Effect of methanol fuel formulations on exhaust products. Status report. [Indolene]

Technical Report · Wed Sep 11 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5557400

Wares, R N

Five methanol fuels were utilized in two Ford Escorts specifically designed for neat methanol consumption. The methanol-based fuel blends contained up to 30% hydrocarbons by volume and covered a wide range of volatility. Exhaust emission results show small changes in HC and NO/sub x/ emissions with the addition of hydrocarbons to methanol. Blends containing high vapor pressure Indolene exhibited large increases in CO. For both vehicles, aldehydes were decreased with the displacement of methanol by Indolene. Addition of a 15 volume-percent low Reid vapor pressure (RVP) Indolene produced the highest volumetric fuel economy. Evaporative emissions were lowest with neat methanol as fuel and up to 250% higher with the addition of 30-volume-percent Indolene with RVP modified to a higher level. No driveability problems occurred with any of the fuels in these automobiles. 8 tabs.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Petroleum and Energy Research, Bartlesville, OK (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC22-83FE60149
• OSTI ID: 5557400
• Report Number(s): NIPER-101; ON: DE86014738
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ADDITIVES
ALCOHOL FUELS
ALDEHYDES
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
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DENSITY
EMISSION
ENGINES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUEL ADDITIVES
FUEL ECONOMY
FUELS
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
METHANOL FUELS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SPARK IGNITION ENGINES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TESTING
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
VAPOR PRESSURE