Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140100846
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Making best use of biofuels – understanding the interactions between alcohol and hydrocarbon fuels in engine combustion. Biofuels are increasingly used as blending components for transport fuels. Biofuels possess much different chemical structures from conventional fuels, and can therefore interact with hydrocarbon fuels during engine combustion processes and consequently affect engine efficiency and emissions. This project aims to investigate the chemical interactions between representative compounds of biofuels (ethanol) and fossil fuels (n-heptane, iso-octane and toluene) during engine autoignition processes. The outcomes will fill a significant gap in our understanding for biofuel combustion chemistry, essential for building predictive combustion models, and will guide the best use of the precious Australian biofuel resources to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2014
End Date: 05-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $365,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels) | Automotive Engineering
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transport Activities |
