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15 - Fuel Composition Influences on Reciprocating Engine Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

By
Jim Szybist ,
Scott Sluder ,
John Farrell  and
Robert Wagner
Edited by
Jacqueline O'Connor ,
Bobby Noble  and
Tim Lieuwen
Jacqueline O'Connor
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Bobby Noble
Affiliation:
Electric Power Research Institute
Tim Lieuwen
Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Summary

The introduction of new fuels into the market is a unique opportunity to take advantage of new fuel compositions to improve the efficiency and emissions of internal combustion reciprocating engines and alternative fuel feedstocks. However, there are numerous challenges that introductions of new fuels face before they can become first legal, then ubiquitous. This chapter reviews four different case studies related to changing fuel composition. In some circumstances, the fuel formulation was changed in seemingly minor ways, and resulted in the unanticipated consequences. In other cases, a fuel change was desired, but an unexpected barrier slowed the introduction of the fuel change. These case studies should be viewed as opportunities to understand the interdependencies that exist and factors that need to be considered when trying to change the fuel in the marketplace.

Keywords

tetraethyl lead removalvalve seat recessionmethyltertiary butyletherethanol blendinggasolineignitionknockultra-low sulfur diesel
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Renewable Fuels
Sources, Conversion, and Utilization
 , pp. 501 - 514
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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