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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2008.32.5.663

The Effect of Ethanol Mixing Rate on Engine Performance  

Park, Kweon-Ha (한국해양대학교 기계정보공학부)
Park, Hong-Il (한국해양대학교 대학원)
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Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology / v.32, no.5, 2008 , pp. 663-669 More about this Journal
Abstract
A rapid growth of automobile industry has become a major cause for the environmental pollution of big cities, which has driven the emission regulation into extreme. The study of alternative fuel is one of the many researches for improving car emissions. In this study, the effect of an ethanol mixing rate on the engine performance of exhaust emissions, fuel consumption and a maximum torque is assessed for a gasoline engine without any retrofit. The result shows that maximum torque is not reduced in the range of ethanol mixing rate of 10 to 15%. CO and NOx is reduced with the increase of ethanol mixing rate and the fuel consumption remains in similar level.
Keywords
Ethanol; Engine performance; Exhaust emission;
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