Effects of alternative fuels on the combustion characteristics and emission products from diesel engines: A review

P Geng, E Cao, Q Tan, L Wei - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Diesel engines are the main source of rapidly-growing energy consumption worldwide.
Diesel consumption is responsible for serious air pollution, which includes nitrogen oxides …

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 …

[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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The performance and emissions characteristics of diesel/biodiesel/alcohol blends in a diesel engine

Q Ma, Q Zhang, J Liang, C Yang - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has great potential as an alternative fuel for diesel engines. However, poor low-
temperature flow property and high viscosity of biodiesel limit its use in engines. Therefore …

[HTML][HTML] An optimization study on a biosynthesized nano-particle and its effect on the performance-emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with parsley …

SO Bitire, TC Jen - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
In this present research work, a central composite design (CCD) embedded in RSM
(response surface methodology) was employed to optimize a biodiesel blend containing …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of nano-additives in develo** alternative fuel strategy for CI engines: A critical review with a focus on the performance and emission characteristics

AH Hamzah, A Akroot, HAA Wahhab, RM Ghazal… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Compression ignition (CI) engines are widely used in transportation and industry due to their
reliability and high thermal efficiency. On the other hand, the use of CI engines coincides …

The role of a novel green synthesized nanoparticles added parsley biodiesel blend on the performance-emission characteristics of a diesel engine

SO Bitire, TC Jen - South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022 - journals.co.za
Several research studies have shown that biodiesel is a perfect replacement for diesel fuel,
owing to its many beneficial characteristics. However, their negative impact such as low …

Reducing diesel exhaust emissions by optimisation of alcohol oxygenates blend with diesel/biodiesel

NH Razak, H Hashim, NA Yunus, JJ Klemeš - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is substantially found to reduce carbon dioxides, hazardous particulate matter but
increasing anthropogenic nitrogen oxides (NO x) emissions. Fuel blending with alcohol …

Comparative Evaluation of Ethanol, -Butanol, and Diethyl Ether Effects as Biofuel Supplements on Combustion Characteristics, Cyclic Variations, and Emissions …

DC Rakopoulos, CD Rakopoulos… - Journal of Energy …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
This work evaluates experimentally on a comparative basis the effects of using three
customary biofuels on the cyclic variability (irregularity) of combustion and emissions …