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Effects of Gasoline Direct Injection Engine Operating Parameters on Particle Number Emissions by He, Xin, Ratcliff, Matthew A, Zigler, Bradley T

“…A single-cylinder, wall-guided, spark ignition direct injection engine was used to study the impact of engine operating parameters on engine-out particle…”
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Impact of ethanol blending into gasoline on aromatic compound evaporation and particle emissions from a gasoline direct injection engine by Ratcliff, Matthew A., Windom, Bret, Fioroni, Gina M., St. John, Peter, Burke, Stephen, Burton, Jonathan, Christensen, Earl D., Sindler, Petr, McCormick, Robert L.

“…[Display omitted] •Ethanol concentrates aromatics into the last fraction of evaporating fuel.•Ethanol cools fuel droplet temperatures slowing their…”
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Diesel Surrogate Fuels for Engine Testing and Chemical-Kinetic Modeling: Compositions and Properties by Mueller, Charles J, Cannella, William J, Bays, J. Timothy, Bruno, Thomas J, DeFabio, Kathy, Dettman, Heather D, Gieleciak, Rafal M, Huber, Marcia L, Kweon, Chol-Bum, McConnell, Steven S, Pitz, William J, Ratcliff, Matthew A

“…The primary objectives of this work were to formulate, blend, and characterize a set of four ultralow-sulfur diesel surrogate fuels in quantities sufficient to…”
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Methodology for Formulating Diesel Surrogate Fuels with Accurate Compositional, Ignition-Quality, and Volatility Characteristics by Mueller, Charles J, Cannella, William J, Bruno, Thomas J, Bunting, Bruce, Dettman, Heather D, Franz, James A, Huber, Marcia L, Natarajan, Mani, Pitz, William J, Ratcliff, Matthew A, Wright, Ken

“…In this study, a novel approach was developed to formulate surrogate fuels having characteristics that are representative of diesel fuels produced from…”
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Properties of Oxygenates Found in Upgraded Biomass Pyrolysis Oil as Components of Spark and Compression Ignition Engine Fuels by McCormick, Robert L, Ratcliff, Matthew A, Christensen, Earl, Fouts, Lisa, Luecke, Jon, Chupka, Gina M, Yanowitz, Janet, Tian, Miao, Boot, Michael

“…Oxygenates present in partially hydroprocessed lignocellulosic-biomass pyrolysis oils were examined for their impact on the performance properties of gasoline…”
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Performance of lignin derived compounds as octane boosters by Tian, Miao, McCormick, Robert L., Ratcliff, Matthew A., Luecke, Jon, Yanowitz, Janet, Glaude, Pierre-Alexandre, Cuijpers, Michel, Boot, Michael D.

“…•Various anisoles and guaiacols which can be derived from lingin have been evaluated as octant boosters.•All compounds match or outperform RON 95 gasoline with…”
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Impact of Higher Alcohols Blended in Gasoline on Light-Duty Vehicle Exhaust Emissions by Ratcliff, Matthew A, Luecke, Jon, Williams, Aaron, Christensen, Earl, Yanowitz, Janet, Reek, Aaron, McCormick, Robert L

“…Certification gasoline was splash blended with alcohols to produce four blends: ethanol (16 vol%), n-butanol (17 vol%), i-butanol (21 vol%), and an i-butanol…”
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Knock Resistance and Fine Particle Emissions for Several Biomass-Derived Oxygenates in a Direct-Injection Spark-Ignition Engine by Ratcliff, Matthew A., Burton, Jonathan, Sindler, Petr, Christensen, Earl, Fouts, Lisa, Chupka, Gina M., McCormick, Robert L.

“…Several high octane number oxygenates that could be derived from biomass were blended with gasoline and examined for performance properties and their impact on…”
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Ignition Quality Tester (IQT) Investigation of the Negative Temperature Coefficient Region of Alkane Autoignition by Bogin, Gregory E, Osecky, Eric, Ratcliff, Matthew A, Luecke, Jon, He, Xin, Zigler, Bradley T, Dean, Anthony M

“…The negative temperature coefficient (NTC) region of alkane autoignition was observed for the first time in the Ignition Quality Tester (IQT). The C7 isomers…”
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Heat of Vaporization Measurements for Ethanol Blends Up to 50 Volume Percent in Several Hydrocarbon Blendstocks and Implications for Knock in SI Engines by Chupka, Gina M., Christensen, Earl, Fouts, Lisa, Alleman, Teresa L., Ratcliff, Matthew A., McCormick, Robert L.

