Effects of methyl tert-butyl ether addition to base gasoline on the performance and CO emissions of a spark ignition engine

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1341-1348

  Sezer, Ismet ^a   Bilgin, Atilla ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINES; ETHERS; GASOLINE; LIQUID FUELS; MACHINE DESIGN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCIES; BUTYL ETHERS; CO EMISSIONS; COMPRESSION RATIOS; ENGINE PERFORMANCES; ENGINE SPEEDS; GASOLINE BLENDS; SPARK IGNITIONS; SPARK TIMINGS; UNLEADED GASOLINES; WIDE OPEN THROTTLES;

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS;

EID: 42049111919     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef700592n     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Kowalewicz, A.; Wojtyniak, M. Alternative fuels and their application to combustion engines. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part D 2005, 219 (1), 103-125.
2. Agarwal, A. K. Biofuels (alcohols and biodiesel) applications as fuels for internal combustion engines. Prog. Energy Combust. Sci. 2007, 33 (3), 233-271.
3. Bayraktar, H. Experimental and theoretical investigation of using gasoline-ethanol blends in spark-ignition engines. Renewable Energy 2005, 30 (11), 1733-1747.
4. Abu-Zaid, M.; Badran, O.; Yamin, J. Effect of methanol addition on the performance of spark ignition engines. Energy Fuels 2004, 18 (2), 312-315.
5. Nadim, F.; Zack, P.; Hoag, G. E.; Liu, S. United States experience with gasoline additives. Energy Policy 2001, 29 (1), 1-5.
6. Ancillotti, F.; Fattore, V. Oxygenate fuels: Market expansion and catalytic aspect of synthesis. Fuel Process. Technol. 1998, 57 (3), 163-194.
7. Huang, Z.; Miao, H.; Zhou, L.; Jiang, D. Combustion characteristics and hydrocarbon emissions of a spark ignition engine fuelled with gasoline-oxygenate blends. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part D 2000, 214 (3), 341-346.
8. Wang, C.-H.; Lin, S-S.; Chang, H.-L. Effect of oxygenates on exhaust emissions from two-stroke motorcycles. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part A 2002, 37 (9), 1677-1685.
9. Iob, A.; Buenafe, R.; Abbas, N. M. Determination of oxygenates in gasoline by FTIR. Fuel 1998, 77 (15), 1861-1864.
10. Al-Farayedhi, A. A.; Al-Dawood, A. M.; Gandhidasan, P. Experimental investigation of SI engine performance using oxygenated fuel. Trans. ASME: J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power 2004, 126 (1), 178-191.
11. da Silva, R.; Cataluna, R.; de Menezes, E. W.; Samios, D.; Piatnicki, C. M. S. Effect of additives on the antiknock properties and Reid vapor pressure of gasoline. Fuel 2005, 84 (7-8), 951-959.
12. de Menezes, E. W.; Cataluna, R.; Samios, D.; da Silva, R. Addition of an azeotropic ETBE/ethanol mixture in eurosuper-type gasolines. Fuel 2006, 85 (17-18), 2567-2577.
13. Pumphrey, J. A.; Brand, J. I.; Scheller, W. A. Vapour pressure measurements and predictions for alcohol-gasoline blends. Fuel 2000, 79 (11), 1405-1411.
14. Silva, N. R.; Sodre, J. R. Cold start and drivability characteristics of an ethanol-methyl-t-butyl ether blend fuelled vehicle. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part D 2001, 215 (5), 645-649.
15. Shenghua, L.; Clemente, E. R. C.; Tiegang, H.; Yanjv, W. Study of spark ignition engine fueled with methanol/gasoline fuel blends. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2007, 27 (11-12), 1904-1910.
16. Aboul-Fotouh, S. M. Production of antiknock additive in gasoline (Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether, MTBE) using zeolite catalysts. Acta Chim. Slov. 2004, 51 (2), 293-304.
17. Franklin, P. M.; Koshland, C. P.; Lucas, D.; Sawyer, R. F. Evaluation of combustion by-products of MTBE as a component of reformulated gasoline. Chemosphere 2001, 42 (5-7), 861-872.
18. Song, C.-L.; Zhang, W.-M.; Pei, Y.-Q.; Fan, G.-L.; Xu, G.-P. Comparative effects of MTBE and ethanol additions into gasoline on exhaust emissions. Atmos. Environ. 2006, 40 (11), 1957-1970.
19. Popuri, S. S.; Bata, R. M. A Performance study of iso-butanol-,methanol-, and ethanol-gasoline blends using a single cylinder engine; SAE Paper 932953; Society of Automotive Engineering Inc.: 1993.
20. Al-Dawood, A. M. Effect of blending MTBE, methanol, or ethanol with gasoline on performance and exhaust emission of SI engines. MS Thesis, King Fahd University, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1998.
21. Al-Farayedhi, A. A.; Al-Dawood, A. M.; Gandhidasan, P. Effects of blending MTBE with unleaded gasoline on exhaust emissions of SI engine. J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2000, 122 (4), 239-247.
22. Hamdan, M. A.; Al-Subaih, T. A. Improvement of locally produced gasoline and studying its effects on both the performance of the engine and the environment. Energy Convers. Manage. 2002, 43, 1811-1820.
23. Poulopoulos, S.; Philippopoulos, C. Influence of MTBE addition into gasoline on automotive exhaust emissions. Atmos. Environ. 2000, 34 (28), 4781-4786.
24. Bilgin, A.; Durgun, O.; Şahin, Z. The effects of diesel-ethanol blends on diesel engine performance. Energy Sources 2002, 24, 431-440.
25. Durgun, O. Experimental methods in engines; lecture notes (in Turkish); Karadeniz Technical University: Trabzon, Turkey, 1995.
26. Sezer, I. Experimental investigation of the effects of blending methanol and MTBE with regular gasoline on performance and exhaust emissions of SI engines. MS Thesis, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey, 2002.
27. Holman, J. P. Experimental Methods for Engineers, 7th ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York, 2001.
28. Kostic, M. Unleashing Error or Uncertainty Analysis of Measurement Results. Presented at the NASA 2003 Faculty Fellowship program lecture series, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, OH, Aug 1, 2003.