Effect of Blending Dimethyl Carbonate and Ethanol with Gasoline on Combustion Characteristics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Experimental Results
3.2. Discussions
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bore and stroke | 100 mm and 120 mm |
Corresponding piston speed | 1200 rpm |
Compression ratio | 7.5 |
Piston compression velocity | 5 m/s |
Piston shape | Flat top |
Fuel | Gasoline/DMC (DMC: 0, 20, 40, 60, 100 vol.%) Gasoline/ethanol (ethanol: 0, 20, 40, 60, 100 vol.%) |
Equivalence ratio | 0.7 and 1.0 |
Initial temperature of chamber | 340 K |
Initial pressure of chamber | 0.05 and 0.10 MPa |
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Suzuki, S.; Takahashi, E.; Oguma, M.; Akihama, K. Effect of Blending Dimethyl Carbonate and Ethanol with Gasoline on Combustion Characteristics. Fuels 2023, 4, 441-453. https://doi.org/10.3390/fuels4040027
Suzuki S, Takahashi E, Oguma M, Akihama K. Effect of Blending Dimethyl Carbonate and Ethanol with Gasoline on Combustion Characteristics. Fuels. 2023; 4(4):441-453. https://doi.org/10.3390/fuels4040027
Chicago/Turabian StyleSuzuki, Shunsuke, Eiichi Takahashi, Mitsuharu Oguma, and Kazuhiro Akihama. 2023. "Effect of Blending Dimethyl Carbonate and Ethanol with Gasoline on Combustion Characteristics" Fuels 4, no. 4: 441-453. https://doi.org/10.3390/fuels4040027