Diesel Surrogate Fuels for Engine Testing and Chemical-Kinetic Modeling: Compositions and Properties

Mueller, Charles J.; Cannella, William J.; Bays, J. Timothy; Bruno, Thomas J.; DeFabio, Kathy; Dettman, Heather D.; Gieleciak, Rafal M.; Huber, Marcia L.; Kweon, Chol-Bum; McConnell, Steven S.; Pitz, William J.; Ratcliff, Matthew A.

doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02879

Title: Diesel Surrogate Fuels for Engine Testing and Chemical-Kinetic Modeling: Compositions and Properties

Journal Article · Thu Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Energy and Fuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02879· OSTI ID:1237000

Mueller, Charles J.; Cannella, William J.; Bays, J. Timothy; Bruno, Thomas J.; DeFabio, Kathy; Dettman, Heather D.; Gieleciak, Rafal M.; Huber, Marcia L.; Kweon, Chol-Bum; McConnell, Steven S.; Pitz, William J.; Ratcliff, Matthew A.

The primary objectives of this work were to formulate, blend, and characterize a set of four ultralow-sulfur diesel surrogate fuels in quantities sufficient to enable their study in single-cylinder-engine and combustion-vessel experiments. The surrogate fuels feature increasing levels of compositional accuracy (i.e., increasing exactness in matching hydrocarbon structural characteristics) relative to the single target diesel fuel upon which the surrogate fuels are based. This approach was taken to assist in determining the minimum level of surrogate-fuel compositional accuracy that is required to adequately emulate the performance characteristics of the target fuel under different combustion modes. For each of the four surrogate fuels, an approximately 30 L batch was blended, and a number of the physical and chemical properties were measured. This work documents the surrogate-fuel creation process and the results of the property measurements.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; AC52-07NA27344; DE347AC36-99GO10337; AC04-94AL85000; AC36-08GO28308; AC36-99GO10337; PERD and ecoEII; 347AC36-99GO10337

OSTI ID:: 1237000

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1242677; OSTI ID: 1249363; OSTI ID: 1340257; OSTI ID: 1409954

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5400-66159; PNNL-SA-114639; SAND-2016-12369J; LLNL-JRNL-679599

Journal Information:: Energy and Fuels, Journal Name: Energy and Fuels Vol. 30 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 0887-0624

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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