Today, with various racing fuels, you can find octane ratings over 100. Cetane is a rating applied to diesel fuel. Here we're not looking at knock resistance but rather the ignition delay of the fuel.

Some high-performance gas-powered engines require higher octane fuel. This information can be found in the owner’s manual; on some vehicles, it is inscribed on the fuel cap.

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 ...

Bernard Freedman, Marvin O. Bagby, Timothy J. Callahan, Thomas W. Ryan III, Cetane Numbers of Fatty Esters, Fatty Alcohols and Triglycerides Determined in a Constant Volume Combustion Bomb, SAE ...

A detailed analysis has been made on the Cetane Scale presently used to rate the autoignition quality of fuels. The effect of the increase in temperature and pressure, as a result of increasing the ...