(Press-News.org) The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a long-anticipated update to the source-of-record for cetane number data. This information is vital to the development of new, energy-efficient, low-carbon fuels and compatible engines. Researchers, as well as members of the engine, vehicle, and fuel industries, rely on these numbers to target compounds for development of new fuels capable of greater energy efficiency, cleaner emissions, and maximum performance in diesel engines.
A cetane number is a relative ranking of fuels based on the amount of time between fuel injection and ignition (ignition delay) in a diesel engine. A minimum cetane number is specified in the ASTM standard that defines the quality of diesel fuel sold in the United States. The recently published Compendium of Experimental Cetane NumbersPDFcompiles cetane number data from 62 sources for readers to use in selecting potential compounds and formulas for development of models, tools, and fuels.
In addition to updating information, the new edition provides additional measurements on a larger number of compounds, along with assessment of data quality.
The updated report includes all available single-compound cetane number data found in the scientific literature published prior to March 2014, including:
Information on 389 pure compounds
584 measurements, including more than 250 new measurements
Expanded discussion of the accuracy and precision of the methods most commonly used for determining cetane numbers
Extensive annotation allowing readers to judge the relative reliability of individual results.
"The original report has been cited more than 130 times," NREL Principal Engineer Robert McCormick said. "We expect that the new edition will continue be used extensively to develop models, target compounds for new fuels, and tools to help predict cetane numbers in the future."
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NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for the Energy Department by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory updates cetane data used for development of energy efficient fuels and engines
2014-09-09
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