Emerging technologies for biodiesel production: processes, challenges, and opportunities

AA Babadi, S Rahmati, R Fakhlaei, B Barati… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fossil fuel shortages, rising petroleum prices, worldwide demand for renewable energy, and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to anthropogenic activities are increasing interest in …

Combustion behavior, performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel containing cerium oxide nanoparticles: A review

AT Hoang - Fuel Processing Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the approaches paid much attention to are adding nanoparticles in biodiesel-
based fuels to overcome the disadvantages of biodiesel like high molecular mass, high …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on the effects of diesel/biofuel blends with nanofluid additives on compression ignition engine by response surface methodology

M Elkelawy, EA El Shenawy, HAE Bastawissi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the emissions restrictions and the speeding requirements for energy in different
sectors, diesel and gasoline can't be able to face the rapid supply of internal combustion …

The effects of Fe2O3 based DOC and SCR catalyst on the combustion and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with biodiesel

Z Zhang, J Ye, D Tan, Z Feng, J Luo, Y Tan, Y Huang - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The Fe 2 O 3 catalyst exhibits excellent activity in the reduction of nitrogen oxides. However,
the improvement of its high-temperature stability is a well-known challenge in application of …

[HTML][HTML] A review of global current scenario of biodiesel adoption and combustion in vehicular diesel engines

O Ogunkunle, NA Ahmed - Energy Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Delving into the current chronicles of research findings, explorations of biodiesel production
and utilization in diesel engines have been at the forefront of sustainable and creative …

[HTML][HTML] Performance and emission characteristics of biodiesel-blend in diesel engine: A review

Y Palani, C Devarajan, D Manickam… - Environmental …, 2022 - eeer.org
Many researchers delve for an alternative fuel to overcome the fossil fuel crisis. Developed
countries have embarked focus on renewable energy like wind energy, geothermal, biofuel …

Effect of Sr@ ZnO nanoparticles and Ricinus communis biodiesel-diesel fuel blends on modified CRDI diesel engine characteristics

MEM Soudagar, MA Mujtaba, MR Safaei, A Afzal… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The current study aims to evaluate the performance and emission characteristics of a
modified common rail direct injection (CRDI) diesel engine fueled by Ricinus communis …

Understanding behaviors of compression ignition engine running on metal nanoparticle additives-included fuels: a control comparison between biodiesel and diesel …

AT Hoang, MX Le, S Nižetić, Z Huang, Ü Ağbulut… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, searching for efficient solutions to improve the emission and performance
characteristics of diesel engines is considered as one of the essential and urgent work …

Experimental investigations of the performance of a flat-plate solar collector using carbon and metal oxides based nanofluids

N Akram, E Montazer, SN Kazi, MEM Soudagar… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Covalently functionalized carbon nanoplatelets and non-covalent functionalized metal
oxides nanoparticles (surfactant-treated) have been used to synthesize water-based …