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11. Reaction Mechanisms and Fuel Surrogates for Naphtha/Low Octane Fractions-Application for Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine

Authors : Harsimran Singh, Avinash Kumar Agarwal

Published in: Gasoline Compression Ignition Technology

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Internal combustion engines are a prime mover in almost 99.8% of global transport vehicles, whereas 95% of the total driving energy still comes from petroleum-derived liquid fuels. Meeting emissions legislations is still a matter of concern for various automotive industries, which motivated them to devise cleaner and more efficient combustion concepts. Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) is one of those advanced low-temperature combustions (LTC) ideas that utilise relatively less processed petroleum fractions called Naphtha/Low octane fractions (LOF’s), offering indicated efficiency in the order of 50% or above and limits NOx and soot emissions simultaneously. Because of the unavailability of naphtha for research purposes, researchers have formulated different naphtha fuel surrogates (for experiments) and chemical reaction mechanisms (for numerical studies). This chapter starts with an overview of various LTC combustion strategies and a brief discussion about GCI combustion technology. Naphtha properties and generalised reaction pathways for gasoline have been discussed afterwards. After that, detailed literature focused on available reaction mechanisms and surrogates for low octane fractions. Overall, this chapter aims to cover most of the literature published on detailed and reduced chemical kinetic mechanisms and fuel surrogates that can efficiently mimic low octane fractions’ chemical, physical, and combustion characteristics.

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Title: Reaction Mechanisms and Fuel Surrogates for Naphtha/Low Octane Fractions-Application for Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine
Authors: Harsimran Singh
Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: Gasoline Compression Ignition Technology
Print ISBN: 978-981-16-8734-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-16-8735-8

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8735-8_11

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