The tests were carried out with the spark timing adjusted to the maximum brake torquetiming in various equivalence ratios and engine speeds for gasoline and natural gas operations. In thiswork, the lower heating value of gasoline is about 13.6% higher than that of natural gas. Based on theexperimental results, the natural gas operation causes an increase of about 6.2% brake special fuelconsumpt...

The performance of Ni-Cu/Al2O3 catalysts for steam reforming (SR) of gasoline to produce a hydrogen-rich gas mixture applied in a spark ignition (SI) engine was investigated at relatively low temperature. The structural and morphological features and catalysis activity were observed by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and temperature programmed reduction (TPR). Th...

We would like to alert toxicologists to the importance of testing for gasoline, and for volatile hydrocarbons in general, in deaths involving inhalation of exhaust fumes occurring in closed spaces with running motors or machinery. We present here a case of suicidal inhalation of motorbike exhaust, a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO) and gasoline vapor, by a 38-year-old female. She was found in he...

Methane in soil gas may have undesirable consequences. The soil gas may be able to form a flammable mixture with air and present an explosion hazard. Aerobic biodegradation of the methane in soil gas may consume oxygen that would otherwise be available for biodegradation of gasoline hydrocarbons. The consumption of oxygen by methane may increase the chance of completing a vapor intrusion pathwa...

in recent years several studies have been done in the field of laminar flame speed. one of the important characteristics of the combustion is the laminar flame speed. in this study, the effects of co2 and n2 on the laminar flame speed of natural gas and gasoline fuel mixture have been investigated. schlieren method has been used in this study. experiments were carried out at pressure of 1 bar a...

Liquids like gasoline comprise a mixture of hundreds of hydrocarbon components. Gas chromatography of these complex mixtures produces highly detailed chromatograms that are characteristic of a particular sample. Although many of the volatile components will be lost during the fire, sufficient less-volatile components may have been left in partially burned wood or other materials to enable the d...

In this study, the effect of second injection timing on the combustion and emissions characteristics of a direct injection HCCI gasoline engine was investigated by using ethanol and methanol blended gasoline fuel. For this aim, a diesel engine was converted to an electronically controlled HCCI gasoline engine. The injection timings and fuel quantity for each injection were adjusted to get desir...