Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2011

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company has filed a US patent application (# 20100326387 , published 30 December 2010) on methods using a wide range of fuel-alcohol blends to expand the operating envelope of engines operating in advanced combustion modes. reduced maximum rates of pressure increase during HTHR.

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Alcohol Blend Fuel Range Gasoline 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Summary of significant emissions results from the fuel testing. This study points to the need for more extensive emissions measurements for these new fuels as well as research to gain a better understanding of the biological effects of the NMOG components that they produce, the team concludes. Credit: ACS, Ratcliff et al.

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Gasoline Alcohol Blend Light Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Researchers from Tsinghua University and Peking University have investigated the effects of fuel properties on particulate emissions gasoline direct injection engines (GDI). The study results, reported in the journal Fuel , demonstrated that the fuel composition has a significant on particulate emissions from GDI engines.

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Gasoline Emissions Engine Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2015

A team of engineers from GM Powertrain, Ford and FCA have published a detailed review of how to estimate the engine efficiency benefits of higher octane fuel—e.g., fuel with higher ethanol content—for part- and full-load operation for different engine types and fuel assumptions. —Leone et al.

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Engine Fuel GM Ford 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Under the Proalcool Program, sugar companies were ordered to increase production and the state-run oil company, Petrobras, was required to make álcool (ethanol) available at its fuel stations. The production and consumption of hydrous ethanol fuel followed an expected pattern. of water.

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