Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index (CCAI )

CCAI

CCAI (CALCULATED CARBON AROMATICITY INDEX )

What is CCAI ?

CCAI is the ratio of the fuel which indicates ignition quality because ignition directly depends on the Aromatic Content in the fuel.

Or
The calculated carbon aromaticity index is an index of the ignition quality of residual fuel oil.


The operation of all internal combustion engines depends on the ignition quality of fuel.
For spark-ignition engines the fuel has an octane rating.

For the Diesel Engine ,it depends on the type of fuels.The cetane numbers are used for the distillate fuels.

Two other empirical indices are used for the residual fuel oil: CCAI and Calculated Ignition Index (CII).

Both CCAI and CII are calculated from the fuel density and kinematics Viscosity.


Formula for CCAI:

CCAI (CALCULATED CARBON AROMATICITY INDEX )

CCAI (CALCULATED CARBON AROMATICITY INDEX )

D= density at 15°C (kg/m3)
V= viscosity (cST)
t = viscosity temperature (°C)


Use

Normally, this will give a value somewhere between 800 and 880. The lower the value, the better the quality of the ignition. Fuels with a Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index higher than 880 are often problematic or even unusable in diesel engines.

A Low Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index Rating means better Ignition,Better fuel quality and less Ignition Delay.

Low Ratings are up to a Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index ratio of 850

Range :- 850-950 ;870 be the limit for use.

Medium speed engine – < 840

For Slow speed engine – < 870


Aromatics –Benzene ring structures present in the fuel which affect the ease of which a hydrocarbon fuel molecules can burn.


Full form :-

Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index