Automotive Fuels Reference Book

Covers the manufacture, storage, distribution, and handling of gasoline and diesel fuel, combustion and volatility, additives, emissions, racing fuels, and alternative fuels, with appendices on fuel chemistry, emissions legislation worldwide, quality specs, and properties of hydrocarbons. This secon

The earlier editions of this title have been best-selling definitive references for those needing technical information about automotive fuels. This long-awaited latest edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, yet retains the original fundamental fuels information that readers find so useful, This book is written for those with an interest in or a need to understand automotive fuels. Because automotive fuels can no longer be developed in isolation from the engines that will convert the fuel into the power necessary to drive our automobiles, knowledge of automotive fuels will also be essential to those working with automotive engines. Small quantities of fuel additives increasingly play an important role in bridging the gap that often exists between fuel that can easily be produced and fuel that is needed by the ever-more sophisticated automotive engine. This book pulls together in a single, extensively referenced volume, the three different but related topics of automotive fuels, fuel additives, and engines, and shows how all three areas work together. It includes a brief history of automotive fuels development, followed by chapters on automotive fuels manufacture from crude oil and other fossil sources. One chapter is dedicated to the manufacture of automotive fuels and fuel blending components from renewable sources, including e-fuels. The safe handling, transport, and storage of fuels, from all sources, are covered. New combustion systems to achieve reduced emissions and increased efficiency are discussed, and the way in which the fuels’ physical and chemical characteristics affect these combustion processes and the emissions produced are included. As CO2 is now an important emission there is also discussion regarding low and non-carbon fuels and how they might be used. There is also discussion on engine fuel system development and how these different systems affect the corresponding fuel requirements. Because the book is for a global market, fuel system technologies that only exist in the legacy fleet in some markets are included. The way in which fuel requirements are developed and specified is discussed. This covers test methods from simple laboratory bench tests, through engine testing, and long-term test procedures. (ISBN 9781468605785, ISBN 9781468605792, ISBN 9781468605808, DOI 10.4271/9781468605792)

The first two editions of this title, published by SAE International in 1990 and 1995, have been best-selling definitive references for those needing technical information about automotive fuels. This long-awaited new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, yet retains the original fundamental fuels information that readers find so useful. This book is written for those with an interest in or a need to understand automotive fuels. Because automotive fuels can no longer be developed in isolation from the engines that will convert the fuel into the power necessary to drive our automobiles, knowledge of automotive fuels will also be essential to those working with automotive engines. Small quantities of fuel additives increasingly play an important role in bridging the gap that often exists between fuel that can easily be produced and fuel that is needed by the ever-more sophisticated automotive engine. This book pulls together in a single, extensively referenced volume, the three different but related topics of automotive fuels, fuel additives, and engines, and shows how all three areas work together. It includes a brief history of automotive fuels development, followed by chapters on automotive fuels manufacture from crude oil and other fossil sources. One chapter is dedicated to the manufacture of automotive fuels and fuel blending components from renewable sources. The safe handling, transport, and storage of fuels, from all sources, are covered. New combustion systems to achieve reduced emissions and increased efficiency are discussed, and the way in which the fuels’ physical and chemical characteristics affect these combustion processes and the emissions produced are included. There is also discussion on engine fuel system development and how these different systems affect the corresponding fuel requirements. Because the book is for a global market, fuel system technologies that only exist in the legacy fleet in some markets are included. The way in which fuel requirements are developed and specified is discussed. This covers test methods from simple laboratory bench tests, through engine testing, and long-term test procedures.

