Alcohols, as alternative fuels, may contribute to the solution of environmental and economical problems to a certain extend. But, they seem to have little chances to be directly used in Diesel engines because of their low cctane number. However, as blended fuels with diesel fuel they have places on the application area. In this study, the effect of the compression ratio on ignition delay and soot emission for methanol-diesel fuel blends with various blending
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