Investigations of the impact of 10% ethanol blended fuels on performances of sold gasoline vehicles in the Japanese market already on the road in Japan 2011-01-1987
The study of 10% ethanol blended gasoline (E10 gasoline) utilization has been conducted in the Japan Auto-Oil Program (JATOP). In order to clarify the impact of E10 gasoline on vehicle performances, exhaust emissions, evaporative emissions, driveability and material compatibility have been investigated by using domestic gasoline vehicles including mini motor vehicles which are particular to Japan. The test results reveal that E10 gasoline has no impact on exhaust emissions, engine startup time and acceleration period under the hot start condition, but a slight deterioration is observed in some test cases under the cold start condition using E10 gasolines with 50% distillation temperature (T50) level set to the upper limit of Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) K 2202. Regarding evaporative emissions, the tested vehicles shows no remarkable increase in the hot soak loss (HSL), diurnal breathing loss (DBL) and running loss (RL) testing with E10 gasolines.
Citation: Hirose, T., Nakamura, O., Okabe, N., Tsukasaki, Y. et al., "Investigations of the impact of 10% ethanol blended fuels on performances of sold gasoline vehicles in the Japanese market already on the road in Japan," SAE Technical Paper 2011-01-1987, 2011, https://doi.org/10.4271/2011-01-1987. Download Citation
Affiliated:
Japan Petroleum Energy Center, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Toyota Motor Corp., TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., Nissan Motor Co., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., JX Nippon Oil - Energy Co., Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Japan Automobile Research Institute, Suzuki Motor Corp., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
Pages: 70
Event:
SAE International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Ethanol
Exhaust emissions
Gasoline
Gasohol
Vehicle performance
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