A review on morphology, nanostructure, chemical composition, and number concentration of diesel particulate emissions

S Rana, MR Saxena, RK Maurya - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Particulate matter (PM) emitted from compression ignition (CI) engines (diesel engines) has
a detrimental effect on human health and the environment. The physical and chemical …

Characterization of crude glycerol from biodiesel plants

S Hu, X Luo, C Wan, Y Li - Journal of agricultural and food …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Characterization of crude glycerol is very important to its value-added conversion. In this
study, the physical and chemical properties of five biodiesel-derived crude glycerol samples …

A review of fundamental factors affecting diesel PM oxidation behaviors

JB Gao, CC Ma, SK Xing, LW Sun… - Science China …, 2018 - Springer
Diesel particulate matter (DPF) is usually employed to meet the stringent regulations on
particulate matter (PM) emissions for diesel engine. To resolve the DPF regeneration …

[HTML][HTML] Application of thermogravimetric analysis method for the characterisation of products from triglycerides during biodiesel production

CT Alves, MA Peters, JA Onwudili - Journal of Analytical and Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this present work, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to study the thermal
degradation of a range of lipids and lipid-derived compounds associated with the production …

The effect of synthetic antioxidants on the oxidative stability of biodiesel

WW Focke, I Van der Westhuizen, ABL Grobler… - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodiesels were prepared using base catalyzed methanolysis of sunflower, soybean and
canola oils. Rancimat oxidative stability measurements showed that the induction period (IP) …

Mechanical and corrosion properties of brass exposed to waste sunflower oil biodiesel-diesel fuel blends

OD Samuel, M Gulum - Chemical Engineering Communications, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Biodiesel has recently received increasing attention because of many advantages such as
higher cetane number and flash point compared to diesel fuel. However, corrosion of engine …

Impact of dual-fuel combustion with n-butanol or hydrous ethanol on the oxidation reactivity and nanostructure of diesel particulate matter

FA Ruiz, M Cadrazco, AF López… - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
This work evaluated the oxidation reactivity, nanostructure and morphological characteristics
of the particulate matter (PM) produced by dual-fuel combustion with n-butanol or hydrous …

Impact of crude vegetable oils on the oxidation reactivity and nanostructure of diesel particulate matter

JR Agudelo, A Alvarez, O Armas - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents the chemical composition, oxidation reactivity and nanostructural
characteristics of the particulate matter (PM) produced by a diesel engine operating with …

Pyrolysis behavior and kinetics of the trapped small molecular phase in a lignite

B Tian, Y Qiao, L Bai, W Feng, Y Jiang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Trapped small molecular phase is an important part in coal and strongly affects reactivity
and volatile release during pyrolysis. In this work, it was separated by normal heptane …

Biodiesel production from municipal secondary sludge

M Kumar, P Ghosh, K Khosla, IS Thakur - Bioresource Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present study, feasibility of biodiesel production from freeze dried sewage sludge was
studied and its yield was enhanced by optimization of the in situ transesterification …