A method tested on various diesel blends of known cetane numbers showed a good correlation with the fuel’s octane numbers. Spontaneous ignition results in knock in a spark-ignition engine, whereas ...

From the time the Environmental Protection Agency proposed that ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) be run in all on-highway diesel vehicles to when it was fully implemented in late 2006, there has been ...

An investigation of the effect of cetane improvers on diesel cetane number showed that diesel fuels have a low sensitivity to the additives. Hydrotreated straight-run gas oils from Ural crudes, and ...