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Table 2

Properties of the fuels used in the tests [19, 33, 4345].

Fuel properties Diesel HSOB Pentanol Hexanol Heptanol
Chemical formula C14H25 C17.60H30.47O2 C5H12O C6H14O C7H16O
Molecular weight (g/mol) 193 273.72 88.15 102.18 116.20
Density at 15 °C (kg/m3) 823 875 814.8 821.8 818
Kinematic viscosity at 40 °C (mm2/s) 2.65 3.429 2.89 3.64 3.32
Calorific value (MJ/kg) 43.85 38.737 32.16 39.10 39.92
Cetane number 53.5 36.5 20 23 29.5
Flash point (°C) 59 >120 49 59 76
Carbon (wt. %) 87.05 77.18 68.13 70.52 72.16
Hydrogen (wt. %) 12.95 11.13 13.61 13.74 13.71
Oxygen (wt. %) 0 11.69 18.26 15.74 14.13
Carbon/Hydrogen 6.72 6.93 5.01 5.13 5.26
Latent heat of evaporation (kJ/kg) 275 240 308.05 486.00 574.95

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