Methanol as a fuel for internal combustion engines

S Verhelst, JWG Turner, L Sileghem… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Transportation of people and goods largely relies on the use of fossil hydrocarbons,
contributing to global warming and problems with local air quality. There are a number of …

What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines?

JP Szybist, S Busch, RL McCormick, JA Pihl… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the US
Department of Energy aims to co-develop fuels and engines in an effort to maximize energy …

Advanced biofuels and beyond: chemistry solutions for propulsion and production

W Leitner, J Klankermayer, S Pischinger… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainably produced biofuels, especially when they are derived from lignocellulosic
biomass, are being discussed intensively for future ground transportation. Traditionally …

[图书][B] Introduction to internal combustion engines

R Stone - 1999 - Springer
The popularity of Introduction to Internal Combustion Engines during the last ten years or so,
has prompted me to prepare this set of worked solutions for the 3n1 Edition. I have used …

The octane numbers of ethanol blended with gasoline and its surrogates

TM Foong, KJ Morganti, MJ Brear, G da Silva, Y Yang… - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper reports the Research (RON) and Motor (MON) Octane Numbers of ethanol
blended with production gasoline, four gasoline surrogates, n-heptane, isooctane and …

Renewable oxygenate blending effects on gasoline properties

E Christensen, J Yanowitz, M Ratcliff… - Energy & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The oxygenates ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol
(isobutanol), 1-pentanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol (isopentanol), methyl levulinate, ethyl …

High octane number ethanol–gasoline blends: Quantifying the potential benefits in the United States

JE Anderson, DM DiCicco, JM Ginder, U Kramer… - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
Ethanol provides a significant contribution to road transportation fuel in the US, Brazil, and
elsewhere. Renewable fuels regulations in the US and EU imply that ethanol use will …

Effect of alcohol–gasoline blends optimization on fuel properties, performance and emissions of a SI engine

BM Masum, HH Masjuki, MA Kalam, SM Palash… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study, as an observation, put its utmost effort to emphasize on the development of
various physicochemical properties using multiple alcohols (C 2 to C 6) at different ratios …

Autoignition and preliminary heat release of gasoline surrogates and their blends with ethanol at engine-relevant conditions: Experiments and comprehensive kinetic …

S Cheng, C Saggese, D Kang, SS Goldsborough… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work utilizes a rapid compression machine (RCM) to experimentally quantify
autoignition and preliminary heat release characteristics for blends of 0 to 30% ethanol by …

A simple method to predict knock using toluene, n-heptane and iso-octane blends (TPRF) as gasoline surrogates

G Kalghatgi, H Babiker, J Badra - SAE International Journal of Engines, 2015 - JSTOR
The autoignition resistance of a practical gasoline is best characterized by the Octane Index,
OI, defined as RON-KS, where RON and MON are respectively, Research and Motor Octane …