Methodology for formulating diesel surrogate fuels with accurate compositional, ignition-quality, and volatility characteristics

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3284-3303

  Mueller, Charles J ^a   Cannella, William J ^b   Bruno, Thomas J ^c   Bunting, Bruce ^d   Dettman, Heather D ^e   Franz, James A ^f   Huber, Marcia L ^c   Natarajan, Mani ^g   Pitz, William J ^h   Ratcliff, Matthew A ⁱ   Wright, Ken ^j  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Marathon Petroleum Company   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^j Phillips 66 Co   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BOND; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION MODEL; COMBUSTION PROPERTY; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMIZATION; COST SAVING; CURRENT OPTIMIZATION; DIESEL REFERENCE FUELS; DISTILLATION CURVES; ENGINE DESIGN; FUEL COMPOSITIONS; HARDWARE PROTOTYPE; PHYSICAL TESTING; PURE COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ALGORITHMS; SURROGATE FUELS;

BLENDING; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; DISTILLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; REFINING; SULFUR;

FUELS;

EID: 84862699296     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef300303e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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