectrum of kerosene fuel was recorded in the IR region 4000-500 cm-1. The Commercial kerosene is a mixture of 36 organic compounds. It contains 1. Paraffins 2. Monocyclo paraffins 3. Dicycloparaffins Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 61 4. Tricycloparaffins 5. Benzens 6. Indans/Tetralins 7. CnH2n-10 8. Naphthalene 9. Naphthalenes 10. CnH2n-14 11. CnH2n-16 12. CnH2n-18 13. Benzene 14. Toluene 15. Ethyl benzene 16. Methyl para-Xylene 17. 1,2-Dimethyl benzene 18. Isopropyl-Benzene 19. 1-Methy-3-Ethyl benzene 20. 1-Methyl-4-Ethyl Benzene 21. 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene 22. 1-Methyl-2-Ethyl Benzene 23. 1,2,4-Trimethyl Benzene 24. 1,2,3,- Tri methyl Benzene, 25. Alkyl indans 26. 1,4-Diethyl Butyl benzene 27. 1,2-Diethyl benzene 28. 1,2,4,5-Tetramethyl benzene 29. 1,2,3,5-Tetra methyl benzene 30. C10 Benzenes 31. C11 benzenes 32. C12 Benzenes 33. Naphthalene 34. 2-Methyl-Naphthalene 35. 1-Methyl-Naphthalene. 36. Indan IJOART The IR spectrum of kerosene contains 7 signals only, noticed in the different regions and attributed to different functional groups in kerosene fuel. The sample IR spectrum for kerosene may be attributed to Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 62 (a) Merging of IR signals and (b) The signals may not appear in the range 4000-500 cm-1. Gas Chromatography of Original Kerosene of 250ml sample Commercial Kerosene 1,050,000,000 1,000,000,000 950,000,000 900,000,000 850,000,000 800,000,000 750,000,000 700,000,000 650,000,000 600,000,000 550,000,000 500,000,000 450,000,000 400,000,000 350,000,000 300,000,000 250,000,000 200,000,000.20.0 1 0 IJOART 150,000,000 ST H 100,000,000 50,000,000 0 -50,000,000 -100,000,000 Index 1 TOTAL 0 Name 1 Time (Min) UNKNOWN 0.49 2 3 Quantity (% Area) 100.00 100.00 4 Min 5 Height (uV) 505273.2 505273.2 6 7 Area (uV.Min) 11120.5 11120.5 8 9 Area % (%) 100.00 100.00 The GC of commercial kerosene fuel was recorded with the instrument BRURKER GC430. The gas chromatogram contains one signal noticed at 0.49 Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 63 minutes. This indicates the sample contains one set of organic compounds; the high area signal may be due to non aromatic saturated compounds. It is observed from the figure that gas chromatogram contains only one signal with 100% quantity area and signal is noticed at 0.49 minutes. Infrared Spectroscopy of Kerosene of 250ml with 5grams of Potassium Alum sample (Kept 4hour 30 minutes) IJOART The 5 grams of Potassium alum in 250ml sample kerosene contains 9 IR signals and it has two additional IR signals noticed at 1605.04 cm-1 and 579.27 cm-1 and these are attributed to C-C carbon Skelton stretching vibration of aromatic ring and quaternary C-C carbon in plane bending vibration. Since kerosene is a mixture of 36 organic compounds and one can expect a complicated IR spectrum but it has very simple IR spectrum and this may be due to the following reasons (I) The signals they have low intensity and these signals (or) not detected by the instrument under experimental conditions. (II) The signals may merge with other IR signals of the sample and it may give combination signals. (III) The signals may not be detected in the region 4000-500 cm-1. However the percentage of transmittance decrease in the