There has been much recent progress in the area of surrogate fuels for diesel. In the last few
years, experiments and modeling have been performed on higher molecular weight …

At a first glance, ethanol, toluene and methyl tert-butyl ether look nothing alike with respect
to their molecular structures. Nevertheless, all share a similarly high octane number. A …

Ongoing progress in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and catalysis continues to
produce a diverse array of advanced biofuels with complex molecular structure and …

Abstract Cyclic Ethers (CEs) belong to a class of compounds of importance to understand
the chemistry of both the engine auto-ignition of hydrocarbon fuels and the combustion of …

A detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism is developed for the five major components
of soy biodiesel and rapeseed biodiesel fuels. These components, methyl stearate, methyl …

The motivation for and challenges in reducing the world's dependence on crude oil while
simultaneously improving engine performance through better fuel efficiency and reduced …

Burgeoning global demand for energy has increased concerns about the fuel security issues
and deleterious environmental impacts that result from the ubiquitous use of fossil fuels to …

Due to growing environmental concerns and diminishing petroleum reserves, a wide range
of oxygenated species has been proposed as possible substitutes to fossil fuels: alcohols …

A skeletal mechanism with 118 species and 837 reactions was developed from a detailed
LLNL mechanism that consisted of 3329 species and 10806 reactions for a tricomponent …

The modeling of the oxidation of methyl esters was investigated and the specific chemistry,
which is due to the presence of the ester group in this class of molecules, is described. New …