Diesel engines use compression to ignite the fuel, which needs to have an even burn, and cetane boosters have an important role to play in this process.

What is octane rating? What is cetane number? Gas & diesel ratings. What is octane rating? What is cetane rating? When ...

An investigation of the effect of cetane improvers on diesel cetane number showed that diesel fuels have a low sensitivity to the additives. Hydrotreated straight-run gas oils from Ural crudes, and ...

What’s the difference between standard #2 diesel and premium fuel? A premium diesel has a higher cetane number, better lubricity and includes detergents that provide injector-cleaning capability ...

Choosing the best diesel fuel for your fleet should be based on more than the cost of the fuel. One of the more critical considerations is the cetane rating. It is an indicator of the combustion speed ...

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released a long-anticipated update to the source-of-record for cetane number data. This information is vital to the development of new, ...

This article provides a basis for deciding whether to evaluate a new process scheme or alter an existing one with a view toward moving a 300-400° F. cut from gasoline to diesel fuel. Average qualities ...

Three new predictive equations for cetane number have been developed.Each of these equations is shown to be superior to the current cetane index equation (ASTM D 976-80) for a large fuel data base.One ...

Most fleets would confess to using diesel fuel additives from time to time, most likely in the winter to prevent gelling. But there are fleets, lots of them it seems, that regularly treat their fuel ...

Cetane boosters sure sound cool. Who doesn't like the word "boost" after all? But in reality, they don't boost the power of your fuel. On the contrary, they reduce the delay between fuel injection and ...