Direct use of waste vegetable oil in internal combustion engines

D Capuano, M Costa, S Di Fraia, N Massarotti… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Direct use of Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) as fuel is very attractive to reduce fossil
fuels utilization and increase sustainability. WVO incorrect disposal causes serious …

Thermo-economic analysis of a novel cogeneration system for sewage sludge treatment

S Di Fraia, N Massarotti, L Vanoli, M Costa - Energy, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants are high energy-consuming systems, and their electric energy
consumption contributes to 25–30% of the total operating costs. A significant part of thermal …

Thermal and vibration analysis of CI engine using diesel and waste cooking oil biodiesel blends

CV Rajam, GV Patil, MI Sakri, RN Jeeragal… - Applied Thermal …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Compression Ignition (CI) engines can operate on blend of diesel, and waste cooking oil
biodiesel (WCOBD). In order to reduce the consumption of diesel, a rapidly depleting fossil …

[HTML][HTML] Bioenergy on islands: an environmental comparison of continental palm oil vs. local waste cooking oil for electricity generation

CR Parra, A Corrêa-Guimarães, LM Navas-Gracia… - Applied Sciences, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Energy security on islands is a challenging issue due to their isolation from energy markets
and fossil fuel dependence. In addition, islands' average energy intensity has increased in …

Burning process characterization of biodiesel pool fires

P Rantuch, L Blinová, A Bartošová… - Journal of Fire …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This article deals with the combustion process of biodiesel produced from waste vegetable
oil. The main fire-technical properties related to its thermal degradation during pool fire were …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of Jatropha fruit maturity on seed oil yield, composition and heat of combustion of derived biodiesel

M Jonas, C Ketlogetswe, J Gandure - Energy and Power Engineering, 2018‏ - scirp.org
Maturity of Jatropha fruits has influence on oil yield, chemical composition and
physicochemical properties of derived biodiesel. Oil yield was determined using soxhlet …

[PDF][PDF] Improving the environmental performance of a copper mine site in Indonesia by implementing potential greenhouse gas emissions reduction activities

JS Adiansyah - … Engineering Transactions. https://doi. org/10.3303 …, 2019‏ - researchgate.net
Indonesia has targeted 29% Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction in 2030 and
Industry is one of the big two contributors for GHG emissions. As an industry, mining is an …

Experimental investigation to improve performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine by using n-butanol as additive to the biodiesel-diesel blends

DS Kumar, S Thirumalini… - IOP Conference Series …, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources and are limited in supply. The combustion of these
fuels produces environmental pollution with the release of dangerous gases like Nitrogen …

[PDF][PDF] STUDIES ON EXTRACTION OF MORINGA STENOPETALA SEED OIL: PROCESS OPTIMIZATION AND INVESTIGATION OF IT'S POTENTIAL AS COOKING OIL

LD SHUMI - 2019‏ - scholar.archive.org
Moringa Stenopetala, locally known as Shiferraw/Haleko is an indigenous vegetable tree
native to southern Ethiopia and grown mainly for its food value. This study deals with the …

Sustainable second-generation bioenergy alternatives for Ecuador

C Parra Meneses - 2021‏ - uvadoc.uva.es
Most of the total energy use on the planet is based on fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and
natural gas, accounting 87% and representing 511 PJ per year [1]. However, this situation is …