A detailed, technical guide to gasoline and other motor fuels.
It surveys methods for producing, refining, and testing fuels used in internal combustion engines.
This edition concentrates on how fuels are made, how they behave in engines, and how to improve yield and performance. It brings together practical processes, laboratory methods, and the engineering thinking behind early fuel technology.
- Cracking and hydrogenation techniques that alter heavy oils into lighter fuels
- Alcohols and mixtures as potential motor fuels, with their advantages and challenges
- Analytical methods to determine fuel content, purity, and octane-related properties
- Strategies for separating and recovering valuable by-products from refinery streams
Ideal for readers who are chemists, chemical engineers, and students interested in the science and practice of motor fuels and refining.