This review paper covers potential alternative fuels for automotive engine application for both spark ignition (SI) and compression ignition (CI) engines. It also includes applications of alternative fuels in advanced combustion research applications. The representative alternative fuels for SI engines include compressed natural gas (CNG), hydrogen (H₂) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and alcohol fuels (methanol and ethanol); while for CI engines, they include biodiesel, di-methyl ether (DME), and jet propellent-8 (JP-8). Naphtha is introduced as an alternative fuel for advanced combustion in premixed charge compression ignition. The production, storage, and the supply chain of each alternative fuel are briefly summarized, and are followed by discussions on the main research motivations for such alternative fuels. Literature surveys are presented that investigate the relative advantages and disadvantages of these alternative fuels for application to engine combustion. The contents of engine combustion basically consist of the combustion process from spray development, air–fuel mixing characteristics, to the final combustion product formation process, which is analyzed for each alternative fuel. An overview is provided for alternative fuels together with summaries of engine combustion characteristics for each fuel, in addition to its current distribution status and future prospects.

这篇综述文章涵盖了用于火花塞（SI）和压燃（CI）发动机的汽车发动机应用的潜在替代燃料。它还包括替代燃料在高级燃烧研究中的应用。SI发动机的代表性替代燃料包括压缩天然气（CNG），氢（H ₂）液化石油气（LPG）和酒精燃料（甲醇和乙醇）；对于CI引擎，它们包括生物柴油，二甲基醚（DME）和喷气推进剂8（JP-8）。石脑油是作为预混合装料压燃中的高级燃烧的替代燃料而引入的。简要概述了每种替代燃料的生产，存储和供应链，然后讨论了此类替代燃料的主要研究动机。提出了文献调查，调查了这些替代燃料用于发动机燃烧的相对优缺点。发动机燃烧的内容主要包括从喷雾形成，空燃混合特性到最终燃烧产物形成过程的燃烧过程，并对每种替代燃料进行分析。