Research Article

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

Table 1

Diagrammatic sketches and properties of each component in the low-sulfur fuel oil.

NameMolecule modelFormulaMolecular weightAtom numberSulfur mass fractionH/C ratio

AsphalteneC47H41NOS2699.971929.14%0.872
ResinC18H10S2290.3983022.038%0.556
AromaticC30H46406.6987601.533
SaturateC30H62422.8269202.067
HexadecaneC16H34226.4485002.125