Ignition characteristics of a bio-derived class of saturated and unsaturated furans for engine applications

To investigate possible fuel application scenarios, a second part of this study investigates DCNs of furanic fuel blends in n-heptane and diesel fuel. A DCN mixing rule is found to be approximately linear and for blends with up to 20 mol% furans, the side chain structure (alkyl, alcohol) has no distinct influence on the blend DCN.