Recent advances in using nanofluids in renewable energy systems and the environmental implications of their uptake

O Mahian, E Bellos, CN Markides, RA Taylor… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
It has been more than two decades since the discovery of 'nanofluids'–mixtures of common
liquids and solid nanoparticles with at least one dimension below 100 nm in size. While …

A comprehensive review on combustion and stability aspects of metal nanoparticles and its additive effect on diesel and biodiesel fuelled CI engine

V Saxena, N Kumar, VK Saxena - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanofluids are described as a relatively new kind of colloidal solutions with a particle size
smaller than one billionth of a meter (1–100 nm) suspended in the base fluid so as to …

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 …

Performance and emission characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with carbon nanotubes and diesel-biodiesel blends

SH Hosseini, A Taghizadeh-Alisaraei, B Ghobadian… - Renewable energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have demonstrated the diesel fuel characteristics vary by adding the
biodiesel. Furthermore, the nanoparticles or catalysts can mix with these fuels to improve …

Influence of alumina nanoparticles, ethanol and isopropanol blend as additive with diesel–soybean biodiesel blend fuel: Combustion, engine performance and …

T Shaafi, R Velraj - Renewable Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Experimental investigation was carried out to study the combustion, engine performance
and emission characteristics of a single cylinder, naturally aspirated, air cooled, constant …

Impacts of biodiesel combustion on NOx emissions and their reduction approaches

SM Palash, MA Kalam, HH Masjuki, BM Masum… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
Increasing energy demand and environment concerns have prompted an evolution of
alternative fuel sources. As an alternative fuel source, biodiesel is attractive because it …

Effect of Al2O3 nanoparticles in biodiesel-diesel-ethanol blends at various injection strategies: Performance, combustion and emission characteristics

H Venu, V Madhavan - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
The current experimental work focusses on influence of Alumina (Al 2 O 3) nanoparticle on
various injection strategies. Experiments were conducted with three different injection …

Green synthesized nano-additive dosed biodiesel-diesel-water emulsion blends for CI engine application: Performance, combustion, emission, and exergy analysis

R Manimaran, T Mohanraj, R Ashwin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous research studies have demonstrated that biodiesel is an ideal substitute for
standard diesel fuel. However, biodiesel produced more nitric oxide emissions. The novel …

Effect of dispersion of various nanoadditives on the performance and emission characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with diesel, biodiesel and blends—a review

T Shaafi, K Sairam, A Gopinath, G Kumaresan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The preference given to biodiesel in a diesel engine has gained importance over the past
two decades, due to its various environmental and economic benefits. There exists a lot of …