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New kinetic model of coal tar hydrogenation process via carbon number component approach

Dai, Fei; Gong, Maoming; Li, Chunshan; Li, Zengxi; … - In: Applied Energy 137 (2015) C, pp. 265-272

Hydrogenation technology is an important chemical upgrading process for low quality oil such as coal tar. Kinetic modeling for hydrogenation process remains a challenging task because of the large amount of compounds and complex reactions involved. Therefore, a new systematic methodology is...

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A sandwich structured membrane for direct methanol fuel cells operating with neat methanol

Wu, Q.X.; Zhao, T.S.; Chen, R.; An, L. - In: Applied Energy 106 (2013) C, pp. 301-306

Water starvation at the anode represents a challenging issue in the development of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) operating with neat methanol. To tackle the issue, a multi-layered membrane, consisting of an ultra-thin reaction layer sandwiched between two thin membranes, is proposed and...

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Natural gas fueled compression ignition engine performance and emissions maps with diesel and RME pilot fuels

Imran, S.; Emberson, D.R.; Diez, A.; Wen, D.S.; … - In: Applied Energy 124 (2014) C, pp. 354-365

obtain performance and emissions maps.Two pilot fuels, diesel and RME, have been used to pilot natural gas combustion. The … fueling differ significantly when these fuels were used to pilot natural gas combustion. For both of the single fueling cases …

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Performance and specific emissions contours of a diesel and RME fueled compression-ignition engine throughout its operating speed and power range

Imran, S.; Emberson, D.R.; Wen, D.S.; Diez, A.; … - In: Applied Energy 111 (2013) C, pp. 771-777

Many studies presenting performance and emissions characteristics of compression-ignition (CI) engines operating with various fuels present these characteristics at a few load settings and engine rotational speed combinations. In general engine performance and emissions contours have not been...

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Performance, combustion and emission characteristics of biodiesel derived from waste cooking oils

An, H.; Yang, W.M.; Maghbouli, A.; Li, J.; Chou, S.K.; … - In: Applied Energy 112 (2013) C, pp. 493-499

An experimental study was conducted on a Euro IV diesel engine to evaluate the performance, combustion and emission … slightly higher compared to diesel at 50% and 100% load and the opposite tread was observed at 25% load. For combustion … the engine combustion and emission formation processes. …

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Potential of the Miller cycle on a HSDI diesel automotive engine

Rinaldini, Carlo Alberto; Mattarelli, Enrico; … - In: Applied Energy 112 (2013) C, pp. 102-119

particular reference to Euro VI. In fact, a valuable benefit of the Miller technique is the strong reduction of combustion …

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Load characteristics of a spark-ignited ethanol engine with DME enrichment

Liang, Chen; Ji, Changwei; Gao, Binbin - In: Applied Energy 112 (2013) C, pp. 500-506

one of the most promising choices for future internal combustion (IC) engines. Due to some negative properties of ethanol …

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Electrogenesis reduces the combustion efficiency of sewage sludge

Ma, Jinxing; Wang, Zhiwei; Zhu, Chaowei; Xu, Yinlun; … - In: Applied Energy 114 (2014) C, pp. 283-289

, thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry were carried out to investigate the combustion efficiency of recovered organic … higher reaction temperatures, suggesting that electrogenesis might reduce the combustion efficiency of sewage sludge …

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Performance, combustion and emission tests of a metro-bus running on biodiesel-ULSD blended (B20) fuel

Bari, S. - In: Applied Energy 124 (2014) C, pp. 35-43

diesel (ULSD), termed B20, to find out its performance, combustion characteristics and emissions. In this study, B20 was … drivability issue with B20. The combustion characteristics of B20 and ULSD were also found to be very similar with B20 having 4 ….8° more combustion duration than ULSD due to low volatility and presence of heavier molecules in biodiesel. In terms of …

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Development and assessment of a new methodology for end of combustion detection and its application to cycle resolved heat release analysis in IC engines

Baratta, Mirko; Misul, Daniela - In: Applied Energy 98 (2012) C, pp. 174-189

The heat release analysis has proved to be a powerful diagnostic tool for the analysis of the combustion process in … assessed to properly locate the end of combustion on the basis of the heat release intensity. The results produced by the … developed method has proved to be accurate and consistent and has allowed a reliable estimation of the end of combustion on a …

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