Experimental measurement of physico-chemical properties of oxygenate (DIPE) blended gasoline

Abstract

With growing concerns regarding the environment and the depletion of fossil fuels, many researchers have sought a new and suitable alternative fuel. Over the years, researchers have proposed many alternatives to gasoline, most of which belong to the family of alcohols. Furthermore, most researchers consider the octane number to be the main fuel property and have overlooked other fuel properties. In the family of ethers, MTBE and ETBE have been previously studied, but DIPE, a suitable, novel and safe alternative fuel that doesn’t mix with water, has not. In this study, diisopropyl ether, a novel oxygenate, is blended with gasoline, and the density, calorific value, Reid vapour pressure, distillation curve, drivability index, research octane number and anti-knock index are studied and reported here.