IR spectrum of Kerosene fuel Original sample and 5grams of Potassium alum sample and at the same time the percentage of absorbance increase in the same order. The Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 64 observation suggest that by the addition of potash alum (5g/10g/15g) purity of the kerosene is slightly increasing and it is possible only when the impurities present in commercial sample of kerosene or any organic molecule present in commercial kerosene fuel is adsorbed on the surface of the powered potash alum (5g/10g/15g).The interactions between kerosene and potash alum may be ascribed to ionic and non polar covalent bond interaction between potash alum and kerosene fuel. In 5grams sample an irregular trend was noticed, from these observations, it is concluded that commercial kerosene fuel when kept in 5g of fine powered potash alum will give reasonably pure liquid kerosene. GC of Kerosene of 250ml with 5grams of Alum sample (Kept 4hour 30 minutes) Commercial Kerosene + 5grams Powdered Potassium alum 400,000,000 IJOART 350,000,000 300,000,000 uV 250,000,000 200,000,000 1 0 . 2 0 . 0 150,000,000 S T H 100,000,000 50,000,000 0 -50,000,000 0 Index 1 Name 1 Time (Min) UNKNOWN 0.01 Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. 2 Quantity (% Area) 0.00 3 4 Min Height (uV) 235558.5 5 Area (uV.Min) 3223.3 6 7 Area % (%) 0.004 IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN 0.04 0.18 0.32 2.21 2.29 2.33 2.39 2.57 2.62 2.71 2.82 2.88 2.94 3.10 3.14 3.15 3.26 3.36 3.40 3.44 3.49 3.51 3.64 3.68 3.75 3.80 3.90 3.98 4.11 4.13 4.27 4.37 4.42 4.54 4.65 4.71 4.76 4.93 5.01 5.09 5.19 5.25 5.27 5.36 5.45 5.54 5.57 5.60 5.80 0.01 0.00 0.16 2.81 2.21 2.62 4.50 4.25 3.45 1.44 5.87 3.72 8.59 2.36 1.11 5.17 2.91 1.88 1.13 1.85 1.35 3.74 0.52 0.80 1.60 2.03 2.19 0.71 0.80 1.31 0.06 0.03 0.89 1.81 0.55 0.66 2.08 1.32 1.20 0.54 0.84 0.56 0.74 0.65 0.49 0.67 0.30 1.11 0.26 338294.5 296685.8 1419245.7 29408983.4 27126649.6 36571608.4 36663215.4 40480062.6 42214695.9 41606981.3 5091679.6 49744746.3 50413002.2 43513987.5 42677674.4 44482692.9 37843047.0 35463327.8 34240726.7 33590264.1 31863847.7 32162700.1 23371402.3 23539827.8 24597011.9 2225442.8 21189333.2 10850243.8 13525073.3 11748759.9 2183110.7 1418698.3 10607592.4 16932783.3 16217814.1 17782356.4 17395236.7 13461432.3 132678607 11111734.0 11026500.0 12368908.4 11233812.1 10419718.5 9137785.9 9390799.3 8580082.2 8633297.2 5229375.2 8391.7 2842.8 140306.5 2456516.1 1931685.5 2295121.4 3939280.1 3716471.8 3020507.3 1258267.2 5142485.5 3257678.3 7521027.3 2068175.1 974490.4 4523575.4 2545079.7 1643217.4 987298.5 1619369.4 1179442.9 3269975.8 453747.0 702128.4 1397994.4 1774590.1 1920798.7 619432.4 696277.5 1142561.6 48600.2 23914.6 783126.2 1581121.7 478660.3 581438.3 1820690.6 1152468.2 1046730.6 469641.6 737290.4 489146.7 645167.6 572452.2 429474.5 584114.2 259976.0 973473.3 231581.5 IJOART Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. 