Vista of fueling diesel engine with fuel blends

Abstract

In response to adverse environmental impacts from mass consumption of fossil petroleum fuels as well as international crude oil reserves being finite, most countries are attempting to find answers to meeting future demand for fuel for transport. Internationally there is growing acceptance that multi-component fuels, with its associated environmental benefits, will be the transport fuel of choise for the future. In the Australia there is already widespread use mineral diesel/alcohol/emulsifier blend, while in many other countries such blends are being introduced. Exhaust emmisions from diesel engines are a major contributor to air pollution in urban centres in both developed and developing countries. The negative impact of diesel engine exhaust emisions on air quality and humasn health are now widely recognised. Internationally there is considerable potential for both short and long term applications of the multi-component fuel technology. This is in large part due to multi-component fuel being compatible with the existing fuel/vehicle infrastructure. Existing unmodified diesel engined vehicles can use multi-componenet fuel interchangeably with diesel fuel.