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A Complete Assessment of the Emissions Performance of Ethanol Blends and Iso-Butanol Blends from a Fleet of Nine PFI and GDI Vehicles

Journal Article
2015-01-0957
ISSN: 1946-3952, e-ISSN: 1946-3960
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-01-0957
Published April 14, 2015 by SAE International in United States
A Complete Assessment of the Emissions Performance of Ethanol Blends and Iso-Butanol Blends from a Fleet of Nine PFI and GDI Vehicles
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Citation: Karavalakis, G., Short, D., Vu, D., Russell, R. et al., "A Complete Assessment of the Emissions Performance of Ethanol Blends and Iso-Butanol Blends from a Fleet of Nine PFI and GDI Vehicles," SAE Int. J. Fuels Lubr. 8(2):374-395, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-01-0957.
Language: English

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