Research Article

Investigating the Compatibility of Various Components in Marine Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Table 3

Solubility parameters and densities of each component in low-sulfur fuel oil at 298 K.

Nameδ (J·cm−3)0.5δvdw (J·cm−3)0.5δelec (J·cm−3)0.5ρ (g·cm−3)

Hexadecane16.59216.2310.5140.775
Saturate16.16515.7780.4910.818
Aromatic18.10817.7842.2370.921
Resin22.90822.3840.3941.317
Asphaltene22.32221.6930.7851.219