A Comparative Study of the Effects of Fuel Properties of Non-Petroleum Fuels on Diesel Engine Combustion and Emissions 841334
A single cylinder indirect injection diesel engine was used to evaluate the emissions, fuel consumption, and ignition delay of non-petroleum liquid fuels derived from coal, shale, and tar sands. Correlations were made relating fuel properties with exhaust emissions, fuel consumption, and ignition delay. The results of the correlation study showed that the indicated fuel consumption, ignition delay, and CO emissions significantly correlated with the H/C ratio, specific gravity, heat of combustion, aromatics and saturates content, and cetane number, Multiple fuel properties were necessary to correlate the hydrocarbon emissions. The NOx emissions did not correlate well with any fuel property.
Because these fuels from various resources were able to correlate succesfully with many of the fuel properties suggests that the degree of refinement or the chemical composition of the fuel is a better predictor of its performance than its resource.
Citation: Freeman, L., Chui, G., Crowl, D., and Roby, R., "A Comparative Study of the Effects of Fuel Properties of Non-Petroleum Fuels on Diesel Engine Combustion and Emissions," SAE Technical Paper 841334, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/841334. Download Citation
Author(s):
Lois E. Freeman, Granger K. Chui, Daniel A. Crowl, Richard J. Roby
Affiliated:
Ford Motor Co.
Pages: 15
Event:
1984 SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Alternative Fuels for Compression and SI Engines-SP-0587, SAE 1984 Transactions-V93-84
Related Topics:
Fuel consumption
Carbon monoxide
Hydrocarbons
Nitrogen oxides
Exhaust emissions
Cetane
Diesel / compression ignition engines
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