Combustion and Emission Characterization of N-Butanol Fueled Hcci Engine

Reporting of Measurement Techniques Utilized in Published Work

Combustion and Emission Characterization of n-Butanol Fueled HCCI Engine

Kumar Maurya R, Kumar Agarwal A. Combustion and Emission Characterization of n-Butanol Fueled HCCI Engine. ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol..2014;137(1):011101-011101-12. doi:10.1115/1.4027898.

This research article, chosen from the January 2015 edition of the Journal of Energy Resources Technology (JERT), has a similar format to the one for M&I Labs. However, the content of each section varies compared to M&I Labs. The abstract is used here to summarize the purpose of the study, the experimental procedure, and the major results and conclusions. Next, an introduction details the importance of the study, in addition to giving background on previous results. For example, R.K. Maurya and A.K. Agarwal explain the pros and cons of biofuels such as ethanol and methanol and point out that butanol has yet to be fully investigated. Furthermore, citations are used to reference previous experiments attempting to improve the automotive industry, including fuel economy and exhaust emissions. References are also used to show how butanol has been studied in the past and how this study is new and beneficial to advancements in the automotive industry. The main difference in the introduction section between the Journal of Energy Resources Technology and M&I Labs is that while we typically describe the essential knowledge of tools and analyses, the Journal’s introduction provides a summary of previous studies and draws on the importance and significance of their work. Likewise, for the Experimental Setup section, comparable to M&I Lab’s Procedure section, they are able to simply reference procedures that have been previously published. This saves the author the time of rewriting their methods, but also saves valuable publication space for results and discussion. Also, while we typically write in enough detail for...