Research Article

Combustion Characteristic Prediction of Dual Direct Injection Fuel (Diesel-Propane) on RCEM Based on an Artificial Neural Network Approach

Table 2

Fuel physical properties.

PropertiesPropaneDiesel

Molecule formulaC3H8CnH1.8n
Boiling point (°C)-42.1180-370
Stoichiometric A/F15.7114.6
Autoignition temperature (°C)481250
Lower heating value (MJ/kg)46.3442.5
Research octane number111
Cetane number40-55