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GM and other makers are also trying to develop a gas engine using a technology called homogenous-charge compression-ignition, or HCCI.
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But such engines are less efficient and more capital intensive than diesel engines, and they must be de-rated more (about 50 percent relative to operation on gasoline) than compression-ignition engines.
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The reciprocating compression-ignition (diesel) engine is the main commercially viable engine available for these applications. 8
Chapter 10 2000
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Experiments with alcohol/diesel fuel blends in compression-ignition engines.
1 Production and Use 1983
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The middle distillate fraction can be replaced by alcohol fuels, but because of the compression-ignition character of diesel engines, this is not as simple as with spark-ignition engines.
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Biodiesel is a clean burning, nontoxic, sulfur-free, and biodegradable alternative fuel for compression-ignition (diesel) engines made from animal fat or vegetable oil.
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Biodiesel is a clean burning, nontoxic, sulfur-free, and biodegradable alternative fuel for compression-ignition (diesel) engines made from animal fat or vegetable oil.
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Scania's compression-ignition (CI) ethanol engine is a modified 9-liter diesel with a few modifications.
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Biodiesel is a clean burning, nontoxic, sulfur-free, and biodegradable alternative fuel for compression-ignition (diesel) engines made from animal fat or vegetable oil.
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GM and other makers are also trying to develop a gas engine using a technology called homogenous-charge compression-ignition, or HCCI.
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