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Effect of 2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate Cetane Improver on NOx Emissions from Premixed Low-Temperature Diesel Combustion |
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Energy & Fuels
Volume 23, Number 10. pp. 4943-4948. 2009.
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Andrew M. Ickes, Stanislav V. Bohac, Dennis N. Assanis
University of Michigan
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Production implementation of premixed low-temperature diesel combustion
(LTC) is highly attractive because it can lead to low engine-out
particulate matter (PM) and NOx emissions. It is important for LTC
strategies to yield acceptable emissions while consuming commercially
available fuel, whose properties vary substantially and which contains
various additives. The chemical reactions of 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (2-EHN),
an additive used to increase the cetane number of a diesel fuel, show
potential to increase the NOx emissions of a diesel engine. While 2-EHN
has been widely shown to not affect the emissions of conventional diesel
combustion, few results are available for LTC, which features different
combustion characteristics and significantly lower NOx emissions. This
paper demonstrates the effect of using a fuel doped with 2-EHN cetane
improver in a direct-injection, diesel-fueled LTC operating mode. Testing
was conducted at a light-load condition on a modern single-cylinder
engine, fueled with two sets of test fuels at matching cetane numbers (47
and 53), with some test fuels using 2-EHN cetane improver. The addition of
2-EHN to the fuel increases the engine-out NOx for the tested LTC
operating condition. Decomposition of the nitrate cetane improver forms NO
and NO2 in significant quantities relative to the low engine-out NOx
emissions from LTC.
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Paper: Due to the terms of the copyright agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS), the full text of this paper is not available online thru this website – only the abstract, figures, and tables are available here. The full text can be found on the Energy & Fuels website (http://pubs.acs.org/journal/enfuem).
Citation
Energy Fuels 2009, 23(10), 4943-4948.
DOI: 10.1021/ef900408e |
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