Recent advances in biodiesel production from agricultural products and microalgae using ionic liquids: Opportunities and challenges

HC Ong, YW Tiong, BHH Goh, YY Gan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is considered as a potential substitute for petroleum-based diesel fuel owing to its
comparable properties to diesel. Biodiesel is generally produced from renewable sources …

Impacts of additives on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engines during steady state operation

E Khalife, M Tabatabaei, A Demirbas… - Progress in energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Depletion of fossil fuel resources and stringent emission mandates has spurred the search
for improved diesel engines performance and cleaner combustion. One of the best …

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 …

Current state and perspectives on transesterification of triglycerides for biodiesel production

M Salaheldeen, AA Mariod, MK Aroua, SMA Rahman… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
Triglycerides are the main constituents of lipids, which are the fatty acids of glycerol. Natural
organic triglycerides (viz. virgin vegetable oils, recycled cooking oils, and animal fats) are …

Enhancement in combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with Ce-ZnO nanoparticle additive added to soybean biodiesel …

F Hussain, MEM Soudagar, A Afzal, MA Mujtaba… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study considered the impacts of diesel–soybean biodiesel blends mixed with 3%
cerium coated zinc oxide (Ce-ZnO) nanoparticles on the performance, emission, and …

Higher alcohol–biodiesel–diesel blends: An approach for improving the performance, emission, and combustion of a light-duty diesel engine

HK Imdadul, HH Masjuki, MA Kalam… - Energy Conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pentanol is a long-chain alcohol with five carbons in its molecular structure and is produced
from renewable feedstock, which may help to improve the challenging problems of energy …

Soot formation mechanism of modern automobile engines and methods of reducing soot emissions: A review

E Jiaqiang, W Xu, Y Ma, D Tan, Q Peng, Y Tan… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the main pollutant emitted by automobile engines, soot particles have brought great harm
to the environment and human health. However, the soot formation process in automobile …

Effect of additivized biodiesel blends on diesel engine performance, emission, tribological characteristics, and lubricant tribology

MA Mujtaba, HH Masjuki, MA Kalam, F Noor, M Farooq… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
This research work focuses on investigating the lubricity and analyzing the engine
characteristics of diesel–biodiesel blends with fuel additives (titanium dioxide (TiO2) and …

An overview of HVDC technology

NR Watson, JD Watson - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is a growing use of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) globally due to the many
advantages of Direct Current (DC) transmission systems over Alternating Current (AC) …

Influence of antioxidant additives on performance and emission characteristics of beef tallow biodiesel-fuelled CI engine

B Nagappan, Y Devarajan, E Kariappan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
This work analyses the performance and emission characteristics of biofuelled compression
ignition (CI) engine with the implementation of an antioxidant. Using the transesterification …