Effects of alternative fuels on the combustion characteristics and emission products from diesel engines: A review

P Geng, E Cao, Q Tan, L Wei - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Diesel engines are the main source of rapidly-growing energy consumption worldwide.
Diesel consumption is responsible for serious air pollution, which includes nitrogen oxides …

Stability of biodiesel–A review

RK Saluja, V Kumar, R Sham - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is the common name given to ethyl or methyl esters of long chain fatty acids
obtained from vegetable oils or animal fats. Biodiesel is renewable, non toxic …

An experimental evaluation of engine performance and emisssion characteristics of CI engine operated with Roselle and Karanja biodiesel

P Shrivastava, TN Verma, A Pugazhendhi - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
The increasing population growth is demanding alternative fuels with the fast depletion of
world fossil fuel reserves. In this research work, biodiesel was produced from Roselle and …

Technologies for production of biodiesel focusing on green catalytic techniques: a review

Z Helwani, MR Othman, N Aziz, WJN Fernando… - Fuel Processing …, 2009 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production is undergoing rapid technological reforms in industries and academia.
This has become more obvious and relevant since the recent increase in the petroleum …

Solid heterogeneous catalysts for transesterification of triglycerides with methanol: a review

Z Helwani, MR Othman, N Aziz, J Kim… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2009 - Elsevier
Increasing number of researches focusing on the use of solid heterogeneous catalysts for
the production of biodiesel provides evidence that these catalysts continue to evolve as …

Continuous biodiesel production: A review of advances in catalysis, microfluidic and cavitation reactors

JA Okolie, JI Escobar, G Umenweke, W Khanday… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production can be achieved through different processes and different reactor types
as well as varying reaction parameters such as catalyst dose, oil: alcohol ratio, reaction time …

Bio-diesel as an alternative fuel for diesel engines—a review

A Murugesan, C Umarani, R Subramanian… - … and sustainable energy …, 2009 - Elsevier
The present review aims to study the prospects and opportunities of introducing vegetable
oils and their derivatives as fuel in diesel engines. In our country the ratio of diesel to …

Effects of EGR rate on the combustion and emission characteristics of diesel-palm oil-ethanol ternary blends used in a CRDI diesel engine with double injection …

D Qi, L Ma, R Chen, X Jin, M Xie - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This research aims to investigate the effect of EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) rate (10% and
20%) on the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of common rail direct …

Experimental investigations of performance and emissions of Karanja oil and its blends in a single cylinder agricultural diesel engine

AK Agarwal, K Rajamanoharan - Applied energy, 2009 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation has been carried out to analyze the performance and
emission characteristics of a compression ignition engine fuelled with Karanja oil and its …

A critical review of bio-diesel as a vehicular fuel

M Balat, H Balat - Energy conversion and management, 2008 - Elsevier
The use of vegetable oils as alternative fuels has been around for one hundred years when
the inventor of the diesel engine Rudolph Diesel first tested peanut oil, in his compression …