The Department of Energy’s Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines program was a large multi-institution effort initiated in 2016 and concluded in in 2021.  The goal was to produce more efficient, less polluting fuels and vehicles faster by examining the fuel and engine together from a systems level perspective.  The program included research on both spark-ignition and compression-ignition fuels and engines and produced significant advances in relating fuel molecular structure to fuel properties, and fuel properties to engine performance and pollutant formation.  These advances, as well as improvements in our understanding of autoignition and soot precursor formation mechanisms and kinetics will be described.  The new fuel pathways identified will be reviewed.  Key insights relative to decarbonization of the transportation sector are provided.

Lessons learned from fuel-engine co-ptimization

ACS Spring 2022

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