Petroleum-derived gasoline is currently the most widely used fuel for transportation
propulsion. The design and operation of gasoline fuels is governed by specific physical and …

The fundamental combustion and emissions properties of advanced biofuels are reviewed,
and their impact on engine performance is discussed, in order to guide the selection of …

Rapid compression machines (RCMs) are widely used to acquire experimental insights into
fuel autoignition and pollutant formation chemistry, especially at conditions relevant to …

Since real petroleum fuels are composed of a huge variety of hydrocarbon components,
surrogate mixtures of various hydrocarbon fuels are typically employed in computational …

Abstract Changes in engine technology, driven by the need to increase the efficiency of the
SI engine and reduce NOx and soot from diesel engines, and in transport energy demand …

At a first glance, ethanol, toluene and methyl tert-butyl ether look nothing alike with respect
to their molecular structures. Nevertheless, all share a similarly high octane number. A …

This paper reports the Research (RON) and Motor (MON) Octane Numbers of ethanol
blended with production gasoline, four gasoline surrogates, n-heptane, isooctane and …

As regulatory measures for improved fuel economy and decreased emissions are pushing
gasoline engine combustion technologies towards extreme conditions (ie, boosted and …

The numerical study of engine combustion requires the coupling of advanced computational
fluid dynamics and accurate chemical kinetic models. This task becomes extremely …

Internal combustion engines running on liquid fuels will remain the dominant prime movers
for road and air transportation for decades, probably for most of this century. The world's …