cetane

The diesel fuel which is sold in the U.S. runs about 40 cetane where I'm from (the Northeast) and in Mexico it is 50 cetane uniformly.

Gasoline price in Mexico 2005

The cetane rating of the fuel is as much as 10 points higher than U.S. diesel.

Gasoline price in Mexico 2005

The desirable qualities required for distillate fuels include controlled flash and pour points, clean burning, no deposit formation in storage tanks, and a proper diesel fuel cetane rating for good starting and combustion.

Petroleum refining 2007

Vehicles in Mexico can use a heavier, higher cetane fuel because there is far less risk of the sorts of temperatures which will gel fuel than in, say, Wyoming.

Gasoline price in Mexico 2005

Mexican diesel is heavier, almost D3 - much more paraffin and sulphur, slightly higher BTU and cetane, but smokier and dirtier.

Gasoline price in Mexico 2005

The higher the cetane number, the easier the fuel will self ignite in the combustion chamber of the Diesel engine.

Chapter 6 1983

The minimum cetane rating that Caterpillar engines are designed to operate at is 35.

Chapter 6 1983

Generally, the heavier the fuel the lower the cetane number.

Chapter 6 1983

It has a low cetane number, so it works well when introduced into the cylinder with the air, compressed, and mixed with a little diesel fuel in order to cause an explosion

Chapter 11 1982

That is why cetane numbers are all about how easily the fuel ignites on its own in the cylinder.

Chapter 11 1982