Students:

Howard Hess, James Szybist

Faculty/Supervisors:

Prof. R. W. Dibble, University of California, Berkeley
Gary Pope, USA PRO
Prof. André Boehman, Director of the Combustion Laboratory

Sponsors:

South Coast Air Quality Management District, Program Manager - Cindy Sullivan
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Program Manager - Peter J. A. Tijm
Cummins Engine Company, Technical Consultant - Vinod Duggal
PACCAR, Technical Consultant - James Reischman

Objective:

To determine through laboratroy and field testing how to optimize the performance of a representative turbodiesel engine technology for operation on CETANER^TM, an oxygenated cetane boosting additive for clean burning diesel fuels.

Approach:

Laboratory tests will be performed at UC-Berkeley and Penn State using the Cummins B5.9 turbodiesel engine. Field tests will be performed using a Dodge Ram pick-up truck, equipped with the Cummins engine. Performance and emissions will be monitored both in the lab and in the field. Through this database, an optimized set of engine operating parameters will be developed.

Results:

None to report to date.