Bio-butanol as a new generation of clean alternative fuel for SI (spark ignition) and CI (compression ignition) engines

X Zhen, Y Wang, D Liu - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Bio-butanol (N-butanol) is a renewable, environmentally friendly, and economical
alternative fuel that, like many other alternative fuels such as methanol, ethanol, and natural …

Numerical study of twin-spark plug arrangement effects on flame, combustion and emissions of a medium compression ratio direct-injection methanol engine

C Gong, J Sun, F Liu - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of twin-spark plug arrangement on flame, combustion and emissions of a
medium compression ratio direct injection methanol engine were numerically investigated …

Experimental evaluation of the performance and emissions of a direct-injection compression-ignition engine fueled with n-hexanol–diesel blends

M Nour, Z Sun, AI El-Seesy, X Li - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent developments in the sustainable production of n-hexanol, in addition to its
distinctive physicochemical properties, have encouraged its application in direct-injection …

Improvement of combustion and emission characteristics of a diesel engine working with diesel/jojoba oil blends and butanol additive

AI EL-Seesy, Z He, H Hassan, D Balasubramanian - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The main concerns of exploiting Jojoba oil in CI engines is that it has a high viscosity, low
volatility, and high NO x formation. Therefore, this article purposes in endeavoring to …

Spray combustion and soot formation characteristics of the acetone-butanol-ethanol/diesel blends under diesel engine-relevant conditions

Z Xu, X Duan, Y Liu, B Deng, J Liu - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) is considered as a promising biofuel to partially
substitute the diesel fuel. In this paper, the optical constant volume combustion chamber was …

Effects of diesel-ethanol-THF blend fuel on the performance and exhaust emissions on a heavy-duty diesel engine

Y Wu, X Zhang, Z Zhang, X Wang, Z Geng, C Jin, H Liu… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of ethanol in diesel engines is limited for the poor solubility. Tetrahydrofuran
(THF) as a promising biofuel can improve the solubility. In this study, the effects of THF and …

Role of different antioxidants additions to renewable fuels on NOX emissions reduction and smoke number in direct injection diesel engine

HA Dhahad, MA Fayad - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The changes in the emission characteristics of a diesel engine were experimentally verified
when using diesel fuel, neat sun-flower biodiesel (B), and a biodiesel-diesel blend (B20) …

Effect of injection strategy on a diesel/methanol dual-fuel direct-injection engine

Z Li, Y Wang, Z Yin, H Geng, R Zhu, X Zhen - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Methanol direct-injection achieves direct injection of diesel and methanol in the cylinder by
using two independent fuel injection systems. This yields an extremely high methanol …

Effect of gasoline/n-butanol blends on gaseous and particle emissions from an SI direct injection engine

X Yu, Z Guo, L He, W Dong, P Sun, W Shi, Y Du, F He - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
N-butanol has shown potential as an alternative fuel to mitigate the energy crisis and reduce
emissions. The emission and combustion characteristics of a spark ignition (SI) engine fed …

Impact of changing combustion chamber geometry on emissions, and combustion characteristics of a single cylinder SI (spark ignition) engine fueled with ethanol …

AO Hasan, H Al-Rawashdeh, H Ala'a, A Abu-jrai… - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the range of opportunities and future prospects of
presenting a blend of gasoline/ethanol fuel to run a gasoline engine. Biofuel's advantages …