“…The objective of this work was to measure knock resistance metrics for ethanol-hydrocarbon blends with a primary focus on development of methods to measure the…”
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Combustion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Based Oxygenated Components in a Compression Ignition Engine by Baumgardner, Marc E, Vaughn, Timothy L, Lakshminarayanan, Arunachalam, Olsen, Daniel, Ratcliff, Matthew A, McCormick, Robert L, Marchese, Anthony J

“…Processes such as fast pyrolysis of whole biomass or base-catalyzed depolymerization of lignin produce complex mixtures of oxygenated compounds that must be…”
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Experiments and Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling Analysis of Large n‑Alkane Ignition Kinetics in the Ignition Quality Tester by Bogin, Gregory E, Osecky, Eric, Chen, J. Y, Ratcliff, Matthew A, Luecke, Jon, Zigler, Bradley T, Dean, Anthony M

“…This paper presents experimental measurements of ignition delays from low- to high-volatility n-alkanes representative of diesel and jet fuel compounds that…”
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Diesel Particle Filter and Fuel Effects on Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Emissions by Ratcliff, Matthew A., Dane, A. John, Williams, Aaron, Ireland, John, Luecke, Jon, McCormick, Robert L., Voorhees, Kent J.

“…The impacts of biodiesel and a continuously regenerated (catalyzed) diesel particle filter (DPF) on the emissions of volatile unburned hydrocarbons, carbonyls,…”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of n-Heptane Autoignition in the Ignition Quality Tester (IQT) by Bogin, Gregory E, DeFilippo, Anthony, Chen, J. Y, Chin, Gregory, Luecke, Jon, Ratcliff, Matthew A, Zigler, Bradley T, Dean, Anthony M

“…Development of advanced compression ignition and low-temperature combustion engines is increasingly dependent on chemical kinetic ignition models. However,…”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Octane Sensitivity and Heat-of-Vaporization by Sluder, C. Scott, Szybist, James P., McCormick, Robert L., Ratcliff, Matthew A., Zigler, Bradley T.

“…The latent heat-of-vaporization (HoV) of blends of biofuel and hydrocarbon components into gasolines has recently experienced expanded interest because of the…”
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Correction to Diesel Surrogate Fuels for Engine Testing and Chemical-Kinetic Modeling: Compositions and Properties by Mueller, Charles J, Cannella, William J, Bays, J. Timothy, Bruno, Thomas J, DeFabio, Kathy, Dettman, Heather D, Gieleciak, Rafal M, Huber, Marcia L, Kweon, Chol-Bum, McConnell, Steven S, Pitz, William J, Ratcliff, Matthew A

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Formation of 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-nitrophenol during Combustion of Diesel Fuel Antioxidant Precursors by Jensen, Kirk R, Voorhees, Kent J, Dempsey, Edward A, Burton, Jonathan, Ratcliff, Matthew A, McCormick, Robert L

“…Alkylphenolic antioxidants are commonly used as additives to stabilize gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels. The use of antioxidants in diesel, in particular, has…”
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Expanding the Experimental Capabilities of the Ignition Quality Tester for Autoigniting Fuels by Bogin, Gregory, Dean, Anthony M., Ratcliff, Matthew A., Luecke, Jon, Zigler, Bradley T.

“…This paper reports the development of new fuel ignition quality and combustion experiments performed using the Ignition Quality Tester (IQT). Prior SAE papers…”
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Fuels for Advanced Combustion Engines Research Diesel Fuels: Analysis of Physical and Chemical Properties by Gallant, Thomas, Franz, James A., Alnajjar, Mikhail S., Storey, John M.E., Lewis, Samuel A., Sluder, C. Scott, Cannella, William J., Fairbridge, Craig, Hager, Darcy, Dettman, Heather, Luecke, Jon, Ratcliff, Matthew A., Zigler, Bradley T.

“…The CRC Fuels for Advanced Combustion Engines working group has worked to identify a matrix of research diesel fuels for use in advanced combustion research…”
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What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines? by Szybist, James P., Busch, Stephen, McCormick, Robert L., Pihl, Josh A., Splitter, Derek A., Ratcliff, Matthew A., Kolodziej, Christopher P., Storey, John M.E., Moses-DeBusk, Melanie, Vuilleumier, David, Sjöberg, Magnus, Sluder, C. Scott, Rockstroh, Toby, Miles, Paul

“…The Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the US Department of Energy aims to co-develop fuels and engines in an effort to maximize…”
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