Biofuels (alcohols and biodiesel) applications as fuels for internal combustion engines

AK Agarwal - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2007 - Elsevier
The increasing industrialization and motorization of the world has led to a steep rise for the
demand of petroleum-based fuels. Petroleum-based fuels are obtained from limited …

[HTML][HTML] A landscape review on biodiesel combustion strategies to reduce emission

AK Azad, AT Doppalapudi, MMK Khan, NMS Hassan… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The study presents state-of-the-art literature on biodiesel combustion strategies for
improving engine performance and reducing emissions. The application of those strategies …

Performance evaluation of a vegetable oil fuelled compression ignition engine

D Agarwal, L Kumar, AK Agarwal - Renewable energy, 2008 - Elsevier
Fuel crisis because of dramatic increase in vehicular population and environmental
concerns have renewed interest of scientific community to look for alternative fuels of bio …

Experimental investigation of control of NOx emissions in biodiesel-fueled compression ignition engine

D Agarwal, S Sinha, AK Agarwal - Renewable energy, 2006 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is an alternative fuel consisting of the alkyl esters of fatty acids from vegetable oils
or animal fats. Vegetable oils are produced from numerous oil seed crops (edible and non …

Effects of preheating of crude palm oil (CPO) on injection system, performance and emission of a diesel engine

S Bari, TH Lim, CW Yu - Renewable energy, 2002 - Elsevier
Crude palm oil (CPO) is one of the vegetable oils that have potential for use as fuels for
diesel engines. CPO is renewable, and is safe and easy to handle. However, at room …

Investigations on the performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine using preheated waste frying oil as fuel

M Pugazhvadivu, K Jeyachandran - Renewable energy, 2005 - Elsevier
In the present experimental investigation, waste frying oil a non-edible vegetable oil was
used as an alternative fuel for diesel engine. The high viscosity of the waste frying oil was …

A study on the performance and emission of a diesel engine fueled with Karanja biodiesel and its blends

BS Chauhan, N Kumar, HM Cho, HC Lim - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
In order to meet the growing global energy requirement, exhaustive research is carried to
develop and use variety of renewable fuels. Main objective of the present study is to …

Performance and emission evaluation of a CI engine fueled with preheated raw rapeseed oil (RRO)–diesel blends

H Hazar, H Aydin - Applied Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
Many studies are still being carried out to find out surplus information about how vegetable
based oils can efficiently be used in compression ignition engines. Raw rapeseed oil (RRO) …

Combustion characteristics, engine performances and emissions of waste edible oil biodiesel in diesel engine

J Xue - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
It is a good solution to produce biodiesel by using waste edible oils (WEO), such as waste
cooking oils and used frying oils, due to its low cost, disposal problems and potential …

In situ alkaline transesterification of cottonseed oil for production of biodiesel and nontoxic cottonseed meal

J Qian, F Wang, S Liu, Z Yun - Bioresource Technology, 2008 - Elsevier
The production of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) by direct in situ alkaline-catalyzed
transesterification of the triglycerides (TG) in cottonseeds was examined. The experimental …