Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels

LR Lynd, GT Beckham, AM Guss… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

Pressure and temperature effects on fuels with varying octane sensitivity at high load in SI engines

JP Szybist, DA Splitter - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
The octane sensitivity (S), defined as the difference between the Research Octane Number
(RON) and the Motor Octane Number (MON), is of increasing interest in spark ignition (SI) …

Understanding chemistry-specific fuel differences at a constant RON in a boosted SI engine

JP Szybist, DA Splitter - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
The goal of the US Department of Energy Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-
Optima) initiative is to accelerate the development of advanced fuels and engines for higher …

Effects of fuel composition on EGR dilution tolerance in spark ignited engines

JP Szybist, D Splitter - SAE International Journal of Engines, 2016 - JSTOR
Fuel-specific differences in exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) dilution tolerance are studied in
a modern, direct-injection single-cylinder research engine. A total of 6 model fuel blends are …

Fuel kinetic effects on pre-spark heat release and engine knock limit

A Gilliam, D Splitter, J Szybist, JB Ghandhi - 2018 - osti.gov
This study focuses on the ability of chemical mechanisms to describe the recently
discovered phenomena of pre-spark heat release (PSHR) due to low-temperature chemistry …