Engine performance and toxic gas analysis of biobutanol-blended gasoline as a vehicle fuel |
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Authors: | D H Kim J M Lee E H Park J H Song S I Park |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bldg. 66-264, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 02139 Cambridge, MA, USA;(2) Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Dr. 1500, 53706 Madison, WI, USA |
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Abstract: | A comprehensive study evaluating the performance of biobutanol-blended gasoline in passenger cars was conducted because biobutanol
is considered a better biofuel than bioethanol as it has no water solubility and it has a higher caloric value, giving it
a higher energy value. Several kinds of samples—suboctane gasoline, 8 volume percentage and 16 volume percentage biobutanol—blended
gasoline, and a 10 volume percentage MTBE-blended market sample (as the oxygencontaining gasoline)-were tested to evaluate
the engine performance in terms of the detergency of the intake valves and combustion chambers, power, emissions, and fuel
efficiency. Additionally, the toxicity of the emissions from these biobutanolblended samples was tested in order to assess
the viability of biobutanol as one of the competitive potential substitutes for MTBE as an oxygenator in the near future.
The results show that biobutanol-blended gasoline samples had relatively better detergency, relatively higher power, and similar
levels of emissions compared with those of MTBE-blended gasoline. Formaldehyde was emitted from all of the samples at almost
the same levels and within the error range, whereas biobutanolblended gasoline samples emitted approximately three times the
amount of acetaldehyde than did the suboctane gasoline. This study shows that biobutanol is one of the best alternative bioalcohol
fuels for use in the near future. |
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