Performance and emissions of straight vegetable oils and its blends as a fuel in diesel engine: A review

SC Mat, MY Idroas, MF Hamid, ZA Zainal - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
A rising concern on the depletion of fossil fuel and its growing demand for global energy has
promoted research on alternative renewable biofuel. Vegetable oil is marked to be a …

Application of biobutanol in advanced CI engines–A review

SY No - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Butanol is of particular interest as a renewable biofuel for advanced CI engines due to
several superior fuel properties over methanol and ethanol. This review is, therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Diesel-oxygenated fuels ternary blends with nano additives in compression ignition engine: A step towards cleaner combustion and green environment

AI EL-Seesy, M Nour, H Hassan, A Elfasakhany… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Jatropha biodiesel is a promising source to substitute diesel fuel, but it has some
drawbacks like high viscosity. Thus, in this research attempts to enhance the utilization of …

Experimental investigation of engine performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine fueled with diesel–n-butanol–vegetable oil blends

A Atmanlı, E Ileri, B Yüksel - Energy Conversion and Management, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of using n-butanol in vegetable oil–
diesel fuel blends on engine performance and exhaust emissions of a direct injection diesel …

Response surface methodology based optimization of diesel–n-butanol–cotton oil ternary blend ratios to improve engine performance and exhaust emission …

A Atmanlı, B Yüksel, E Ileri, AD Karaoglan - Energy Conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Many studies declare that 20% biodiesel is the optimum concentration for biodiesel–diesel
fuel blends to improve performance. The present work focuses on finding diesel fuel, n …

Development of an n-heptane-n-butanol-PAH mechanism and its application for combustion and soot prediction

H Wang, RD Reitz, M Yao, B Yang, Q Jiao, L Qiu - Combustion and Flame, 2013 - Elsevier
A reduced chemical reaction mechanism was developed for modeling the combustion
process and soot emissions for both non-oxygenated and oxygenated hydrocarbon fuels. A …

Characterization of a diesel engine operating with a small proportion of methanol as a fuel additive in biodiesel blend

MHM Yasin, T Yusaf, R Mamat, AF Yusop - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has been a lucrative commodity in the current global economic trade as there is
mounting concern for issues relating to the environment and oil depletion. Biodiesel has …

Optimization of diesel–butanol–vegetable oil blend ratios based on engine operating parameters

A Atmanli, E Ileri, N Yilmaz - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The rule of thumb in literature is that 20% of biodiesel is the most acceptable blend ratio in
alternative fuel blends. This work focuses on in-depth mathematical optimization analyses of …

Experimental investigation of DI diesel engine operating with eucalyptus biodiesel/natural gas under dual fuel mode

L Tarabet, K Loubar, MS Lounici, K Khiari, T Belmrabet… - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
With the gradual depletion of petroleum and environmental degradation, intensive research
activity has been addressed to the utilization of alternative fuels in internal combustion …

Effects of higher ratios of n-butanol addition to diesel–vegetable oil blends on performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine

A Atmanlı, E Ileri, B Yüksel - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract n-Butanol is a promising next generation alternative fuel for stabilizing diesel fuel–
vegetable oil blends at low temperatures. In this study, the effects of higher n-butanol …