The first two editions of this title, published by SAE International in 1990 and 1995, have been best-selling definitive references for those needing technical information about automotive fuels. This long-awaited new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, yet retains the original fundamental fuels information that readers find so useful. This book is written for those with an interest in or a need to understand automotive fuels. Because automotive fuels can no longer be developed in isolation from the engines that will convert the fuel into the power necessary to drive our automobiles, knowledge of automotive fuels will also be essential to those working with automotive engines. Small quantities of fuel additives increasingly play an important role in bridging the gap that often exists between fuel that can easily be produced and fuel that is needed by the ever-more sophisticated automotive engine. This book pulls together in a single, extensively referenced volume, the three different but related topics of automotive fuels, fuel additives, and engines, and shows how all three areas work together. It includes a brief history of automotive fuels development, followed by chapters on automotive fuels manufacture from crude oil and other fossil sources. One chapter is dedicated to the manufacture of automotive fuels and fuel blending components from renewable sources. The safe handling, transport, and storage of fuels, from all sources, are covered. New combustion systems to achieve reduced emissions and increased efficiency are discussed, and the way in which the fuels’ physical and chemical characteristics affect these combustion processes and the emissions produced are included. There is also discussion on engine fuel system development and how these different systems affect the corresponding fuel requirements. Because the book is for a global market, fuel system technologies that only exist in the legacy fleet in some markets are included. The way in which fuel requirements are developed and specified is discussed. This covers test methods from simple laboratory bench tests, through engine testing, and long-term test procedures.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface to First Edition -- Preface to Second Edition -- Preface to Third Edition -- Preface to Fourth Edition -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Automotive Fuels and Their Specification -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: A History of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Development -- 2.1 Gasoline -- 2.1.1 The Evolution of the Gasoline Engine -- 2.1.2 Gasoline Development -- 2.2 Diesel Fuel -- 2.2.1 The Evolution of the Diesel Engine -- 2.2.2 Diesel Fuel Development -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3: Manufacture of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel from Crude Oil -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Crude Oil -- 3.3 Influence of Product Demand Pattern on Processing -- 3.4 Distillation -- 3.5 Cracking Processes -- 3.5.1 Thermal Cracking -- 3.5.2 Visbreaking -- 3.5.3 Coking -- 3.5.4 Catalytic Cracking -- 3.5.5 Hydrocracking -- 3.5.6 Steam Cracking -- 3.6 Catalytic Reforming -- 3.7 Alkylation, Isomerization, and Polymerization -- 3.7.1 Alkylation -- 3.7.2 Isomerization -- 3.7.3 Polymerization -- 3.8 Finishing Processes -- 3.8.1 Caustic Washing -- 3.8.2 Merox Treating -- 3.8.3 Hydrodesulfurization -- 3.9 Oxygenated Gasoline Components -- 3.9.1 Alcohols -- 3.9.2 Ethers -- 3.10 Gasoline Blending -- 3.10.1 Blending Operations -- 3.10.2 Blending Calculations -- 3.10.3 Octane Blending -- 3.10.4 Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) Blending -- 3.10.5 ASTM Distillation Blending -- 3.11 Diesel Fuel Blending -- 3.11.1 Diesel Blending Operations -- 3.11.2 Diesel Blend Calculations -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Manufacture of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel from Non-Crude Oil Fossil Sources -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Coal to Liquids -- 4.2.1 Direct Coal Liquefaction (DCL) -- 4.2.2 Indirect Coal Liquefaction (ICL) -- 4.3 Gaseous Fuels -- 4.3.1 Gaseous Fuel Supply.

In October 1975, while the United States was still acutely feeling the aftermath of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, the General Motors Research Laboratories held its nineteenth annual symposium. The proceedings of this timely symposium on "Future Automotive Fuels - Prospects, Performance, and Perspective" are reported in this book. We hope that it will serve not only as a permanent record of the papers and discussions, but also as a stimulus and inspiration for ideas, research, and development in the vital field of automotive fuels. The economy of the United States and the lifestyle of her people are woven together with energy into a unique fabric. Reducing the energy content of this fabric weakens it and can even destroy it. The Oil Embargo stunningly demonstrated how easy it is to attack this fabric, and exposed for all to see its greatest weaknes- reliance on imported petroleum. Since petroleum is the only current source of automotive fuels, and cars and trucks consume about 43 percent of the petroleum used in the United States, the Oil Embargo had its most profound and dramatic on automotive transportation: First there were long lines at service stations, impact and then idle lines in car assembly plants and long lines at unemployment offices. Against this grim setting, we planned the symposium on automotive fuels for the future.

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