65 0.010 0.003 0.160 2.860 2.207 2.622 4.500 4.246 3.450 1.437 5.875 3.721 8.592 2.363 1.113 5.168 2.907 1.877 1.128 1.850 1.347 3.735 0.518 0.802 1.597 2.027 2.194 0.708 0.795 1.305 0.056 0.027 0.895 1.806 0.547 0.664 2.080 1.317 1.196 0.536 0.842 0.559 0.737 0.654 0.491 0.667 0.297 1.112 0.265 IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Total UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN 5.83 5.92 6.02 6.11 6.14 6.23 6.33 6.40 6.45 6.54 6.75 6.80 6.92 7.03 7.11 7.37 7.46 7.57 7.73 7.1 7.96 0.46 0.46 0.69 0.23 0.38 0.48 0.61 0.22 0.34 1.35 0.68 0.96 0.71 0.85 1.73 1.24 1.03 0.90 0.48 0.29 0.10 6245797.2 5722655.9 8200881.5 6606924.9 7689707.1 7225626.8 6314429.4 5613917.0 7261050.3 8393344.7 9778557.4 10776971.6 9456850.2 9862489.3 10895044.8 9919876.8 9747530.2 8098552.4 5015725.0 3907747.2 2825330.1 399508.0 399411.4 601080.5 200705.3 329968.0 423521.1 537192.1 195955.6 298777.2 1179610.6 596303.3 840335.0 625598.5 740036.2 1517964.0 1082560.2 901843.2 787786.3 416237.9 255578.6 88716.0 100.00 1260294680.2 87538517.3 IJOART 66 0.456 0.456 0.687 0.229 0.376 0.484 0.614 0.223 0.341 1.348 0.681 0.960 0.715 0.845 1.734 1.237 1.030 0.900 0.475 0.292 0.101 100.000 The gas chromatogram of commercial kerosene fuel sample with was recorded with the instrument BRUR430GC. The gas chromatogram was recorded by adopting petrol method with a run time of 7.96 min. The results suggest the commercial kerosene fuel with 5grams of Potassium alum contains 71 components and these are recorded at 7.96 min which represents 100% quantity area. This may be ascribed to impurities or to the decomposition components signals in commercial kerosene. Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 67 Infrared Spectroscopy of Kerosene of 250ml with 10grams of Potassium Alum sample (Kept 4hour 30 minutes) GC of Kerosene of 250ml with 10grams of Alum sample (Kept 4hour 30 min) IJOART uV Commercial Kerosene + 10grams Powdered Potassium alum 300,000,000 280,000,000 260,000,000 240,000,000 220,000,000 200,000,000 180,000,000 160,000,000 140,000,000 120,000,000 S T H 100,000,000 80,000,000 60,000,00010.20. 40,000,000 20,000,000 0 -20,000,000 -40,000,000 -60,000,000 -80,000,000 0 Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. 1 2 3 4 Min 5 6 7 IJOART 8 International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 Index Time (Min) Quantity (% Area) Height (uV) Area (uV.Min) Area % (%) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 0.02 0.16 0.38 0.50 0.87 0.90 0.94 1.20 2.23 2.32 2.45 2.50 2.55 2.63 2.69 2.93 2.96 3.03 3.10 3.16 3.19 3.22 3.36 3.39 3.42 3.53 3.60 3.66 3.74 3.81 3.85 4.04 4.13 4.28 4.40 4.43 4.46 4.56 4.62 4.77 4.98 5.08 5.13 5.23 5.25 0.01 0.07 0.42 0.93 0.16 0.04 0.32 0.02 7.94 3.23 1.72 1.33 2.24 1.15 1.13 6.64 2.61 2.27 0.32 1.85 0.86 4.13 1.08 0.78 3.16 1.95 1.84 1.15 2.73 1.29 4.46 2.04 3.54 2.64 0.17 0.83 2.21 0.63 3.48 3.39 2.47 0.85 1.48 0.39 1.88 1415798.3 4222465.1 13238459.8 14966679.7 7045624.2 6766805.2 7542110.5 2136715.8 107419534.2 105434490.1 100266534.4 98886978.8 97593325.5 95224542.2 95328987.6 112834056.8 112903040.4 111863559.3 10784774.5 111664395.6 111632248.0 11577954.9 109371204.5 108644074.7 106717247.5 106246326.3 103291227.7 99831161.3 98358599.2 95648744.1 92877065.1 88305035.9 85338333.2 79726479.9 75814589.2 7513600.4 82133499.2 75817808.3 76346306.4 74109777.4 66948961.2 6451468.8 61177577.8 59770909.6 60321377.5 40276.5 254453.7 1501847.9 3355671.5 571512.6 142857.9 1164577.6 70281.9 23671950.7 11667369.0 6203475.2 4818134.8 8089191.0 4161613.1 4061140.3 23951564.7 9411369.5 8204337.7 149947.0 6672887.3 3111378.4 14906578.1 