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 …

Advanced strategies to reduce harmful nitrogen-oxide emissions from biodiesel fueled engine

AT Doppalapudi, AK Azad, MMK Khan - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced techniques have shown an effective approach to reducing nitrogen oxide (NO x)
emissions from biodiesel-fueled engines. The primary concern is higher NO x emissions …

Impacts of additives on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engines during steady state operation

E Khalife, M Tabatabaei, A Demirbas… - Progress in energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Depletion of fossil fuel resources and stringent emission mandates has spurred the search
for improved diesel engines performance and cleaner combustion. One of the best …

A literature review of fuel effects on performance and emission characteristics of low-temperature combustion strategies

T Pachiannan, W Zhong, S Rajkumar, Z He, X Leng… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The fast rate of depletion of fossil fuel resources due to increasing demands and the adverse
environmental impact by the automotive engines forced researchers to develop alternative …

Effect of biodiesel–butanol fuel blends on emissions and performance characteristics of a diesel engine

N Yilmaz, FM Vigil, K Benalil, SM Davis, A Calva - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of butanol–biodiesel blends on the
emissions and performance characteristics of a four-stroke, naturally aspirated, water …

Effect of a sustainable biofuel–n-octanol–on the combustion, performance and emissions of a DI diesel engine under naturally aspirated and exhaust gas recirculation …

BR Kumar, S Saravanan, D Rana, V Anish… - Energy Conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Higher alcohols above n-butanol can be excellent alternative fuels for diesel engines owing
to their high energy content and high cetane number. The last three years has witnessed an …

Experimental study on diesel conventional and low temperature combustion by fueling four isomers of butanol

Z Zheng, C Li, H Liu, Y Zhang, X Zhong, M Yao - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of butanol on conventional and low temperature combustion were
investigated on a single-cylinder diesel engine. Four butanol isomers, n-butanol, sec …

Experimental and simulation investigation of the combustion characteristics and emissions using n-butanol/biodiesel dual-fuel injection on a diesel engine

H Liu, X Wang, Z Zheng, J Gu, H Wang, M Yao - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The combustion and emissions of n-butanol/biodiesel dual-fuel injection were investigated
on a diesel engine based on experiments and simulations. n-Butanol was injected into the …

Effects of oxygenated fuel pertaining to fuel analysis on diesel engine combustion and emission characteristics

MK Rahiman, S Santhoshkumar, D Subramaniam… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The fossil fuel concerns pertaining to the cost augmentation, depletion and environmental
issues needs to be supported by alternative fuel. This work reports the suitability of tri-fuel …

[HTML][HTML] Butanol-gasoline blends impact on performance and exhaust emissions of a four stroke spark ignition engine

IE Yousif, AM Saleh - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examined the possibility of finding an alternative fuel to replace the Iraqi-origin
gasoline. Iraqi gasoline has high levels of lead and sulfur compounds, so the pollutants …