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Birmingham study finds butanol-gasoline blend reduces GDI engine-out carbonaceous emissions; similar NOx

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A team at the University of Birmingham reports that a blend of 33% v/v of butanol in EN228 commercial gasoline containing 5% of ethanol (B33) reduces GDI (gasoline direct injection) engine-out carbonaceous emissions, while maintaining similar levels of NO x emissions when compared to standard gasoline combustion at low and medium engine loads.

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Optimizing Turbo Diesels for Emissions and Performance with 5% and 20% Biodiesel Blends

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Prior studies have shown that higher biodiesel fuel consumption and biodiesel-NO x emissions can be mitigated to some extent via modulation of four engine parameters—air/fuel ratio (AFR), exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) fraction, injection (rail) pressure, and start of main fuel injection (SOI)—alone or in concert.

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