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 …

Progress in the production and application of n-butanol as a biofuel

C Jin, M Yao, H Liu, FL Chia-fon, J Ji - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
Butanol is a very competitive renewable biofuel for use in internal combustion engines given
its many advantages. In this review, the properties of butanol are compared with the …

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 …

Alcohol based automotive fuels from first four alcohol family in compression and spark ignition engine: A review on engine performance and exhaust emissions

IM Yusri, R Mamat, G Najafi, A Razman, OI Awad… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alcohol fuels have some significant advantages over other alternative fuels, including the
ability to work in existing engines as well as the capability to reduce greenhouse gas …

Comparative study of pilot–main injection timings and diesel/ethanol binary blends on combustion, emission and microstructure of particles emitted from diesel …

JC Ge, G Wu, NJ Choi - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, anhydrous ethanol was directly mixed with diesel fuel and applied to an old
diesel engine to improve nitrogen oxides (NOx)-smoke trade-off relationship. Multiple …

Effects of physicochemical properties of biodiesel fuel blends with alcohol on diesel engine performance and exhaust emissions: A review

MSM Zaharin, NR Abdullah, G Najafi… - … and Sustainable energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, alternative fuel studies have been conducted thoroughly by researchers
through their experimental work. Depletion of fossil fuel raised the attention of researchers to …

Biodiesel production, properties, and feedstocks

BR Moser - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 2009 - Springer
Biodiesel, defined as the mono-alkyl esters of vegetable oils or animal fats, is an
environmentally attractive alternative to conventional petroleum diesel fuel (petrodiesel) …

The performance, emissions, and combustion characteristics of an unmodified diesel engine running on the ternary blends of pentanol/safflower oil biodiesel/diesel …

MK Yesilyurt, Z Yilbasi, M Aydin - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2020 - Springer
The objective of the present study is to scrutinize the influence of a binary blend of diesel–
safflower oil biodiesel and ternary blends of diesel–biodiesel–pentanol on performance …

Combustion, performance and emission characteristics of various alcohol blends in a single cylinder diesel engine

AO Emiroğlu, M Şen - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the influence of the various alcohol additions in diesel fuel on combustion,
performance, and exhaust emission characteristics of a single-cylinder diesel engine was …

Effects of butanol–diesel fuel blends on the performance and emissions of a high-speed DI diesel engine

DC Rakopoulos, CD Rakopoulos, EG Giakoumis… - Energy conversion and …, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …