There is an acknowledged growing need for efficient and sustainable systems that use
available energy resources in an “optimal”(including constraints) way. Such a goal cannot …

This paper surveys the publications available in the literature concerning the application of
the second-law of thermodynamics to internal combustion engines. The availability (exergy) …

An experimental investigation is conducted to evaluate the effects of using blends of n-
butanol (normal butanol) with conventional diesel fuel, with 8%, 16% and 24%(by volume) n …

In the effort to reduce pollutant emissions from diesel engines various solutions have been
proposed, one of which is the use of natural gas as supplement to liquid diesel fuel, with …

An extended experimental study is conducted to evaluate and compare the use of various
Diesel fuel supplements at blend ratios of 10/90 and 20/80, in a standard, fully instrumented …

An experimental investigation is conducted to evaluate the effects of using blends of ethanol
with conventional diesel fuel, with 5% and 10%(by vol.) ethanol, on the performance and …

In this paper, after a short review of waste heat recovery technologies from diesel engines,
the heat exchangers (HEXs) used in exhaust of engines is introduced as the most common …

The expanding energy demand, surging oil prices, depleting oil reserves, environmental
pollution and climate change problems associated with the utilization of fossil fuels have …

An experimental study is conducted to evaluate the effects of using blends of ethanol with
conventional diesel fuel, with 5%, 10% and 15%(by vol.) ethanol, on the combustion and …

Multi-dimensional models were coupled with a detailed chemical mechanism to investigate
the energy and exergy distributions of three different combustion regimes in internal …