N-butanol and isobutanol as alternatives to gasoline: Comparison of port fuel injector characteristics

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2016/09/epjconf_efm2016_02021.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2016/09/epjconf_efm2016_02021.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611402021" target="_blank" >10.1051/epjconf/201611402021</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

N-butanol and isobutanol as alternatives to gasoline: Comparison of port fuel injector characteristics

Original language description

The paper reports on an experimental investigation of the relationship between the pulse width of a gasoline engine port fuel injector and the quantity of the fuel injected when butanol is used as a fuel. Two isomers of butanol, n-butanol and isobutanol, are considered as potential candidates for renewable, locally produced fuels capable of serving as a drop-in replacement fuel for gasoline, as an alternative to ethanol which poses material compatibility and other drawbacks. While the injected quantity of fuel is typically a linear function of the time the injector coil is energized, the flow through the port fuel injector is complex, non ideal, and not necessarily laminar, and considering that butanol has much higher viscosity than gasoline, an experimental investigation was conducted. A production injector, coupled to a production fueling system, and driven by a pulse width generator was operated at various pulse lengths and frequencies, covering the range of engine rpm and loads on a car engine. The results suggest that at least at room temperature, the fueling rate remains to be a linear function of the pulse width for both n-butanol and isobutanol, and the volumes of fuel injected are comparable for gasoline and both butanol isomers.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

JE - Non-nuclear power engineering, energy consumption and utilization

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

EPJ Web of Conferences

ISBN

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ISSN

2100-014X

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Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

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Place of publication

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Event location

Praha

Event date

Jan 1, 2015

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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