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      Definition

      Octane rating or octane number indicates the resistance to knock of a motor fuel being compressed. Higher octane numbers indicate that more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating (knocking). Gasolines with a higher octane number are suitable for high-compression engines that in most cases have also a better performance.

      The specific energy content of a fuel is the heat energy derived when a quantity of it is burned (for example: a kilogram, etc.) and the heat is captured in a calorimeter and measured.

      Background Information

    • Octane ratings explained [View Resource]
    • Octane Number And Engine Performance [View Resource]
    • Properties of Fuels Table [View Resource]
    • Gasoline & Octane Ratings [View Resource]
    • Fuel energy content & unit conversions [View Resource]
    • Alternative Fuels Comparison Chart [View Resource]
    • Energy Content of Fuels in Joules [View Resource]
    • Tony's Guide to Fuel saving [View Resource]
    • Octane Calculator [View Resource]
    • Consumer guide gasoline octane facts and myths [View Resource]
    • Biomass [View Experiment]

      K-12 Experiments, Labs, Lesson Plans and Science Fair Projects

    • Which common gasoline alternative fuel is the most efficient in cost and caloric content including wood, vegetable oil, animal fats, and natural gas? [View Experiment]
    • Which has More Heat Energy: Vegetable Oil or Petroleum Oil? [View Experiment]
    • What Type of Fuel Has the Greatest Energy per Unit Mass? [View Experiment]
    • Energy content of fuels experiment [View Experiment]
    • Compare the heat of combustion of two different fuels - paraffin wax and methanol. [View Experiment]
    • The Energy Content of Fuels: A Physical Science Activity [View Experiment]
    • Lab: The Energy Content of Fuels [View Experiment]
    • Experiment 10 - Comparison of the Energy Content of Fuels [View Experiment]
    • Energy content of fuels Experiments [View Experiment]

      College Experiments, Labs, Studies and Articles

    • Effects of Pressure and Other Variables on Determinations of Octane Number [View Experiment]
    • Experiment: Analysis of Gasoline Components by Gas Chromotography [View Experiment]
    • Effects of oxygenated species on reforming gasoline range hydrocarbons [View Experiment]
    • Experimental Study of Exhaust Emissions & Performance Analysis of Multi Cylinder S.I.Engine When Methanol Used as an Additive [View Experiment]

      Theses and Dissertations

    • Method for determination of octane rating by flame quenching experiments [View Thesis]
    • Improvement of Gasoline Octane Number by Blending Gasoline with Selective Components [View Thesis]
    • Understanding and Modeling of HCCI Engines [View Thesis]

      Patents

    • Unleaded aviation gasoline (US Patent 6238446, 2001) [View Patent]
    • Fuels for internal combustion engines (US Patent 6858048, 2005) [View Patent]
    • Production of motor fuels (US Patent 2921013, 1955) [View Patent]

      See Also

    • Energy Density of Fuels [View Experiment]
    Volumetric energy density of some fuels compared with gasoline

    Fuel type        MJ/litre        MJ/kg       BTU/Imp gal       BTU/US gal       Research octane
    number (RON)
      
    Regular Gasoline 34.8 44.4 150,100 125,000 Min 91
    Premium Gasoline Min 95
    Autogas (LPG) (60% Propane + 40% Butane) 26.8 34.4 114,570 95,475 110
    Ethanol 23.5 31.1 101,600 84,600 129
    Methanol 17.9 19.9 77,600 64,600 123
    Butanol 29.2 91-99
    Gasohol (10% ethanol + 90% gasoline) 33.7 43.54 145,200 120,900 93/94
    Diesel 38.6 45.4 166,600 138,700 25
    Aviation gasoline (high octane gasoline, not Jet fuel) 33.5 46.8 144,400 120,200
    Jet fuel (kerosene based) 35.1 43.8 151,242 125,935 15-25
    Liquefied natural gas 25.3 ~55 109,000 90,800
    Kerosene 38.3 43.1 160,800 134,000 15-25

    Source: Wikipedia (All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.)




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