Top Ten Blendstocks Derived From Biomass For Turbocharged Spark Ignition Engines

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1762671· OSTI ID:1762671

Gaspar, Daniel J. ^[1]; West, Brian ^[2]; Ruddy, Dan ^[3]; Wilke, Trenton ^[3]; Polikarpov, Evgueni ^[1]; Allerman, Teresa L. ^[3]; George, Anthe ^[4]; Monroe, Eric ^[4]; Davis, Ryan Wesley ^[4]; Vardon, Derek ^[3]; Sutton, Andrew D. ^[5]; Moore, Cameron ^[5]; Pihl, Josh ^[2]; Debusk, Melanie ^[2]; Pitz, Bill ^[6]; Sjoberg, Magnus ^[4]; Szybist, Jim ^[2]; Sluder, Scott ^[2]; Fioroni, Gina ^[3]; Benavides, Pahola Thathiana ^[7] ; Dunn, Jennifer ^[7]; Biddy, Mary ^[3]; Jones, Susanne ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
3. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
4. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
5. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
6. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
7. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

More efficient engines enabled by better fuels derived from biomass could increase the fuel economy of the light duty (LD) fleet by 10% over current technology and planned developments. This report identifies top LD boosted spark ignition (BSI) biofuel candidates for further development and commercialization identified using a fuel property basis. The BSI merit function was used to evaluate the performance of candidate bio-blendstocks in improving engine efficiency. This report is aimed at biofuel researchers looking to better understand the efficiency implications of biofuels under development, as well as engine researchers who are interested in future biofuels with properties that enable more efficient engine design and operation.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Contributing Organization: Co-Optima
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1762671
• Report Number(s): SAND--2019-7253R; 676819
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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