Research in Alternative Fuel Development

This SAE publication, Research in Alternative Fuel Development includes papers from the Alternate fuels sessions at the 2002 Spring Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exhibition.

Technologies include a diverse group of subjects in oxygenates such as Dimethyl Ether (DME), 1,3-dioxolane, di-tertiary-butyl peroxide (DTBP), and dimethoxymethane and in alternative fuels such as natural gas, propane, and a mixture of a biomass-based gas blended with natural gas.

Several papers looked at the impact of these fuel technologies on safety, handling, and engine properties such as spray characteristics, exhaust emissions, and performance. Contents Include: Performance and Emissions of a DI Diesel Engine Operated with PLG and Ignition Improving Additives; Effect of Reduced Boost Air Temperature on Knock Limited Brake Mean Effective Pressure (BMEP); Preliminary Investigation on the Viability of 1,3-Dioxolane as an Alternative to MTBE in Reformulated Gasoline; Engine Control System Architecture for Bi-Fuel Vehicles; Isotopic Tracing of Bio-Derived Carbon from Ethanol-in-Diesel Blends in the Emissions of a Diesel Engine; The Effect of Oxygenates on Diesel Engine Particulate Matter; The Possibility of Gas to Liquid (GTL) as a Fuel of Direct Injection Diesel Engine; Spectroscopic Investigation of the Combustion Process in DME Compression Ignition Engine; A Method to Determine Biogas Composition for Combustion Control; Hydrogen/Oxygen Additives Influence on Premixed Iso-Octane/Air Flame; Atomization Characteristics for Various Ambient Pressure of Dimethyl Ether (DME).