The use of pure methanol as fuel at high compression ratio in a single cylinder gasoline engine

Investigation of the effects of iso-butanol additives on spark ignition engine fuelled with methanol-gasoline blends

“…Other researchers also found the same results [21][22][23]. In addition, an increase of alcohol percentage in gasoline blends will raise the density of the blends and engine volumetric efficiency that will cause an increase in power.…”

An overview of methanol as an internal combustion engine fuel

“…Among renewable alternative energy sources, there are a lot of benefits to the development of alternative fuels such as alcohol fuels instead of the traditional nonrenewable oil resources, for instance, (1) it can mitigate national security and economic concerns over fuel supplies; (2) it can improve the atmospheric emissions; and (3) it can maintain the sustainable development of the resources [3]. Among gasoline and diesel replacement fuels, methanol (CH 3 OH) fuel has been considered to be one of the most favorable fuels for IC engines [4,5].…”

Numerical analysis of knock during HCCI in a high compression ratio methanol engine based on LES with detailed chemical kinetics

“…It is generally accepted that knock limits the increase of geometric compression ratio, so it is one of the main obstacles to improve the thermal efficiency of SI engines [1][2][3]. Nowadays, many new combustion modes are proposed and developed, for instance, HCCI, PCCI (premixed charge compression ignition), RCCI (reactivity controlled compression ignition), DICI (direct injection compression ignition) etc.…”