Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2009

Proposed by John Heywood and colleagues at MIT in 2005, the basic premise of E85 boosting is that ethanol (or other lower alcohols) suppresses knock due to the large evaporative cooling effect it has on the air-fuel mixture when injected directly into the cylinder, supplemented by ethanol’s inherent high octane number. Earlier post.)

Diesel 170

Diesel Ford F-150 Gasoline 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. In comparison, they noted, the technology for bio-chemical ethanol production from cellulosic biomass is not sufficiently developed yet. The concept has been demonstrated and proven in systematic dynamometer tests at Ford.

Transportation 257

Transportation Fuel Coal Gasoline 257

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Comparison of Emission Standards (g/mi). . John Kirwan from Delphi presented a 3-cylinder turbocharged SIDI concept, “ a high value solution for meeting Euro 6 in smaller passenger cars ”. We see dramatic downsizing and boosting [as] something that’s going to for gasoline engines especially. Advanced boosting concepts.

Gasoline 150

Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150