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Diesel Fuel Component Contribution to Engine
Emissions and Performance Final Report - 1994

Erwin, Jimell
Ryan III, Thomas W.
Moulton, David S.

Southwest Research Institute

Table of Contents

Section 1
1559kb
Introduction 1
Background Literature 2
Objective 2
Approach 3
  Materials and Processing 4
Petroleum Stocks and Products 4
Fischer-Tropsch Liquids 4
Processing 6
Distillation 8
Laboratory Evaluation 8
Combustion Experiments 11
Ignition Quality 11
Engine Tests 11
Test Engine 12
Instrumentation 12
Test Procedures 14
Section 2
1430lb		 Results and Discussions 16
  Analyses 16
Aromatics 16
Cetane Index 22
CVCA Results 24
Engine Ignition Quality 32
Section 3
1370kb		 Performance and Emissions 39
Task 3 Clean-Fuel Study 47
Determining Blend Composition for Low-Emission Fuels 47
Clean-Fuel Experimental Results and Discussions 49
Fischer-Tropsch Fuels 49
Low Emission Fuels 55
Clean-Fuel Discussion 60
Section 4
474kb		 Summary and Conclusions 61
  Acknowledgments 64
References 65
Appendix A. Detailed analytical results 2488kb A-1
Appendix B. VCR Engine modification 1955kb B-1
Appendix C. Task 3 "Clean Fuel" results 634kb C-1