Use of higher alcohol biofuels in diesel engines: A review

BR Kumar, S Saravanan - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Biofuels have grabbed the attention of engine researchers ever since the oil-crisis and
escalating costs of petro-chemicals cropped up in the׳ 70s. Ethanol and methanol were the …

Alcohol combustion chemistry

SM Sarathy, P Oßwald, N Hansen… - Progress in energy and …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Alternative transportation fuels, preferably from renewable sources, include alcohols with up
to five or even more carbon atoms. They are considered promising because they can be …

A review of the combustion and emissions properties of advanced transportation biofuels and their impact on existing and future engines

JM Bergthorson, MJ Thomson - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The fundamental combustion and emissions properties of advanced biofuels are reviewed,
and their impact on engine performance is discussed, in order to guide the selection of …

Effect of n-pentanol addition on the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a direct-injection diesel engine

L Wei, CS Cheung, Z Huang - Energy, 2014‏ - Elsevier
In this study, experiments were conducted to examine the effect of using a mixture of diesel
and n-pentanol, which is one of the second-generation biofuels with comparable properties …

A comprehensive review on combustion, performance and emission aspects of higher alcohols and its additive effect on the diesel engine

Y Zhang, S Gao, Z Zhang, W Li, T Yuan, D Tan, L Duan… - Fuel, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The application of oxygenated alternative fuels in diesel engines is an effective way to solve
the energy crisis and environmental pollution. Higher alcohols (butanol and pentanol), as …

Effects of iso-butanol/diesel and n​-pentanol/diesel blends on performance and emissions of a DI diesel engine under premixed LTC (low temperature combustion) …

BR Kumar, S Saravanan - Fuel, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This study attempts to achieve simultaneous reduction of smoke and NOx emissions using a
combination of low EGR, retarded injection timing and diesel fuel reformulation (with low …

A comparative analysis on combustion and emissions of some next generation higher-alcohol/diesel blends in a direct-injection diesel engine

BR Kumar, S Saravanan, D Rana… - Energy conversion and …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Higher alcohols are attractive next generation biofuels that can be extracted from sugary,
starchy and ligno-cellulosic biomass feedstocks using sustainable pathways. Their viability …

Combustion and emission characteristics of isoamyl alcohol-gasoline blends in spark ignition engine

S Uslu, MB Celik - Fuel, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Nowadays, the evaluation of waste products has gained importance. The fusel oil, which is
obtained as a waste product in sugar factories, has a high proportion of isoamyl alcohol …

Influence of 1-pentanol additive on the performance of a diesel engine fueled with waste oil methyl ester and diesel fuel

N Yilmaz, A Atmanli, M Trujillo - Fuel, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Biodiesel cannot directly be used in diesel engines because some of its fuel properties
which poorly affect engine operation but it can be blended with diesel fuel or alcohols. It is …

Development of a combined reduced primary reference fuel-alcohols (methanol/ethanol/propanols/butanols/n-pentanol) mechanism for engine applications

X Liu, H Wang, Z Zheng, J Liu, RD Reitz, M Yao - Energy, 2016‏ - Elsevier
A combined reduced primary reference fuel (PRF)-alcohols (methanol/ethanol/propanols/
butanols/n-pentanol) combustion kinetic mechanism composed of 161 species and 622 …