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Author Richards, Paul, 1956- author.

Title Automotive fuels reference book / by Paul Richards
Edition Third edition
Published Warrendale, Pennsylvania (400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 840 pages) : illustrations (some color), digital PDF
Series Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications
Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications
Contents Chapter 1 Automotive Fuels and Their Specification -- Chapter 2 A History of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Development -- Chapter 3 Manufacture of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel from Crude Oil -- Chapter 4 Manufacture of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel from Non-Crude Oil Fossil Sources -- Chapter 5 Manufacture of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel from Renewable Sources -- Chapter 6 Storage, Distribution, and Handling of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel -- Chapter 7 Positive Ignition Engine Combustion Process -- Chapter 8 Gasoline Engine Design and Influence of Fuel Characteristics -- Chapter 9 Gasoline Volatility -- Chapter 10 Influence of Gasoline Composition on Stability, Gum Formation, and Engine Deposits -- Chapter 11 Gasoline Additives -- Chapter 12 Other Gasoline Specification and Non-Specification Properties -- Chapter 13 Influence of Gasoline Characteristics on Emissions -- Chapter 14 Racing Fuels -- Chapter 15 The Diesel Engine Combustion Process -- Chapter 16 Diesel Engine Design and Influence of Fuel Characteristics -- Chapter 17 Diesel Fuel Low-Temperature Characteristics -- Chapter 18 Influence of Diesel Fuel Composition on Stability and Engine Deposits -- Chapter 19 Diesel Fuel Additives -- Chapter 20 Other Diesel Specification and Non-Specification Properties -- Chapter 21 Influence of Diesel Fuel Characteristics on Emissions -- Chapter 22 The Kinetically Controlled Compression Ignition Engine and Combustion Process -- Chapter 23 Future Trends and Alternative Fuels -- Appendix 1 Introduction to Fuel Chemistry -- Appendix 2 Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons -- Appendix 3 Worldwide Fuel Charter Recommendations -- Appendix 4 Composition of Biodiesel from Different Feedstocks -- Appendix 5 Material Safety Data Sheets -- Appendix 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Appendix 7 Glossary of Terms
Summary 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. 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. 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
Notes Based on work originally published as Automotive fuels handbook by K. Owen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Title from PDF title page (SAE Web site, 07/11/2014)
Also available in print
Subject Motor fuels -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Fossil Fuels.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Alternative & Renewable.
Motor fuels
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Owen, K. (Keith). Automotive fuels handbook
Society of Automotive Engineers, publisher.
ISBN 9780768081022
0768081025