3897415.3 2816935.6 11413934.4 7051468.9 6642892.2 4147670.8 9858493.2 4652810.4 16097724.4 7356947.7 12772561.7 952980.7 624037.0 2984086.4 7989506.3 2268904.4 12552491.8 12227319.0 8923898.7 3083010.8 5338924.9 1401916.8 6794674.4 0.011 0.070 0.416 0.930 0.158 0.040 0.323 0.019 7.943 3.232 1.719 1.335 2.241 1.153 1.125 6.635 2.607 2.273 0.319 1.849 0.826 4.129 1.080 0.780 3.162 1.953 1.850 1.149 2.731 1.289 4.459 2.038 3.538 2.641 0.173 0.827 2.213 0.629 3.477 3.387 2.472 0.854 1.479 0.388 1.882 68 IJOART Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 5.37 5.50 5.60 5.70 5.88 5.99 6.10 6.27 6.35 6.58 6.68 6.89 7.01 7.21 7.31 7.50 7.73 7.80 7.95 1.86 1.38 0.87 2.55 0.83 1.23 1.43 0.59 1.19 0.75 1.07 0.35 0.74 0.26 0.45 0.36 0.05 0.15 0.08 56492062.2 52830049.4 50687605.3 463110121 39814636.0 38422927.8 32308702.9 29464674.7 27017704.5 23445940.1 21046740.5 16566494.1 16365634.9 12650547.5 11741429.7 8335054.9 5539517.0 4931497.0 5160867.0 6704858.6 4984972.1 3123392.6 9191204.5 2995391.0 4425122.7 5169813.1 2141431.1 489140.1 2709434.9 3861286.7 1266008.2 2662153.9 942055.4 1624503.8 1292548.8 179526.2 525360.9 278592.0 69 1.857 1.381 0.865 2.546 0.830 1.226 1.432 0.593 1.188 0.751 1.070 0.351 0.737 0.261 0.450 0.358 0.050 0.146 0.077 The gas chromato gram of commerci al kerosene fuel with 10grams of Potassiu m alum was recorded Total 100.00 3990468053.9 360979818.7 100.000 with the instrument BRUR430GC. The gas chromatogram was recorded by adopting petrol method with a run time of 7.95 min. The results suggest the commercial kerosene fuel 64 components and these are recorded at 7.95 min and it represents 100% quantity area. An additional 28 components. These may be ascribed to impurities or the decomposition components signals in commercial kerosene fuel sample of 10grams Alum. IJOART Infrared Spectroscopy of Kerosene of 250ml with 15grams of Potassium Alum sample(Kept 4hour 30 minutes) Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 70 IJOART FTIR spectrum of commercial kerosene contains 7 IR signals only. They are attributed to Ar-H stretching vibrations, aliphatic C-H stretching vibrations, and their corresponding bending vibrations. The FTIR spectrum of 5grams sample, 10grams sample and 15grams sample were recorded and contains eight, nine and eight signals respectively. In the presence of potash alum [5g/10g/15g] the percentage of transmittance decrease for each IR signal and at the same time the percentage of absorbance increases for each IR signal. The observed results may be attributed to adsorption of impurities on the surface of powdered potash alum and in the presence of potash alum kerosene gets purified and it is noteworthy the result on from FTIR data. Gas Chromatography of Kerosene of 250ml with 15grams of Potassium Alum sample (Kept 4hour 30 minutes) Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 71 Commercial Kerosene + 15grams of Powdered Potassium alum 400,000,000 350,000,000 300,000,000 250,000,000 200,000,000 100,000,000 1 0 . 2 0 . 0 uV 150,000,000 S T H 50,000,000 IJOART 0 -50,000,000 -100,000,000 0 Index Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. 