A compressive review on the effects of alcohols and nanoparticles as an oxygenated enhancer in compression ignition engine

K Nanthagopal, RS Kishna, AE Atabani, H Ala'a… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ever since the research community highlighted the emission and sustainability aspects of
pure diesel in the transportation sector, then began the search of next prospective fuel …

Advances in diesel–alcohol blends and their effects on the performance and emissions of diesel engines

S Kumar, JH Cho, J Park, I Moon - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The increasing energy demand, surging oil prices, depleting oil reserves and environmental
pollution problems associated with the use of fossil fuels have sparked renewed interest to …

Influence of properties of various common bio-fuels on the combustion and emission characteristics of high-speed DI (direct injection) diesel engine: Vegetable oil, bio …

DC Rakopoulos, CD Rakopoulos, EG Giakoumis… - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This work evaluates the influence of properties of various common bio-fuels on the
combustion, performance and exhaust emissions of an experimental, single-cylinder, four …

[HTML][HTML] Review on the use of diesel–biodiesel–alcohol blends in compression ignition engines

R Niculescu, A Clenci, V Iorga-Siman - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The use of alternative fuels contributes to the lowering of the carbon footprint of the internal
combustion engine. Biofuels are the most important kinds of alternative fuels. Currently …

Combustion heat release analysis of ethanol or n-butanol diesel fuel blends in heavy-duty DI diesel engine

DC Rakopoulos, CD Rakopoulos, RG Papagiannakis… - Fuel, 2011 - Elsevier
An experimental study is conducted to evaluate the effects of using blends of diesel fuel with
either ethanol in proportions of 5% and 10% or n-butanol in 8% and 16%(by vol.), on the …

Characteristics of performance and emissions in high-speed direct injection diesel engine fueled with diethyl ether/diesel fuel blends

DC Rakopoulos, CD Rakopoulos, EG Giakoumis… - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
An experimental study is conducted to evaluate the performance and exhaust emissions
characteristics of diesel fuel blends with 8%, 16% and 24%(by vol.) diethyl ether (DEE), in a …

Butanol or DEE blends with either straight vegetable oil or biodiesel excluding fossil fuel: Comparative effects on diesel engine combustion attributes, cyclic variability …

DC Rakopoulos, CD Rakopoulos, DC Kyritsis - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This work investigates comparatively the effects of using as base fuels straight vegetable oil
(SVO) and its biodiesel in blends with 10% or 20% of either n-butanol or DEE as …

Experimental comparative assessment of butanol or ethanol diesel-fuel extenders impact on combustion features, cyclic irregularity, and regulated emissions balance …

CD Rakopoulos, DC Rakopoulos, GM Kosmadakis… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This work studies the impact of using n-butanol or ethanol in blends with diesel fuel
(extenders) on combustion, cyclic irregularity, and exhaust emissions trade-off (balance) …

Effect of diesel–microalgae biodiesel–butanol blends on performance and emissions of diesel engine

G Tüccar, T Özgür, K Aydın - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, the commercially available diesel fuel (D), diesel (80%)–microalgae biodiesel
(20%)(by volume)(D80B20), diesel (70%)–microalgae biodiesel (20%)–butanol …

Study on performance and emissions of a passenger-car diesel engine fueled with butanol–diesel blends

Z Chen, J Liu, Z Han, B Du, Y Liu, C Lee - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, the commercially available diesel fuel (Bu00), butanol (20%)–diesel (80%)(by
vol.)(Bu20), butanol (30%)–diesel (70%)(Bu30), and butanol (40%)–diesel (60%)(Bu40) …