Many practical soot-emitting combustion systems such as diesel and jet engines rely on
diffusion flames for efficient and reliable operation. Efforts to mitigate soot emissions from …

There has been much recent progress in the area of surrogate fuels for diesel. In the last few
years, experiments and modeling have been performed on higher molecular weight …

Alcohols, such as butanol, are a class of molecules that have been proposed as a bio-
derived alternative or blending agent for conventional petroleum derived fuels. The …

Biofuels, such as bio‐ethanol, bio‐butanol, and biodiesel, are of increasing interest as
alternatives to petroleum‐based transportation fuels because they offer the long‐term …

Ongoing progress in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and catalysis continues to
produce a diverse array of advanced biofuels with complex molecular structure and …

A detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism is developed for the five major components
of soy biodiesel and rapeseed biodiesel fuels. These components, methyl stearate, methyl …

The motivation for and challenges in reducing the world's dependence on crude oil while
simultaneously improving engine performance through better fuel efficiency and reduced …

Biodiesel fuels derived from different feedstocks may have significantly different fatty acid
profiles and physicochemical properties. To gain further insight into the effect of the …

Burgeoning global demand for energy has increased concerns about the fuel security issues
and deleterious environmental impacts that result from the ubiquitous use of fossil fuels to …

Due to growing environmental concerns and diminishing petroleum reserves, a wide range
of oxygenated species has been proposed as possible substitutes to fossil fuels: alcohols …