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Additionally, when these biofuels are produced from low-grade wastes, they constitute valorisation pathways for these otherwise unprofitable wastes. In this study, ethanol and pyrolysis biogasoline made from low-grade wastes were evaluated as additives for commercial gasoline (RON95, RON98) in tests performed in a spark ignition engine. Binary fuel mixtures of ethanol + gasoline or biogasoline + gasoline with biofuel incorporation of 2% (w\/w) to 10% (w\/w) were evaluated and compared with ternary fuel mixtures of ethanol + biogasoline + gasoline with biofuel incorporation rates from 1% (w\/w) to 5% (w\/w). The fuel mix performance was assessed by determination of torque and power, fuel consumption and efficiency, and emissions (HC, CO, and NOx). An electronic control unit (ECU) was used to regulate the air\u2013fuel ratio\/lambda and the ignition advance for maximum brake torque (MBT), wide-open throttle (WOT)), and two torque loads for different engine speeds representative of typical driving. The additive incorporation up to 10% often improved efficiency and lowered emissions such as CO and HC relative to both straight gasolines, but NOx increased with the addition of a blend.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/en14165209","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,23]],"date-time":"2021-08-23T10:24:17Z","timestamp":1629714257000},"page":"5209","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Experimental Assessment of the Performance and Emissions of a Spark-Ignition Engine Using Waste-Derived Biofuels as Additives"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6002-1194","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joaquim","family":"Costa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MEtRICs, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering School, Universidade do Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of East Timor, Dili, East Timor"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2163-8030","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorge","family":"Martins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MEtRICs, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering School, Universidade do Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Tiago","family":"Arantes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MEtRICs, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering School, Universidade do Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0940-519X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Margarida","family":"Gon\u00e7alves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MEtRICs, Department of Science and Technology of Biomass, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825-149 Caparica, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3178-0081","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luis","family":"Dur\u00e3o","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MEtRICs, Department of Science and Technology of Biomass, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825-149 Caparica, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0252-9413","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francisco P.","family":"Brito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MEtRICs, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering School, Universidade do Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"463","DOI":"10.1016\/j.applthermaleng.2019.03.012","article-title":"Effects of mixture enleanment in combustion and emission parameters using a flex-fuel engine with ethanol and gasoline","volume":"153","author":"Roso","year":"2019","journal-title":"Appl. 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