Synthetic Fuel Performance, Combustion, and Emissions from a Light-Duty DI Diesel Engine Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Hankins, K. E., author.

Conference Name:

1986 SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exhibition (1986-10-06 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1986

Summary:

Two synthetic Diesel fuels, one derived from oil shale and the other from tar sands, were compared to a petroleum-based number-two Diesel fuel. These fuels were tested in a single-cylinder, air-cooled, direct-injected, light-duty Diesel engine. Comparisons were made on the bases of performance, combustion characteristics, gas-phase emissions (including aldehydes), and particulate emissions. The aldehyde emissions were measured using the DNPH method with a gas-chromatographic finish, while the mutagenic activity of the particulate emissions soluble organic fraction was assayed using the Ames Salmonella typhimurium test.The shale-derived fuel, manufactured by Suntech, Incorporated, was moderately hydrotreated, producing a cetane number of 51. The shale fuel exhibited behavior similar to that of the petroleum-derived number-two baseline fuel. The National Research Council 1990 Diesel fuel was derived from a mixture of conventional Alberta and Syncrude tar sands crude stocks, and then blended with a hydrotreated catalytically-cracked cycle oil. This fuel exhibited behavior commensurate with its reported cetane number of 35

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861540

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