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A careful analysis of the costs and benefits of using MTBE as a fuel oxygenate, as compared to use of its most reasonable substitutes, finds that the net private and social costs of MTBE' s alternatives are substantially higher than those of MTBE. The expected costs of future MTBE use have been...
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Natural resources like air, water (including ground water), land and vegetation are valuable resources that are often not valued in market. Economic valuation aids exploration of the value of services provided by these resources, or to estimate damages made to them. A study was carried out in...
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biodiesel in engines aims to reduce air pollution and energy costs. The most commonly used higher alcohol fuel are bio-ethanol …, isopropanol, propanol, ethanol-methanol, butanol, n-butanol, tert-butanol and iso-butanol. The commonly used biodiesel are derived …
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In this study, the effects of using unleaded gasoline (E0) and unleaded gasoline–ethanol blends (E10, E20 E40 and E60 … results showed that blending unleaded gasoline with ethanol slightly increased the brake torque and decreased carbon monoxide … (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions. It was also found that blending with ethanol allows increasing the compression ratio …
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fuels for internal combustion (IC) engines. As an alternative, biodegradable, and renewable fuel, ethanol is receiving … stroke, direct injection, naturally aspirated diesel engine has been experimentally investigated using ethanol blended diesel … amount of ethanol in the fuel mixture. When compared to the results of original injection timing, at the retarded injection …
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Alcohols have been used as a fuel for engines since 19th century. Among the various alcohols, ethanol is known as the … ethanol as an SI engine fuel are that it can be produced from renewable energy sources such as sugar, cane, cassava, many … types of waste biomass materials, corn and barley. In addition, ethanol has higher evaporation heat, octane number and …
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and an unprecedented solution to the energy crises and pollution problems, due to its superior combustion qualities and …
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