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• Dual-fuel system
  ==Diesel dial-fuels==
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• Calculated Ignition Index
  ...ng a special test engine and the existing engine was not made for residual fuels. For residual fuel oil two other empirical indexes are used CII and [[Calcu ...d to give out numbers in the same order as the cetane index for distillate fuels.
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• Fuel
  ...l. For example, the most efficient method for releasing energy from fossil fuels is by burning them in oxygen. In this process known as ''combustion'', fuel ...source of energy. However, it is economically practical to use only those fuels that contain large amounts of easily extractable energy. Luckily, there are
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• Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index
  ...ng a special test engine and the existing engine was not made for residual fuels. For residual fuel oil two other empirical indexes are used: CCAI and [[Cal ...tween 800 and 880. The lower the value is the better the ignition quality. Fuels with a CCAI higher than 880 are often problematic or even unusable in a die
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• Center for Automotive Research
  ...of Engineering of Ohio State University focused at developing alternative fuels and electric propulsion.
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• Cetane index
  ...ives and therefore do not measure total cetane number for additized diesel fuels. Diesel engine operation is primarily related to the actual cetane number a * Automotive Fuels Reference Book, Keith Owen, Trevor Coley SAE, 1995, ISBN 1-56091-589-7
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• Bivalent (engine)
  ...ery similar as fuels, so the differences between parts needed to burn both fuels are trivial, and interoperable systems are easily made. ...nique among current fuels in that it has a net positive EROEI, while other fuels such as petroleum are net negative energy sinks.
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• Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel
  ...egulation applies to all diesel fuel, diesel fuel additives and distillate fuels blended with diesel for on-road use, such as kerosene. The EPA is also man ...ndards, are designed to prevent misfueling, contamination by higher-sulfur fuels and liability issues. Such regulations inc The EPA deadline for industry
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• Cetane number
  ...er cetane fuels will have shorter ignition delay periods than lower cetane fuels. Cetane numbers are only used for the relatively light distillate diesel oi ...e, higher speed diesels operate more effectively with higher cetane number fuels. There is no performance or [[emission standard|emission]] advantage when t
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• Biobutanol
  ...tes ethanol blending. This facilitates storage and distribution of blended fuels.<ref>[http://www.dupont.com/ag/news/releases/BP_DuPont_Fact_Sheet_Biobutano ==Properties of common fuels==
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• Exhaust gas
  ...t gas''' or '''flue gas''' is emitted as a result of the [[combustion]] of fuels such as [[natural gas]], [[gasoline]]/petrol, [[diesel fuel]], fuel oil or ...pt with pure-carbon fuels), and carbon dioxide(CO₂) (except for fuels with no carbon in); these are not toxic or noxious (although carbon dioxide
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• Bio-ethanol
  ...tates of America, where they see ethanol as the major attraction of future fuels, governments push hard to boost ethanol production. But this lead to a few
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• Hydrogen Fuel
  [[Category:Fuels]]
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• Vintage car
  ...m of octane rating of [[fuel]] was introduced, allowing comparison between fuels.
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• Hybrid electric vehicle
  ...engines (generally gasoline or [[Diesel engine]]s, powered by a variety of fuels) and [[electric battery|electric batteries]] to power [[electric motor]]s. * [[Flexible-fuel vehicle]]s can use a mixture of input fuels (petroleum and [[biofuel]]s) in one tank &mdash; typically [[gasoline]] and
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• Octane rating
  ...s, but that it has the same detonation resistance properties. Because some fuels are more knock-resistant than iso-octane, the definition has been extended ...se iso-octane is not the most knock-resistant substance available. Racing fuels, [[AvGas]], [[liquefied petroleum gas]] (LPG), and [[alcohol fuel]]s such a
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• Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik
  ...s for marine and power generation which can run on either fuel oils or gas fuels.
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...moved to centralized power plants, where the byproducts of burning fossil fuels can be better controlled. Hydrogen could also be produced from renewable e ...t price volatility to a lesser degree than would methods relying on fossil fuels; however, currently such production is not economically feasible.<ref> See
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• Fuel tax
  ...es the fuel tax is imposed on fuels which are intended for transportation. Fuels used to power agricultural vehicles, and/or home heating oil which is simil ...the UK, France, and Italy use a fuel tax to decrease dependence on fossil fuels (that often have to be imported), reduce traffic and reduce pollution.
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• Diesel
  ...forced oil refineries to dramatically reduce the level of sulfur in diesel fuels. In contrast, the United States has long had "dirtier" diesel, although mor ...com/learn.htm Alternative Fuels - Beginner's tutorial on using alternative fuels in a diesel engine]
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