1 Time (Min) 0.17 0.26 0.31 0.34 0.43 0.54 0.84 1.00 1.16 1.23 1.31 2.08 2.22 2.30 2.38 2.44 2.54 2.56 2 3 Quantity (% Area) 0.09 0.27 0.12 0.14 0.44 1.43 0.05 0.15 0.36 0.09 0.08 33.46 5.19 3.55 3.74 5.02 1.24 4.28 4 Min Height (uV) 9011034.0 16635115.4 2031758080.9 22801190.8 29005192.9 33853058.1 6037813.5 8941338.4 12367593.3 9889667.7 7274038.2 350231699.6 326268143.0 300738808.7 294376649.9 288719410.7 271070622.9 265150583.5 5 Area (uV.Min) 488734.0 1439004.7 671145.5 777620.1 2372201.4 7678961.8 294927.6 811360.5 1938509.9 474411.7 421718.6 180006388.8 27918346.4 19096476.9 20098346.8 27014563.8 6650059.9 23012304.0 6 7 Area % (%) 0.091 0.267 0.125 0.145 0.441 1.427 0.055 0.151 0.360 0.088 0.078 33.457 5.189 3.549 3.736 5.021 1.236 4.277 IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN 2.66 2.74 2.78 2.81 2.97 3.03 3.09 3.25 3.30 3.40 3.44 3.50 3.53 3.57 3.68 3.72 3.81 3.86 3.89 3.97 4.19 4.24 4.35 4.40 4.47 4.56 4.60 4.68 4.78 4.89 5.04 5.19 5.24 5.28 5.38 5.46 5.54 5.61 5.71 5.78 5.89 6.00 6.06 6.18 6.26 6.38 6.48 6.54 6.57 2.51 2.36 1.99 6.98 2.08 1.87 4.96 0.94 2.80 0.63 1.30 0.68 0.58 0.63 0.40 0.94 0.29 0.21 0.25 0.11 0.07 0.14 0.20 0.20 0.17 0.21 0.14 0.22 0.16 0.41 0.35 0.09 0.18 0.15 0.14 0.21 0.04 0.21 0.16 0.21 0.20 0.07 0.05 0.01 0.14 0.05 0.14 0.12 0.18 248289657.4 248362769.1 247356144.0 24682806.4 211167769.1 195238713.8 182546333.2 149230539.4 141045008.5 124270996.6 116579995.5 108413171.5 97965501.0 89447813.9 69307224.9 61053124.1 40933882.3 31622740.1 24945840.5 18354057.0 8256877.7 16240500.0 18844644.2 21718342.3 19279749.4 19291257.1 17768960.8 17636747.5 15664133.0 17333477.3 16898773.1 15400831.0 17302893.5 17398941.3 16661797.3 18308909.9 11543844.0 13285864.9 14173774.1 14566679.2 12848582.9 8931606.2 8918810.1 4688321.9 8989742.6 9981406.9 10666203.6 1573379.9 15978784.8 13524156.7 12704554.1 10684286.1 37548907.2 11202176.4 10059553.5 26659720.5 5059613.0 15075434.6 3414429.8 6980970.2 3637276.1 3142449.7 8762093.2 2135218.3 5038109.8 1578875. 1111406.4 1334412.5 608384.0 394810.9 730539.8 1057215.2 1100907.5 936924.6 1135902.8 758977.5 1160085.1 837961.7 220557.5 1877888.6 509157.1 978684.3 801467.9 748498.6 1154381.7 221708.4 1104566.9 836386.1 1149677.2 1063323.6 377195.1 252052.4 72287.2 742644.6 291944.8 757232.5 653268.9 941618.4 IJOART Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. 72 2.514 2.361 1.986 6.979 2.082 1.870 4.955 0.940 2.802 0.635 1.298 6.676 0.584 1.629 0.397 0.936 0.293 0.207 0.248 0.113 0.073 0.136 0.196 0.205 0.174 0.211 0.141 0.216 0.156 0.410 0.349 0.095 0.182 0.149 0.139 0.215 0.041 0.205 0.155 0.214 0.198 0.070 0.047 0.013 0.138 0.054 0.141 0.121 0.175 IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN 6.63 6.71 6.78 6.84 6.99 7.00 7.07 7.28 7.44 7.50 7.60 7.62 7.78 7.85 7.92 7.98 Total 73 0.15 0.17 0.16 0.10 0.20 0.12 0.35 0.25 0.09 0.16 0.04 0.19 0.03 0.07 0.06 0.01 20348758.5 16042147.6 16831180.7 14800322.7 14269391.4 16077619.9 15200604.0 14161055.7 11060516.1 11156789.0 11139978.3 11829660.8 7988822.4 8388204.9 6171583.4 4569085.6 804077.3 93031.1 881000.3 556849.4 1101012.9 663919.7 1909692.6 1354195.2 510250.5 843512.3 17620.6 1018082.5 185474.1 367090.7 341928.5 65422.3 0.149 0.173 0.164 0.103 0.205 0.123 0.355 0.252 0.095 0.157 0.040 0.189 0.034 0.068 0.064 0.012 100.00 554842918.5 538031037.1 100.000 IJOART The GC of commercial kerosene sample-I, sample-II and sample-III were recorded with