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Auto-Ignition of Iso-Stoichiometric Blends of Gasoline-Ethanol-Methanol (GEM) in SI, HCCI and CI Combustion Modes
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2017-01-0726
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Gasoline-ethanol-methanol (GEM) blends, with constant stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio (iso-stoichiometric blending rule) and equivalent to binary gasoline-ethanol blends (E2, E5, E10 and E15 in % vol.), were defined to investigate the effect of methanol and combined mixtures of ethanol and methanol when blended with three FACE (Fuels for Advanced Combustion Engines) Gasolines, I, J and A corresponding to RON 70.2, 73.8 and 83.9, respectively, and their corresponding Primary Reference Fuels (PRFs). A Cooperative Fuel Research (CFR) engine was used under Spark Ignition and Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignited modes. An ignition quality tester was utilized in the Compression Ignition mode. One of the promising properties of GEM blends, which are derived using the iso-stoichiometric blending rule, is that they maintain a constant octane number, which has led to the introduction of methanol as a drop-in fuel to supplement bio-derived ethanol. A constant RON/HCCI fuel number/derived Research octane number property was observed in all three combustion modes for high RON fuels, but for low RON fuels, the iso-stoichiometric blending rule for constant octane number did not appear to be valid. The chemical composition and octane number of the base fuel also influenced the behavior of the GEM blends under different conditions.
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- Muhammad Waqas - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Nimal Naser - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Mani Sarathy - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Jeroen Feijs - Eindhoven University of Technology
- Kai Morganti - Saudi Aramco
- Gustav Nyrenstedt - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Bengt Johansson - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Waqas, M., Naser, N., Sarathy, M., Feijs, J. et al., "Auto-Ignition of Iso-Stoichiometric Blends of Gasoline-Ethanol-Methanol (GEM) in SI, HCCI and CI Combustion Modes," SAE Technical Paper 2017-01-0726, 2017, https://doi.org/10.4271/2017-01-0726.Data Sets - Support Documents
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