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 …

Butanol and pentanol: The promising biofuels for CI engines–A review

V Babu, M Murthy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Existing fossil fuels may not be able to meet the energy demand in near future due to rapid
increase in oil consumption. Fluctuating oil prices, depleting oil reserves and high level of …

Progress and recent trends in reactivity-controlled compression ignition engines

A Paykani, AH Kakaee, P Rahnama… - … Journal of Engine …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Low-temperature combustion is an emerging engine technology that has the ability to yield
low NOx and soot emissions while maintaining high fuel efficiency. Low-temperature …

Strategy to reduce carbon emissions by adopting ammonia–Algal biodiesel in RCCI engine and optimize the fuel concoction using RSM methodology

R Elumalai, K Ravi - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Search for carbon free and carbon neutral fuels to tackle GHG emission and global warming
has envisioned interest on ammonia, biodiesels, and technologies for their effective …

Clean combustion of n-butanol as a next generation biofuel for diesel engines

X Han, Z Yang, M Wang, J Tjong, M Zheng - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This work investigates the applicability of n-butanol as a next generation biofuel to replace
diesel in compression ignition engines for efficient operation, pollutant mitigation, and CO 2 …

Recent developments in utilizing hydrous ethanol for diverse engine technologies

A Loyte, J Suryawanshi, G Bhiogade… - … and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents the way to use renewable fuel like ethanol in its hydrous form. The
higher cost required for anhydrous ethanol production beyond the azeotropic point is the …

Application of biobutanol in advanced CI engines–A review

SY No - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Butanol is of particular interest as a renewable biofuel for advanced CI engines due to
several superior fuel properties over methanol and ethanol. This review is, therefore …

Prospective fuels for diesel low temperature combustion engine applications: a critical review

A Krishnasamy, SK Gupta… - International Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Low Temperature Combustion (LTC) strategies are most promising to simultaneously
reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and soot emissions from diesel engines along with offering …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of reactivity controlled compression ignition with n-butanol/n-heptane in a heavy-duty diesel engine

J Han, H Bao, LMT Somers - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Butanol is a potential alternative fuel to be applied in the internal combustion engine for its
sustainability and low-sooting propensity. In this paper, n-butanol is port injected as low …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of RCCI combustion fueled with CNG and algal biodiesel to sustain efficient diesel engines using machine learning techniques

E Ramachandran, R Krishnaiah, EP Venkatesan… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study used microalgae biodiesel as a high-reactive fuel directly injected along with
various Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) energy shares (10, 20, 30, and 40%) as low …