the instrument BRURER 430GC. The gas chromatogram was recorded by adopting petrol method. The GC of commercial kerosene contains only one signal it is recorded at 0.49 min. The sample-I (5g of potash alum) contains 71 components with run time of 7.96 min. The sample-II (10g of potash alum) contains 64 components with a run time of 7.95 min. The sample-III (15g of potash alum) contains 83 components with a run time of 7.98 min. From these observations, it is concluded that the run time GC increases and at the same time the number of components present in the sample-I/sample-II/sample-III increases when compared to commercial kerosene. The additional components may be ascribed to decomposition of organic components present in the kerosene sample. This may increases calorific value of kerosene in presence of potash alum. RESULTS FTIR (KBr) data - I S.No. IR Signals [ cm-1] Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. % of Transmittance of kerosene in presence of potash alum % of absorbance of kerosene in presence of potash alum IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 Samples 74 Samples Samples I II III I II III I II III 1. 2953.81 2953.74 2953.67 71 69 67 29 21 33 2. 2921.41 2921.40 2921.32 59 57 55 41 43 45 -1 IR Signals [ cm ] S.No. 3. 2856.93 2856.98 Samples 2956.11 I II 1605.28 1606.13 2953.811605.04 2953.74 2. 5. 1458.87 6. 4. 74 72 70 26 28 30 78 76 74 Aliphatic 22 24 26 III 4. 1. 3. Assignment of peaks 2953.67 809.34 808.59 92 C-H stretching vibrations Aliphatic 88 C-H stretching 86 10 vibrations12 Aliphatic C-H stretching vibrations 92 90 6 8 C-C Carbon skeleton stretching vibrations of 90 88 8 10 Aromatic ring 729.73 730 93 93 93 7 7 7 579.27 - - 99 - - 1 - 2921.411458.75 2921.40 1458.872921.32 90 2856.99 1376.40 2856.93 1376.22 IJOART 1605.28 7. 808.81 8. 730.24 9. - 2856.98 94 1376.33 1605.04 1606.13 14 10 12 FTIR (KBr) data - II Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 5. 1458.87 1458.75 1458.87 6. 1376.40 1376.22 1376.33 7. 808.81 809.34 808.59 8. 730.24 729.73 730 9. - 579.27 - 75 C-C Carbon skeleton stretching vibrations of Aromatic ring C-C Carbon skeleton stretching vibrations of Aromatic ring Mono substituted Ar-H bending vibrations Para substituted Ar-H bending vibrations Tertiary c-c carbon in plane bending vibrations IJOART FTIR (KBr) data - III S.no. IR Region (cm-1) Copyright © 2015 SciResPub. % of Transmittance % of absorbance IJOART International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 8, August -2015 ISSN 2278-7763 76 1 2954.12 73.0 27.0 2 2921.29 60.0 40.0 3 2857.05 75.0 25.0 4 1458.86 80.0 20.0 5 1376.37 90.0 10.0 6 808.84 96.0 4.0 7 730.24 95.0 5.0 Finally it is concluded that potash alum purifying commercial kerosene by adsorption phenomenon and it also increasing the calorific value commercial kerosene sample. No pollution with more efficiency. IJOART ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I, the Author, dedicate my sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. L.K. Ravindranath, M.Sc., M.Phil,Ph.D, Chemistry Department, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India, for his valuable cooperation in doing this work. REFERENCES 1. “Lavana Varga in Ayurveda – A review” by Prof. Dr. R. 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