Combustion characteristics of various fuels during research octane number testing on an instrumented CFR F1/F2 engine

doi:10.19206/CE-2017-427

Title: Combustion characteristics of various fuels during research octane number testing on an instrumented CFR F1/F2 engine

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The Cooperative Fuels Research (CFR) engine is the long-established standard for characterization of fuel knock resistance in spark-ignition internal combustion engines. Despite its measurements of RON and MON being widely used, there is little understanding of what governs the CFR octane rating for fuels of various chemical compositions compared to primary reference fuels (iso-octane and n-heptane). Some detailed combustion characteristics were measured on a highly instrumented CFR F1/F2 engine during RON testing of fuels with significantly different chemical composition. Our results revealed differences in the cylinder pressure and temperature conditions, as well as knocking characteristics.

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Kolodziej, Christopher P. ^[1]; Wallner, Thomas ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: 2017-04-01

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

OSTI Identifier:: 1394801

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Combustion Engines

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 171; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2300-9896

Publisher:: Polish Scientific Society of Combustion Engines

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; knock; auto-ignition; fuel; gasoline; octane

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                    Kolodziej, Christopher P., and Wallner, Thomas. Combustion characteristics of various fuels during research octane number testing on an instrumented CFR F1/F2 engine.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Kolodziej, Christopher P., & Wallner, Thomas. Combustion characteristics of various fuels during research octane number testing on an instrumented CFR F1/F2 engine.  United States.  doi:10.19206/CE-2017-427.

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  title        = {Combustion characteristics of various fuels during research octane number testing on an instrumented CFR F1/F2 engine},

  author       = {Kolodziej, Christopher P. and Wallner, Thomas},

  abstractNote = {The Cooperative Fuels Research (CFR) engine is the long-established standard for characterization of fuel knock resistance in spark-ignition internal combustion engines. Despite its measurements of RON and MON being widely used, there is little understanding of what governs the CFR octane rating for fuels of various chemical compositions compared to primary reference fuels (iso-octane and n-heptane). Some detailed combustion characteristics were measured on a highly instrumented CFR F1/F2 engine during RON testing of fuels with significantly different chemical composition. Our results revealed differences in the cylinder pressure and temperature conditions, as well as knocking characteristics.},

  doi          = {10.19206/CE-2017-427},

  journal      = {Combustion Engines},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 171,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2017},

  month        = {4}

}

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