Relationships Between Fuel Properties and Composition and Diesel Engine Combustion Performance and Emissions 941018
Five different diesel fuel feedstocks were processed to two levels of aromatic (0.05 sulfur, and then 10 percent) content. These materials were distilled into 6 to 8 narrow boiling range fractions that were each characterized in terms of the properties and composition. The fractions were also tested at five different speed load conditions in a single cylinder engine where high speed combustion data and emissions measurements were obtained. Linear regression analysis was used to develop relationships between the properties and composition, and the combustion and emissions characteristics as determined in the engine. The results are presented in the form of the regression equations and discussed in terms of the relative importance of the various properties in controlling the combustion and emissions characteristics. The results of these analysis confirm the importance of aromatic content on the cetane number, the smoke and the NOx emissions.
Citation: Ryan, T., Erwin, J., Mason, R., and Moulton, D., "Relationships Between Fuel Properties and Composition and Diesel Engine Combustion Performance and Emissions," SAE Technical Paper 941018, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941018. Download Citation
Author(s):
Thomas W. Ryan, Jimell Erwin, Robert L. Mason, David S. Moulton
Affiliated:
Southwest Research Institute
Pages: 16
Event:
International Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Single cylinder engines
Emissions measurement
Cetane
Diesel / compression ignition engines
Diesel fuels
Combustion and combustion processes
Emissions
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