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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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28 May 1993
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the optimum brake thermal efficiency for 100 % diesel fuel with 10 % ethanol, 20 % by volume ethanol, 25 % ethanol and 30 % ethanol for a diesel.
Abstract: A diesel fuel containing 10 % by volume ethanol (B), 20 % by volume ethanol (D), 25 % by volume ethanol (C) or 30 % by volume ethanol for a diesel was compared to the optimum brake thermal efficiency for 100 % diesel fuel (A) wherein the (B) diesel fuel composition has almost the same diesel characteristics of conventional diesel fuel (A). A method for powering a diesel internal combustion engine with fuel having as its primary components ethanol, diesel fuel, butanol and an alkyl peroxide.
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30 Jun 2006
TL;DR: In this article, an electrochemical investigation has been carried out by using ethanol as alternative liquid fuel to methanol in a Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell (DAFC), and a composite membrane composed by Nafion ionomer and silica was fabricated in order to maintain the advantageous water retention properties of these materials at high temperatures (90-145°C).
Abstract: An electrochemical investigation has been carried out by using ethanol as alternative liquid fuel to methanol in a Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell (DAFC). Although methanol shows better performance with respect to ethanol, this latter represents a suitable fuel for DAFC; it is not toxic, it can be obtained from biomasses and it has a theoretical mass energy density larger than methanol. 85%Pt-Ru/C and 60%Pt/C in-house catalysts have been prepared for ethanol electro-oxidation and oxygen electro-reduction reactions, respectively, by the sulfite complex route. A composite membrane composed by Nafion ionomer and silica was fabricated in order to maintain the advantageous water retention properties of these materials at high temperatures (90-145{degree sign}C). The electrochemical behaviour of the composite membranes was also investigated in DEFCs at low temperatures (60-80{degree sign}C).
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08 Jun 1998
TL;DR: In this article, the use of inexpensive vegetable oil-derived chemicals to permit the blending of liquid fuels such as diesel or gasoline with components such as wet ethanol to produce an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines.
Abstract: This invention relates to novel alternative liquid fuels for internal combustion engines. More specifically, this invention relates to the use of inexpensive vegetable oil-derived chemicals to permit the blending of liquid fuels such as diesel or gasoline with components such as wet ethanol to produce an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines. A liquid fuel for use in diesel engines comprising: (a) about 37 to 96 % wt. diesel fuel; (b) about 0.1 to about 37 % wt. hydrous alcohol; and (c) an effective amount of a non-ionic surfactant used either alone or in combination with one or more fatty acids and their ammonium salts, the combination of ingredients adding up to 100 %.
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