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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 article, the exhaust emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) considered toxic to human health were investigated on two spark ignition light duty vehicles, one being gasohol (Gasohol, in Brazil, is the generic denomination for mixtures of pure gasoline plus 20-25% of anhydrous ethyl alcohol fuel (AEAF).
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TL;DR: In this paper, a model for the evaporation of droplets of pure and denatured ethanol with No. 2 fuel oil is presented, which uses continuous thermodynamics to describe the fuel oil fraction.
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01 Feb 1973
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TL;DR: In this article, a fuel-flexible fuel cell consisting of an alkaline anion exchange membrane, palladium anode, and platinum cathode was constructed, and the maximum power densities were achieved at 60°C.
Abstract: We constructed a fuel-flexible fuel cell consisting of an alkaline anion exchange membrane, palladium anode, and platinum cathode. When an alcohol fuel was used with potassium hydroxide added to the fuel stream and oxygen was the oxidant, the following maximum power densities were achieved at 60 °C: ethanol (128 mW cm−2), 1-propanol (101 mW cm−2), 2-propanol (40 mW cm−2), ethylene glycol (117 mW cm−2), glycerol (78 mW cm−2), and propylene glycol (75 mW cm−2). We also observed a maximum power density of 302 mW cm−2 when potassium formate was used as the fuel under the same conditions. However, when potassium hydroxide was removed from the fuel stream, the maximum power density with ethanol decreased to 9 mW cm−2 (using oxygen as oxidant), while with formate it only decreased to 120 mW cm−2 (using air as the oxidant). Variations in the performance of each fuel are discussed. This fuel-flexible fuel cell configuration is promising for a number of alcohol fuels. It is especially promising with potassium formate, since it does not require hydroxide added to the fuel stream for efficient operation.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of different types of compounds commonly found in diesel fuel (e.g., paraffins, naphthenes, and aromatics) as well as their chemical structure was investigated.
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