A comparative study of combustion and emission characteristics of butanol isomers on a diesel engine with dual fuel butanol isomers/diesel compound combustion

Combustion and emission characteristics of butanol isomers were experimentally investigated on a four-cylinder common-rail diesel engine, which was modified to operate in butanol/diesel compound combustion (BDCC) mode. Butanol isomers were utilized as a renewable fuels to alleviate the consumption of fossil fuels by replacing diesel, the substitution ratio was defined as the ratio of the quantity of diesel replaced by butanol isomers to the...