Topic
Alcohol fuel
About: Alcohol fuel is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2030 publications have been published within this topic receiving 42757 citations.
Papers published on a yearly basis
Papers
More filters
12 Sep 1983
TL;DR: In this paper, a fuel blend containing 30 percent ethanol, diesel fuel and additives was tested in a diesel tractor to determine its effect on engine performance and durability, and the delivery of the fuel injection pump was found to be a practical method of restoring the 11 percent power reduction caused by lower heat content of the blend.
Abstract: A fuel blend containing 30 percent ethanol, diesel fuel and additives was tested in a diesel tractor to determine its effect on engine performance and durability Uprating the delivery of the fuel injection pump was found to be a practical method of restoring the 11 percent power reduction caused by the lower heat content of the blend Operation of the tractor under on-farm conditions for alternate 100 hour periods totalling 2000 hours on diesel fuel and on the blend revealed no noticeable deterioration in engine condition related to the blend
26 citations
TL;DR: In this paper , a review of the direct use of hydrous ethanol in internal combustion engines is presented, where a brief description of the fuel physicochemical properties relevant to engine applications is provided.
26 citations
16 Sep 2003
26 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the fuel-atomization, combustion, and exhaust emissions characteristics of dual component fuels and found that the blending of diesel or bioethanol fuel slightly affected the reduction of the spray tip penetration and had little influence on the variation of spray cone angle.
Abstract: The authors aimed to investigate the fuel-atomization, combustion, and exhaust emissions characteristics of dual component fuels. The analysis revealed that the blending of diesel or bioethanol fuel slightly affected the reduction of the spray tip penetration and had little influence on the variation of the spray cone angle. The droplet size of biodiesel fuel was reduced by blending with diesel or bioethanol fuel with low kinematic viscosity and surface tension. Regarding the combustion characteristics, B80D20 fuel had the same combustion characteristics as B100. However, the blending of bioethanol fuel with biodiesel fuel caused an extension of the ignition delay and a decrease of the peak combustion pressure. There was little difference in the exhaust emissions characteristics caused by the blending of diesel fuel. However, EI-NOx emissions were reduced significantly by the blending of bioethanol fuel. However, EI-HC and EI-CO emissions were increased by blending the bioethanol fuel.
26 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a residential boiler unit of 29.1kW of nominal power, fed with TPL/diesel fuel blend (50/50vol%) was tested at three different positions of the regulator screw which regulates the fuel-air ratio.
26 citations