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Alcohol fuel
About: Alcohol fuel is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2030 publications have been published within this topic receiving 42757 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the technological aspects of the problems aimed at using alcohol biofuel mixtures in diesel engines kept in operation in Lithuania concerning a gradual replacement of fuel oils with biofuels.
Abstract: The article presents the technological aspects of the problems aimed at using alcohol biofuel mixtures in diesel engines kept in operation in Lithuania concerning a gradual replacement of fuel oils with biofuels. It is shown that three‐component fuels such as D‐RME‐E possess the motor characteristics close to mineral diesel fuel. The use of the EC standardized rapeseed oil methyl esters RME as a solvent allows compensating the unfavorable motor characteristics of ethanol E and increasing the number of biocomponents in the fuel at the same time. The key aspects of research on the indicator process and the operating characteristics of diesel engines running on alcohol biofuel mixtures are substantiated.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a trajectory model was used to estimate the ozone-forming potential of emissions from methanol- and gasoline-fueled vehicles, and the results suggest that replacing gasoline-powered vehicles with methanoline-based vehicles may not reduce ozone in all urban areas.
Abstract: A trajectory model was used to estimate the ozone-forming potential of emissions from methanol- and gasoline-fueled vehicles. The composition of the emissions from the two types of vehicles was based on new measurements of the individual organic compounds emitted by vehicles operating on gasoline, M85 fuel, and M100 fuel. Simulations were conducted using a range of atmospheric conditions and two different chemical mechanisms. The results suggest that replacing gasoline-fueled vehicles with methanol-fueled vehicles may not reduce ozone in all urban areas. Also, it was found that the experimental methanol-fueled vehicle tested provides, at best, small ozone reductions compared to prototype gasoline-fueled vehicles. Additional work is necessary to reduce formaldehyde emissions from methanol-fueled vehicles. Lastly, if both M85 and M100 vehicles are assumed to have the same low-formaldehyde fraction in the emissions, the results suggest that M85 vehicles provide 80-85% of the ozone reductions of M100 vehicles.
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TL;DR: This article examined how methanol gained this preeminent position by analyzing the historical interplay of economic interests, technical judgments, and ideology and then showed that the preference for methanoline is not the only conclusion to be drawn from the available evidence.
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08 May 2013
TL;DR: In this article, an alcohol-based fuel burner is characterized in that an air outlet of the fan is horizontally connected with the combustion chamber, and an outlet of a flame spray pipe is provided with a flame stabilizing plate.
Abstract: The utility model discloses an alcohol-based fuel burner. The alcohol-based fuel burner comprises a box and a combustion chamber, wherein the box comprises an oil pump, a high-pressure ignition pack, a control circuit, an oil path, a fan and an air valve, and the combustion chamber comprises an ignition pin, a fuel pipe, a high-pressure atomizing nozzle and a flame spray pipe communicated with the combustion chamber. The alcohol-based fuel burner is characterized in that an air outlet of the fan is horizontally connected with the combustion chamber, and an outlet of the flame spray pipe is provided with a flame stabilizing plate. The alcohol-based fuel burner has the advantages of reasonable structure, small volume, simplicity and durability. Flame concentration, strong flame combustion, through combustion and no hazard waste emission can be realized by the alcohol-based fuel burner, and the alcohol-based fuel burner solves the problem of the low combustion ratio of the alcohol fuel in the prior art.
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