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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"E85"”.
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Effects Of E85 Fueling Stations And State Incentives On Private Flex Fuel Vehicle Demand
… impact of fueling stations that offer E85 on vehicles that carry the fuel - flex fuel vehicles (FFVs). Another objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of state incentives aiming at promoting private FFV adoption. The study explored a panel data of FFVs sold to private consumers in …
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Combustion Visualization And Particulate Matter Emission Of A Gdi Engine By Using Gasoline And E85
… GDI combustion with different fuels (E0 and E85) along with engine-out emission measurement specially focusing on PM emission. Different engine operation conditions are taken into consideration to study the effects on engine performance in terms of engine start-up, combustion quality and …
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Essays on the demand for ethanol in the United States: willingness to pay for E85
… the distribution of willingness to pay (WTP) for E85 as a substitute for E10 among flex motorists in the United States. The results are vital for estimating the demand for ethanol beyond the blend wall and for analysis of the Renewable Fuel Standard. The first study attempts to estimate the …
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Effects of different fuels on a turbocharged, direct injection, spark ignition engine
… burn rate analysis for the fuels - gasoline and E85 - at varying intake air temperatures. The results are aimed at aiding in a subsequent study that will look at the benefits of direct injection in turbocharged engines, ethanol's knock suppression properties, and the effects of ethanol …
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Developing an energy efficient steam reforming process to produce hydrogen from sulfur-containing fuels
… hydrogen efficiently by steam reforming E85 (85% ethanol/15% gasoline), a commercially available sulfur-containing transportation fuel. A Rh-Pt/SiO2-ZrO2 catalyst has demonstrated good activity for the E85 steam reforming reaction. An industrial steam reforming process is often run less …
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Knock limits in spark ignited direct injected engines using gasoline/ethanol blends
… and ranges from ~14°C for gasoline to ~49°C for E85. The Livengood-Wu auto-ignition integral in conjunction with the Douad-Eyzat time to auto-ignition correlation was used to predict knock onset. The preexponential factor in the correlation was varied to fit the experimental data. An "Effective …
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A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Loss Model to Compare Well-to-Wheel Energy Use from Multiple Sources
… model for use in the EcoCAR competition series. E85, gaseous hydrogen, and grid electricity are considered. The powertrain architecture selected is a series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (SPHEV). The energy for charge sustaining operation is converted from fuel in an auxiliary power unit (APU). …
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Working towards a future on alternative fuels : the role of the automotive industry
… of 1 clean city or 100 refueling stations of E85, an alternative fuel used in flex-fuel vehicles, is equivalent to a reduction of $0.04 or $0.19 in the E85 price on the effect of increasing flex-fuel vehicle choice probability respectively. Both the theoretical and empirical results suggest …
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Particulate matter emissions from a DISI engine under cold-fast-idle conditions for ethanol-gasoline blends
… ethanol content varying from 0% (EO) up to 85% (E85). For E10 to E85, PN modestly increases when the engine coolant temperature (ECT) is lowered. The PN distributions, however, are insensitive to the ethanol content of the fuel. The total PN for EQ is substantially higher than for the gasohol …
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Development of a High Speed Data Acquisition System for Spark Ignition Engine
… gasoline and then a gasoline and ethanol mix (E85). From which experimental coefficients were determined necessary for the model.
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Life Cycle Environmental and Cost Evaluation of Bioenergy Systems
… modifications, and penetration of flexible fuel E85 vehicles. The thesis demonstrates that a life cycle approach is useful for analyzing and comparing different bioenergy applications, and providing insights into tradeoffs necessary in decision making for the development of next generation energy …
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Investigation of the multi-physics of laser-induced ignition of transportation fuels
… Four fuels (methane, biogas, iso-octane, and E85) are characterized, highlighting thermochemical effects which control their flame kernel development, the dynamics, and fate of initially sustained flames.</p> <p>Laser ignition is further put into context by contrasting with the better …
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More effective use of fuel octane in a turbocharged gasoline engine : combustion, knock, vehicle impacts
… engines. A high octane fuel, such as E85, effectively suppresses knock but the octane ratings of such fuels are much above what is required under normal driving conditions. To address this issue, there have been attempts to use octane more effectively by means of Octane on Demand …
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Model and Control System Development for a Plug-In Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle
… to the established target market. In addition, E85 is chosen as the fuel for the powertrain because of the increased impact it has on GHG emissions compared to E10 and gasoline. The use of advanced methods and techniques like model based design (MBD), and rapid control prototyping (RCP) allow …
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Advanced Powertrain Design Using Model-Based Design
… a Parallel Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle using E85 fuel and a 7 kWh battery to provide an all-electric charge depleting range of 34 km (21 mi).
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Hybrid Electric Vehicle Control Strategy Based on Power Loss Calculations
Defining an operation strategy for a Split Parallel Architecture (SPA) Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) is accomplished through calculating powertrain component losses. The results of these calculations define how the vehicle can decrease fuel consumption while maintaining low vehicle emissions. For a …
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the CO2 Reduction Potential of a Dual-Diluted Spark-Ignition Engine Concept for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications
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