Naphtha is a product obtained in the gasoline boiling range from different refinery components. Because naphtha is a less processed product of a refinery, its well-to-tank CO₂ is lower than that of conventional gasoline or diesel. In addition, naphtha features a longer ignition delay than that of diesel fuel and better auto-ignition characteristics than those of gasoline fuel. Therefore, naphtha has gained significant attention as a fuel suitable for advanced combustion strategies that exhibit a substantial potential in improving the thermal efficiency and reducing exhaust gas emissions. Moreover, using naphtha for engines can reduce imbalanced gasoline and diesel fuels, compared with the proportions of a typical barrel of crude oil. As mentioned previously, naphtha is an attractive fuel for internal combustion engines because of its lower refining costs and CO₂, suitability for advanced combustion strategies, and it is a solution for gasoline and diesel imbalance. Therefore, this study focuses on the application of naphtha to internal combustion engines. First, early naphtha studies and a naphtha engine are introduced. Subsequently, advanced combustion strategies based on naphtha are discussed, and few other studies based on naphtha are introduced. Simulation models for predicting the characteristics of naphtha are also considered.

石脑油是在汽油沸程范围内从不同炼油厂组分中获得的产品。由于石脑油是炼油厂加工较少的产品，因此其井至罐的 CO ₂低于传统汽油或柴油。此外，石脑油具有比柴油燃料更长的点火延迟和比汽油燃料更好的自燃特性。因此，石脑油作为一种适用于先进燃烧策略的燃料受到了极大的关注，这些策略在提高热效率和减少废气排放方面表现出巨大的潜力。此外，与典型的一桶原油的比例相比，将石脑油用于发动机可以减少不平衡的汽油和柴油燃料。如前所述，石脑油是一种有吸引力的内燃机燃料，因为它的精炼成本和 CO ₂较低，适用于先进的燃烧策略，是汽油和柴油不平衡的解决方案。因此，本研究侧重于石脑油在内燃机上的应用。首先，介绍了早期的石脑油研究和石脑油发动机。随后，讨论了基于石脑油的先进燃烧策略，并介绍了一些基于石脑油的其他研究。还考虑了用于预测石脑油特性的模拟模型。