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Combustion and emission characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with methyl esters of pungam oil and rice bran oil

Rao, G. Lakshmi Narayana; Nallusamy, N.; Sampath, S.; … - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 29 (2008) 3, pp. 314-328

exhibited lower unburned hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and soot emissions with a penalty of higher NO<SUB align …="right"><SMALL>x</SMALL></SUB> emissions. …

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Effect of choice of pilot fuel on the performance of natural gas in diesel engines

Nwafor, O.M.I - In: Renewable Energy 21 (2000) 3, pp. 495-504

Energy conversion alone is inadequate to satisfy long-term energy demands and to gain independence from petroleum-based fuels. It is, therefore, of great importance that all potential fuel alternatives be recognised and examined. Natural gas and bio-liquids may provide such alternatives and...

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The effect of elevated fuel inlet temperature on performance of diesel engine running on neat vegetable oil at constant speed conditions

Nwafor, O.M.I - In: Renewable Energy 28 (2003) 2, pp. 171-181

The concept that engine design is all important in the use of vegetable oils as a diesel fuel has been pointed out by many researchers. One hundred percent of vegetable oil can be used safely in an indirect injection engine, but not in a direct injection engine due to the high degree of...

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Effect of advanced injection timing on the performance of rapeseed oil in diesel engines

Nwafor, O.M.I.; Rice, G.; Ogbonna, A.I. - In: Renewable Energy 21 (2000) 3, pp. 433-444

Combustion studies on both diesel fuel and vegetable oil fuels, with the standard and advanced injection timing, were carried out using the same engine and test procedures so that comparative assessments may be made. The diesel engine principle demands self-ignition of the fuel as it is injected...

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Impact analysis of biodiesel on engine performance—A review

Dwivedi, Gaurav; Jain, Siddharth; Sharma, M.P. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 9, pp. 4633-4641

Energy is a basic requirement for economic development. Every sector of Indian economy-agriculture, industry transport, commercial and domestic needs input of energy. The economic development plans implemented since independence have necessarily required increasing amount of energy. As a result...

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Influence of fuel properties and composition on NOx emissions from biodiesel powered diesel engines: A review

Varatharajan, K.; Cheralathan, M. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 6, pp. 3702-3710

regulated and unregulated exhaust emissions. However, most researchers have observed a significant increase in NOx emissions … believe that the fuel properties have been shown to effect the emissions of NOx. The present work reviews the effect of fuel … properties and composition on NOx emissions from biodiesel fuelled engines. The paper is organised in three sections. The first …

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A comparison of performance of higher alcohols/diesel fuel blends in a diesel engine

Campos-Fernández, Javier; Arnal, Juan M.; Gómez, Jose; … - In: Applied Energy 95 (2012) C, pp. 267-275

The use of alcohols provides an attractive alternative fuel for internal combustion engines. Moreover, alcohol can be produced by biorefineries, thus reducing the consumption of fossil resources. Heretofore, research related to the use of alcohols as alternative fuels for internal combustion...

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Combustion and performance characteristics of CI (compression ignition) engine running with biodiesel

Tesfa, B.; Mishra, R.; Zhang, C.; Gu, F.; Ball, A.D. - In: Energy 51 (2013) C, pp. 101-115

Biodiesel is one of the alternative fuels which is renewable and environmentally friendly and can be used in diesel engines with little or no modifications. In the present study, experimental investigations were carried out on the effects of biodiesel types, biodiesel fraction and physical...

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Biodiesel production process optimization and characterization to assess the suitability of the product for varied environmental conditions

Eevera, T.; Rajendran, K.; Saradha, S. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 3, pp. 762-765

In this study, both edible (coconut oil, palm oil, groundnut oil, and rice bran oil) and non-edible oils (pongamia, neem and cotton seed oil) were used to optimize the biodiesel production process variables like catalyst concentration, amount of methanol required for reaction, reaction time and...

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Artificial neural networks used for the prediction of the cetane number of biodiesel

Ramadhas, A.S.; Jayaraj, S.; Muraleedharan, C.; … - In: Renewable Energy 31 (2006) 15, pp. 2524-2533

Cetane number (CN) is one of the most significant properties to specify the ignition quality of any fuel for internal combustion engines. The CN of biodiesel varies widely in the range of 48–67 depending upon various parameters including the oil processing technology and climatic conditions...

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