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  • Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

    Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

    @sarathkumar-FEGRPw Oct 3, 2013

    energyresources.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/mobile/article.aspx?articleid=1415072
    The above link tells that investigations had been taken and results showed that they have low combustion characteristics when compared to diesel.Though they have similar properties , the blend us having lesser heat output.
    The advantages are reduction in nox and snox with soot.
    Note: in alcohol group, methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol can be used as direct fuel in si engines and they have higher octane rating when compared to diesel.
    refer the follwing link also: cropwatch.unl.edu/c/.../get_
    file?...pdf