ABE is considered as a potential alternative fuel for internal combustion engines, but few studies have paid on the energy balance when the engine is fuelled with ABE. In this paper, pure gasoline, ABE10 (10 %vol ABE blended with 90 %vol gasoline), ABE20 and ABE30 were tested on a high-speed spark-ignition (SI) engine under the operating conditions of 4000 r/min at 35% throttle position and 8000 r/min at 45% throttle position. The energy balance, the performance, and the combustion characteristics of the test engine were analyzed under the oper...