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Title: Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Laboratory (Fact Sheet)

Abstract

This fact sheet describes the Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a state-of-the-art research and testing facility for advanced fuels and vehicles. Research and development aims to improve vehicle efficiency and overcome barriers to the increased use of renewable diesel and other nonpetroleum-based fuels, such as biodiesel and synthetic diesel derived from biomass. The ReFUEL Laboratory features a chassis dynamometer for vehicle performance and emissions research, two engine dynamometer test cells for advanced fuels research, and precise emissions analysis equipment. As a complement to these capabilities, detailed studies of fuel properties, with a focus on ignition quality, are performed at NREL's Fuel Chemistry Laboratory.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Vehicle Technologies Program
OSTI Identifier:
1036899
Report Number(s):
NREL/FS-5400-51782
TRN: US201207%%56
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Related Information: NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DYNAMOMETERS; EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; IGNITION QUALITY; LUBRICANTS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; PERFORMANCE; TESTING; RENEWABLE FUELS AND LUBRICANTS LABORATORY; REFUEL LABORATORY; EMISSIONS TESTING; EMISSIONS ANALYSIS; CHASSIS DYNAMOMETER; ENGINE DYNAMOMETER; ADVANCED FUELS RESEARCH; Transportation

Citation Formats

. Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Laboratory (Fact Sheet). United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.2172/1036899.
. Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Laboratory (Fact Sheet). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1036899
. 2012. "Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Laboratory (Fact Sheet)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1036899. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1036899.
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title = {Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Laboratory (Fact Sheet)},
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abstractNote = {This fact sheet describes the Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a state-of-the-art research and testing facility for advanced fuels and vehicles. Research and development aims to improve vehicle efficiency and overcome barriers to the increased use of renewable diesel and other nonpetroleum-based fuels, such as biodiesel and synthetic diesel derived from biomass. The ReFUEL Laboratory features a chassis dynamometer for vehicle performance and emissions research, two engine dynamometer test cells for advanced fuels research, and precise emissions analysis equipment. As a complement to these capabilities, detailed studies of fuel properties, with a focus on ignition quality, are performed at NREL's Fuel Chemistry Laboratory.},
doi = {10.2172/1036899},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1036899}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2012}
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