Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
The diesel engine on the Empa test facility was tuned to DME. In contrast to diesel, the highly volatile DME has almost no lubricating qualities, which can quickly destroy the high-pressure pump of a common rail injection system. Finally, the combustion chambers and compression ratio of the former diesel engine have also been modified.
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