Impact of DMF on Engine Performance and Emissions as a New Generation of Sustainable Biofuel

2,5-二甲基呋喃（DMF）很有可能成为一种有前途的可持续生物燃料，因为美国最近开发出了从生物质中提取DMF的新颖高效的方法，但人们对其对环境的影响的了解非常有限。对于发动机界来说，人们对其燃烧和排放特性知之甚少，特别是对其在发动机中燃烧产生的非管制排放的种类知之甚少。本项目旨在研究DMF作为基础燃料的突出问题，通过开发和验证喷雾，燃烧，排放和发动机模型，并通过使用先进的方法进行系统实验，包括CFD，光学诊断和使用傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）以及在线GCMS进行废气形态分析。预计该合作项目将为上述三组研究人员提供一个平台，使他们能够密切合作，利用双方独特的专业知识，并在大大增加通信和信息交流的基础上为团队工作做出贡献。在这个项目中获得的技术诀窍将直接有利于英国和中国的汽车工业和学术界。该项目的成果将有助于增加英国和中国生物燃料行业的市场规模，从而通过增加就业机会和农业盈利能力对英国和中国经济的发展产生影响，显然将有助于减少运输燃料的碳足迹。

2,5-Dimethylfuran (DMF) is likely to become a promising sustainable biofuel with the advent of novel and efficient methods recently developed in the US for making it from biomass, but there is very limited knowledge about its impact on the environment. For the engine community, little is known about its combustion and emission characteristics, especially about the speciation of non-regulated emissions from its combustion in engines. This project aims to investigate the outstanding issues of DMF as base fuel, by the studies through developing and validating the spray, combustion, emissions and engine models and by conducting systematic experiments using advanced methodologies including CFD, optical diagnostics and exhaust gas speciation using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) alongside the on-line GCMS. It is anticipated that this collaborative project will provide a platform for the 3 groups of researchers listed above to work very closely to utilise the unique expertise at each side and contribute to the team work on the basis of much increased communications and information exchange. The know-how acquired in this project will be of direct benefit to the UK and Chinese motor industries and academia. The project outcome will help to increase the market size of British and China's biofuel industries and will thus have impact on the development of the UK and China economy by increasing the opportunities for employment and profitability of agriculture and obviously will contribute to the reduction of carbon footprint of fuels for transportation.