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    Octane and Cetane Numbers: Activation Energies

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    The octane number measures a gasoline's resistance to detonation, with higher numbers indicating less likelihood of knocking. It represents the percentage of iso-octane in a mixture that matches the fuel's anti-knock properties. The cetane number measures a diesel's ignition delay, with higher numbers showing shorter delays. It denotes the percentage of cetane in a mixture matching the fuel's ignition characteristics. Both range from 0-100 and indicate a fuel's ignition delay time, with higher values increasing engine efficiency.

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    Octane and Cetane Numbers: Activation Energies

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    The octane number measures a gasoline's resistance to detonation, with higher numbers indicating less likelihood of knocking. It represents the percentage of iso-octane in a mixture that matches the fuel's anti-knock properties. The cetane number measures a diesel's ignition delay, with higher numbers showing shorter delays. It denotes the percentage of cetane in a mixture matching the fuel's ignition characteristics. Both range from 0-100 and indicate a fuel's ignition delay time, with higher values increasing engine efficiency.

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    The octane number measures a gasoline's resistance to detonation, with higher numbers indicating less likelihood of knocking. It represents the percentage of iso-octane in a mixture that matches the fuel's anti-knock properties. The cetane number measures a diesel's ignition delay, with higher numbers showing shorter delays. It denotes the percentage of cetane in a mixture matching the fuel's ignition characteristics. Both range from 0-100 and indicate a fuel's ignition delay time, with higher values increasing engine efficiency.

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    The octane number measures a gasoline's resistance to detonation, with higher numbers indicating less likelihood of knocking. It represents the percentage of iso-octane in a mixture that matches the fuel's anti-knock properties. The cetane number measures a diesel's ignition delay, with higher numbers showing shorter delays. It denotes the percentage of cetane in a mixture matching the fuel's ignition characteristics. Both range from 0-100 and indicate a fuel's ignition delay time, with higher values increasing engine efficiency.

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    26 September 2013

    BSChE 3 Chem 85 A

    Engr. Christylene Balagtas

    Octane and Cetane Numbers


    Octane number is defined as a number that is used to measure the antiknock properties of a liquid motor
    fuel (as gasoline) with a higher number indicating a smaller likelihood of knocking or detonating which means
    explosion caused by its premature burning in the combustion chamber. The higher value of octane number is usually
    used in high compression engines which consequently have high performance and correlate to higher activation
    energies: This being the amount of applied energy required to initiate combustion. Since higher octane fuels have
    higher activation energy requirements, it is less likely that a given compression will cause uncontrolled ignition,
    otherwise known as autoignition or detonation. The number also indicates how much fuel can be compressed before
    it ignites and the percent by volume of iso-octane in a combustible mixture, which is iso-octane and normal heptane,
    causing the anti-knocking properties to match the gas being tested.
    On the other hand, cetane number is defined as the measurement of the combustion quality of diesel fuel
    during compression ignition. It also denotes on the percentage by volume of cetane in a combustible mixture, which is
    cetane or n-hexadecane and 1-methylnapthalene, whose ignition characteristics match those of the diesel fuel being
    tested. Higher cetane fuels will have shorter ignition delay periods than lower cetane fuels, meaning the more easily
    the fuel will combust in a compression setting (such as a diesel engine). The characteristic diesel "knock" occurs
    when the first portion of fuel that has been injected into the cylinder suddenly ignites after an initial delay. Minimizing
    this delay leads to less unburned fuel in the cylinder at the beginning and less intense knock. Therefore higher-cetane
    fuel usually causes an engine to run more smoothly and quietly. Cetane numbers are only used for the relatively light
    distillate diesel oils and additives like alkyl nitrates and di-tert-butyl peroxide can be used to raise the cetane number.
    Comparing both, the octane number is used for gasoline while the cetane number is used for diesel fuel. In
    the cetane number, the high numerical values indicate the tendency of the diesel fuel to ignite readily thus performing
    better in the engine. On the contrary, in the octane number the high values shows the resistance of gasoline on
    spontaneous ignition which leads to less tendency on detonating the engine. These values show the increasing
    efficiency of the fuel. Despite their differences, they also have similarities. First, both their numbers range from 0
    100 and secondly, a measure of a fuels ignition delay which is the time period between the start of injection and start
    of combustion or ignition of the fuel resulting to the increased efficiency of the engine.
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    http://www.scribd.com/doc/7292781/Differences-Between-Octane-Number-and-Cetane-Number

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    (Date Accessed: 25 September 2013)


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating
    (Date Accessed: 25 September 2013)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetane_number (Date Accessed: 25 September 2013)

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