Investigation on the Possibility of Increasing the Environmental Safety and Fuel Efficiency of Vehicles by Means of Gasoline Nano-Additive

Magaril, Elena; Magaril, Romen; Al-Kayiem, Hussain H.; Skvortsova, Elena; Anisimov, Ilya; Rada, Elena Cristina

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Investigation on the Possibility of Increasing the Environmental Safety and Fuel Efficiency of Vehicles by Means of Gasoline Nano-Additive

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Department of Environmental Economics, Ural Federal University, Mira str., 19, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia

Department of Oil and Gas Processing, Tyumen Industrial University, Volodarskogo str., 38, 625000 Tyumen, Russia

Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia

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Department of Road Transport Operation, Tyumen Industrial University, Volodarskogo str., 38, 625000 Tyumen, Russia

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Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University of Varese, via G.B. Vico, 46, I-21100 Varese, Italy

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Sustainability 2019, 11(7), 2165; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072165

Received: 27 March 2019 / Revised: 9 April 2019 / Accepted: 10 April 2019 / Published: 11 April 2019

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Transportation and the Built Environment)

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Environmental safety problem originated from vehicles requires development and exploration of integrated and effective solutions, which considers the development level of technologies, the cost of their widespread use, the legislation requirements and other relevant aspects. One improvement method of the petroleum-derived fuels characteristics is the use of additives that complement the refining methods and provide ample opportunities to influence the individual characteristics. The aim of this work is to study the influence of the developed multifunctional surface-active nano-additive on the gasoline characteristics and engine performance. The measurement results confirmed the effective reduction of the surface tension of gasoline at the boundary with air, improving the mixture formation in the engine. On the other hand, the saturated vapor pressure was significantly decreased, which dramatically reduces evaporation losses and air pollution by light hydrocarbons. The use of the additive, due to a combination of its surface-active and catalytic action, significantly increases the fuel efficiency of engines and reduces octane requirements, greenhouse gases emissions, as well as noise level during operation of vehicles, and the environmental safety of vehicle operation increases. View Full-Text

Keywords: multifunctional surface-active nano-additive; surface tension; saturated vapor pressure; specific fuel consumption; noise level

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Magaril, E.; Magaril, R.; Al-Kayiem, H.H.; Skvortsova, E.; Anisimov, I.; Rada, E.C. Investigation on the Possibility of Increasing the Environmental Safety and Fuel Efficiency of Vehicles by Means of Gasoline Nano-Additive. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2165. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072165

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Magaril E, Magaril R, Al-Kayiem HH, Skvortsova E, Anisimov I, Rada EC. Investigation on the Possibility of Increasing the Environmental Safety and Fuel Efficiency of Vehicles by Means of Gasoline Nano-Additive. Sustainability. 2019; 11(7):2165. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072165

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Magaril, Elena, Romen Magaril, Hussain H. Al-Kayiem, Elena Skvortsova, Ilya Anisimov, and Elena C. Rada 2019. "Investigation on the Possibility of Increasing the Environmental Safety and Fuel Efficiency of Vehicles by Means of Gasoline Nano-Additive" Sustainability 11, no. 7: 2165. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072165

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