The potential of coal-to-liquid as an alternative fuel for diesel engines: A review

Z Zhang, C Zhang, P Cai, Z Jing, J Wen, Y Li… - Journal of the Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fuels made from coal-to-liquid (CTL) have the potential to partly take the place of petroleum-
based fuels. CTL is also a significant way to promote the clean and effective use of coal …

Constant volume combustion chamber (CVCC) investigations of aerospace F-24 and Jet-A in low-temperature heat release and negative temperature coefficient …

V Soloiu, A Weaver, L Parker, A Brant, R Smith III… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A study was conducted to determine the characteristics of Low Temperature Heat Release,
Derived Cetane Number, and the Vibrations, produced by the combustion of aerospace F24 …

Effects of injection timing and rail pressure on combustion characteristics and cyclic variations of a common rail DI engine fuelled with FT diesel synthesized from coal

L Geng, S Li, Y Xiao, Y Xie, H Chen, X Chen - Journal of the Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Fischer-Tropsch (FT) diesel synthesized from coal in automobiles can
alleviate the shortage of petroleum and promote clean utilization of coal. In this study, the …

Experimental investigation on combustion and particulate emissions of the high compressed natural gas reactivity controlled compression ignition over wide ranges of …

S Lee, C Kim, S Lee, J Lee, J Kim - Fuel Processing Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Compressed natural gas (CNG)/diesel reactivity-controlled compression ignition was
investigated to understand the combustion and emission characteristics over wide ranges of …

Experimental and simulation study of methanol/coal-to-liquid (CTL) reactivity and combustion characteristics of diesel engines in RCCI mode

J Zhu, Z Wang, R Li, S Liu, M Li - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
An experimental and simulation study of the RCCI combustion mode of coal-based fuels
(methanol prepared from coke oven gas/coal-to-liquid, Methanol/CTL)) was carried out on a …

Optical diagnostic study of coal-to-liquid/butanol blend and dual-fuel combustion of a CI engine

H Zhang, W Sun, L Guo, Y Yan, Y Sun, W Zeng, S Lin… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The clean alternative fuel represented by coal-to-liquid (CTL) and butanol has attracted the
attention of researchers. Previous research by our group has shown that both CTL/butanol …

An experimental investigation of wide distillation fuel based on CTL on the combustion performance and emission characteristics from a CI engine

Y Sun, W Sun, L Guo, H Zhang, Y Yan, W Zeng, S Lin - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Coal to liquid (CTL) has promising application prospects as an alternative diesel fuel, but the
direct application of coal-based synthetic diesel with high cetane number (CN) in …

Multi-Optimization of Injection Parameters Affecting Emissions in a Diesel Engine Fueled with Fischer–Tropsch Fuel Based on NSGA-II

J Shi, K Liu, M Xu, Z Ji - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this paper, an electronically controlled diesel engine fueled with Fischer–Tropsch fuel was
selected to optimize soot and NO x emissions. First, the effects of injection parameters on …

Investigations of low-temperature heat release and negative temperature coefficient regions of iso-Paraffinic kerosene in a constant volume combustion chamber

V Soloiu, R Smith III, A Weaver… - Internal …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Research was conducted to observe the correlation of ignition delay, combustion delay, the
negative temperature coefficient region (NTCR), and the low temperature heat release …

RCCI with high reactivity S8-ULSD blend and low reactivity N-Butanol

V Soloiu, CE Carapia, R Smith III… - Internal …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A fuel blend consisting of 10% S8 by mass (a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic kerosene), and 90%
ULSD (Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel) was investigated for their combustion characteristics and …