The role of air pollution (PM and NO2) in COVID-19 spread and lethality: a systematic review

C Copat, A Cristaldi, M Fiore, A Grasso… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has determined a pneumonia outbreak in China (Wuhan,
Hubei Province) in December 2019, called COVID-19 disease. In addition to the person-to …

The effects of air pollution on COVID-19 infection and mortality—a review on recent evidence

N Ali, F Islam - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of COVID-19 has created a serious public health concern worldwide.
Although, most of the regions around the globe have been affected by COVID-19 infections; …

The combined effect of water and nanoparticles on diesel engine powered by biodiesel and its blends with diesel: A review

C Jin, J Wei - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the shortage of fossil oil resources and environmental pollution problems
have prompted people to look for new clean fuels to replace fossil diesel. Biodiesel has …

Influence of injection timing on performance and combustion characteristics of compression ignition engine working on quaternary blends of diesel fuel, mixed …

SK Nayak, S Nižetić, Z Huang, AI Ölçer, VG Bui… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of the present work is to examine the effects of adding t-butyl peroxide (TB)
additive with diesel fuel and biodiesel originated from Mahua oil and waste Palm oil in form …

Investigation on the ignition delay prediction model of multi-component surrogates based on back propagation (BP) neural network

Y Cui, H Liu, Q Wang, Z Zheng, H Wang, Z Yue… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ignition delay prediction model of three-component surrogates was established based
on the back propagation (BP) neural network. The ambient temperature, ambient pressure …

Effect of CuO nanoparticles concentration on the performance and emission characteristics of the diesel engine running on jojoba (Simmondsia Chinensis) biodiesel

PM Rastogi, A Sharma, N Kumar - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The utilization of the petroleum products in engines is harmful to the humans as they pollute
the environment. Nowadays, extensive research is in process to find an alternative fuel and …

Emulsification–A promising approach to improve performance and reduce exhaust emissions of a biodiesel fuelled light-duty diesel engine

S Gowrishankar, A Krishnasamy - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of employing emulsions prepared with water and ethanol to reduce the
inherently higher levels of oxides of nitrogen (NO x) emission with biodiesel, whilst …

Investigating the role of fuel injection pressure change on performance characteristics of a DI-CI engine fuelled with methyl ester

S Sarıdemir, AE Gürel, Ü Ağbulut, F Bakan - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper intended to investigate the impact of corn oil methyl-ester and diesel blends on
performance, combustion and emission characteristics at varying injection pressure (210 …

Influence of areca nut husk nano-additive on combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of compression ignition engine fuelled with plastic-grocery-bag …

D Saha, B Roy - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Depleting fossil fuel reserves, rising fuel prices, and emissions from compression ignition
(CI) engines have been emerging concerns in recent years. In this regard, the applications …

Comparison of emissions and engine performance of safflower and commercial biodiesels

B Gongora, SNM de Souza, D Bassegio… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Safflower oilseed needs to be studied in detail in relation to the production of biodiesel and
its application in engines to be an alternative to commercial biodiesel used around the …