An Experimental Study on the Performance of a Multifuel Engine : (Part 1. Applied to a Pre-Combustion Chamber Engine)

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This study attempts to produce multifuel capability for a standard diesel engine with a few simple modifications, and attempts to obtain a correlation existing between the performance characteristics of the engine and the combustion behaviour on a variety of fuels. In the first paper, two methods of reducing the ignition lag were attempted fairly successfully : 1. Reduction of the heat transfer by promoting the insulating effect of the pre-chamber with a sleeve to raise its mean wall temperature. 2. Employment of higher compression ratio up to 19.05. As a result, a possibility of operating a diesel engine on automotive gasoline was assured.