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ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 43, Issue 14, Pages 1811-1820Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(01)00139-X
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gasoline fuel; engine performance; octane number; environment
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This study aims at investigating the effect of methyl-tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) addition to gasoline on its octane number and, hence, the performance of an engine. Also, its effect on the emitted gases was investigated. Locally produced gasoline was blended with five different percentages of MTBE, namely 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%. Then, these fuels were burned in an engine, which is coupled to a gas analyzer. It was found that the octane number of the gasoline increases continuously and linearly with MTBE percentage in the gasoline, The best performance of the engine occurs at around 10% MTBE addition, and this percentage also gives the best reduction in exhaust gases emissions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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