Exhaust gas emissions of butanol, ethanol, and methanol-gasoline blends

Rice, R W; Sanyal, A K; Elrod, A C; Bata, R M

doi:10.1115/1.2906241

Title: Exhaust gas emissions of butanol, ethanol, and methanol-gasoline blends

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This paper reports on emissions levels for CO, NO{sub x}, and unburned fuel (UBF) from a stationary four-cylinder Chrysler engine measured under a variety of operating conditions for gasoline and three different 20 vol percent alcohol-gasoline blends. In tests of separate isobutanol, ethanol, and methanol blends, lower CO and CO{sub x} emissions were observed for the alcohol blends relative to gasoline, particularly for fuel-rich operation. Generally, on a volume (mole) basis unburned fuel emissions were highest for methanol blends and lowest for gasoline, but on a mass or OMHCE basis only small differences were noted. For a given fuel, the separate effects of engine speed, load, and equivalence ratio were examined.

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Rice, R W; Sanyal, A K; Elrod, A C ^[1]; Bata, R M ^[2]

Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC (US)
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (US)

Publication Date:: 1991-07-01

OSTI Identifier:: 5742020

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 113:3; Journal ID: ISSN 0742-4795

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; EXHAUST GASES; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NITROGEN OXIDES; BUTANOLS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; METHANOL; PARTICULATES; ALCOHOLS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CONTROL; ENGINES; FLUIDS; FUELS; GASEOUS WASTES; GASES; HEAT ENGINES; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; LIQUID FUELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTES; 330700* - Advanced Propulsion Systems- Emission Control; 540120 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); 330800 - Emission Control- Alternative Fuels; 100400 - Synthetic Fuels- Combustion- (1990-)

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                    Rice, R W, Sanyal, A K, Elrod, A C, and Bata, R M. Exhaust gas emissions of butanol, ethanol, and methanol-gasoline blends.  United States: N. p., 1991. 
        Web.  doi:10.1115/1.2906241.

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                    Rice, R W, Sanyal, A K, Elrod, A C, & Bata, R M. Exhaust gas emissions of butanol, ethanol, and methanol-gasoline blends.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2906241

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                    Rice, R W, Sanyal, A K, Elrod, A C, and Bata, R M. 1991.  
        "Exhaust gas emissions of butanol, ethanol, and methanol-gasoline blends".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2906241.

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  title        = {Exhaust gas emissions of butanol, ethanol, and methanol-gasoline blends},

  author       = {Rice, R W and Sanyal, A K and Elrod, A C and Bata, R M},

  abstractNote = {This paper reports on emissions levels for CO, NO{sub x}, and unburned fuel (UBF) from a stationary four-cylinder Chrysler engine measured under a variety of operating conditions for gasoline and three different 20 vol percent alcohol-gasoline blends. In tests of separate isobutanol, ethanol, and methanol blends, lower CO and CO{sub x} emissions were observed for the alcohol blends relative to gasoline, particularly for fuel-rich operation. Generally, on a volume (mole) basis unburned fuel emissions were highest for methanol blends and lowest for gasoline, but on a mass or OMHCE basis only small differences were noted. For a given fuel, the separate effects of engine speed, load, and equivalence ratio were examined.},

  doi          = {10.1115/1.2906241},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5742020},
  journal      = {Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (United States)},

  issn         = {0742-4795},

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  volume       = 113:3,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {1991},

  month        = {7}

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