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The earlier editions of this title have been best-selling definitive references for those needing technical information about automotive fuels. This long-awaited latest edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, yet retains the original fundamental fuels information that readers find so useful. 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. Small quantities of fuel additives increasingly play an important role in bridging the gap that often exists between fuel that can easily be produced and fuel that is needed by the ever-more sophisticated automotive engine. 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. It includes a brief history of automotive fuels development, followed by chapters on automotive fuels manufacture from crude oil and other fossil sources. One chapter is dedicated to the manufacture of automotive fuels and fuel blending components from renewable sources, including e-fuels. The safe handling, transport, and storage of fuels, from all sources, are covered. 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. As CO2 is now an important emission there is also discussion regarding low and non-carbon fuels and how they might be used. 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.
Preface to first edition -- Preface to second edition -- Preface to third edition -- Preface to fourth edition -- Chapter 1: Introduction to 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 nonspecification 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: Worldwide fuel charter recommendations -- Appendix 3: TOP TIER™ fuel standards -- Appendix 4: Composition of biodiesel from different feedstocks -- Appendix 5: Material safety data sheets -- Appendix 6: Lead alkyls -- Appendix 7: Physical properties of hydrocarbons -- Appendix 8: Abbreviations and acronyms -- Appendix 9: Glossary of terms -- Index -- About the authors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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