The purpose of this research is to get fundamental knowledge and to experimentally understand about combustion characteristics of the fuel mixture. This paper shows the Homogeneous Charge Compression ...

All gasoline is a brew of many different hydrocarbon molecules, ranging from heptane to decane and beyond. The hydrocarbon clearly identified on the pump—and the one many consumers associate with ...

Filthy myths run rampant when it comes to understanding race gas. Some say that the higher the octane the slower the burn rate. Others claim that too much octane reduces horsepower. Unfortunately, ...

ABSTRACT Premixed diesel combustion blending high volatility fuels into diesel fuel were investigated in a modern diesel engine. First, various fractions of normal heptane and diesel fuel were ...

For 25¢ a gallon the U.S. oil industry can now produce quantities of aviation gasoline so powerful that present airplane engines in production cannot make full use of it. Fuel technology has ...