A review on clean ammonia as a potential fuel for power generators

A Yapicioglu, I Dincer - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the use of renewable ammonia for power generation applications
and discusses options to convert industrial-grade generators to run on ammonia fuel. The …

Review of biodiesel composition, properties, and specifications

SK Hoekman, A Broch, C Robbins, E Ceniceros… - … and sustainable energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a renewable transportation fuel consisting of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME),
generally produced by transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats. In this review, the …

Chemistries and processes for the conversion of ethanol into middle-distillate fuels

NM Eagan, MD Kumbhalkar, JS Buchanan… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Ethanol is presently the most common liquid fuel derived from biomass. One way of meeting
the growing demand for heavier middle-distillate fuels—diesel and jet fuels comprising …

Response surface methodology based optimization of diesel–n-butanol–cotton oil ternary blend ratios to improve engine performance and exhaust emission …

A Atmanlı, B Yüksel, E Ileri, AD Karaoglan - Energy Conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Many studies declare that 20% biodiesel is the optimum concentration for biodiesel–diesel
fuel blends to improve performance. The present work focuses on finding diesel fuel, n …

Production of renewable petroleum refinery diesel and jet fuel feedstocks from hemicellulose sugar streams

H Olcay, AV Subrahmanyam, R Xing, J Lajoie… - Energy & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate how hemicellulose-derived C5 sugars can be converted into a high-quality
petroleum refinery feedstock by a four-step catalytic process. The substitute petroleum …

Production of green diesel via cleaner catalytic deoxygenation of Jatropha curcas oil

N Asikin-Mijan, HV Lee… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Utilization of green diesel derived from biomass in industries and transportation has
significantly increased energy security by reducing the dependency on the petroleum and …

Effects of higher ratios of n-butanol addition to diesel–vegetable oil blends on performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine

A Atmanlı, E İleri, B Yüksel - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract n-Butanol is a promising next generation alternative fuel for stabilizing diesel fuel–
vegetable oil blends at low temperatures. In this study, the effects of higher n-butanol …

Compatibility of diesel engine materials with biodiesel fuel

D Chandran - Renewable energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This article aims to assess the adequacy of the existing studies to appraise the compatibility
of biodiesel with fuel delivery materials (FDM) under physical diesel engine operation. The …

Characteristics of vegetable oils for use as fuel in stationary diesel engines—Towards specifications for a standard in West Africa

J Blin, C Brunschwig, A Chapuis, O Changotade… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
West African countries are increasingly interested in producing straight vegetable oil (SVO)
for direct use as fuel in diesel engines for stationary applications in the fields of agriculture …

Microbial contamination and its control in fuels and fuel systems since 1980–a review

FJ Passman - International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2013 - Elsevier
Although the documentation of fuel biodeterioration dates back to the late 19th century,
general recognition of the value of microbial contamination control evolved slowly until the …