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Performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine fueled with rice bran biodiesel and n-butanol

Goga, Geetesh; Chauhan, Bhupendra Singh; Mahla, Sunil Kumar - In: Energy Reports 5 (2019), pp. 78-83

conclusion that biodiesel along with higher alcohols can be an appropriate substitute for this situation. Former investigations … have presented that biodiesel and higher alcohol can help in improving the performance and depreciating harmful exhaust … gases in a diesel engine. In the current investigation blends of diesel, rice bran biodiesel and n-butanol were prepared to …

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Experimental investigation on performance, combustion and emission characteristics of DI diesel engine using algae as a biodiesel

Subramaniam, Mohankumar; Muthiya Solomon, Jenoris; … - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020), pp. 1382-1392

Diesel Powered engines are predominately used in transport and power generators. Due to rapid depletion of fossils fuels like diesel, there is need to find alternate resources for as a fuel for transport and power sector. The use of third generation fuels like algae seems to be a promising...

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Performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs-OH) and diesel-biodiesel-bioethanol blends

Shekofteh, Mohammad; Gundoshmian, Tarahom Mesri; … - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020), pp. 1438-1447

Biodiesel is one of the renewable fuels which is similar to diesel fuel. Biodiesel fuel has more oxygen than diesel … fuel and this leads to better combustion and thereby, decreases PM, CO, and UHC emissions. On the other hand, biodiesel has … diesel-biodiesel fuel was prepared with 5% biodiesel and 95% diesel. The MWCNTs-OH with concentrations of 30, 60, and 90 ppm …

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Improvement of diesel engine startability under low temperatures by vortex tubes

Celik, Adem; Yilmaz, Mehmet; Yildiz, Omer Faruk - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020), pp. 17-27

Cold start is one of the most problematic combustion phases for diesel engines. During this phase, a large proportion of pollutants are produced within the cylinder due to misfiring and incomplete combustion due to the low engine temperatures. Furthermore, exhaust after-treatment devices work...

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Stoffstromanalyse des deutschen Biokraftstoffsektors für das Jahr 2007

Strohm, Kathrin - 2010

Dieser Arbeitsbericht analysiert die Stoffströme des deutschen Biokraftstoffsektors für das Jahr 2007. Zahlreiche Statistiken wurden ausgewertet, um prozentuale Aussagen treffen zu können wie viel Rohstoffe in die Biokraftstoffproduktion und weitere energetische Verwendungen floss im...

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Uncertainties about the GHG emissions saving of rapeseed biodiesel

Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - 2012

within the EU. In a recent working paper, we analyze the GHG emissions savings potential of rapeseed biodiesel. For this … purpose, we ran a life cycle assessment of rapeseed biodiesel using the same basic methodology and background data contained …. In most of the scenarios, rapeseed biodiesel does not reach the GHG emissions saving values using the formula contained …

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Interdependencies between fossil fuel and renewable energy markets: the German biodiesel market

Busse, Stefan; Brümmer, Bernard; Ihle, Rico - 2010

With this paper, we provide the first quantitative investigation of vertical price transmission in the biodiesel supply … chain in Germany with the focus on the developments during the food crisis and the impact of subsidized US biodiesel exports …. With the strong promotion of the production and use of biodiesel during the first half of the past decade, the German …

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Modeling the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of Biofuels

Janda, Karel; Krištoufek, Ladislav; Zilberman, David - 2011

This paper provides a general overview of the social, environmental, and economical issues related to biofuels and a review of economic modeling of biofuels. The increasing importance of biofuels is driven primarily by government policies since currently available biofuels are generally not...

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Quo vadis European biofuel policy: The case of rapeseed biodiesel

Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - 2013

of rapeseed biodiesel greenhouse gas (GHG) savings. In light of the recent effort to decentralize assessments to regional … biodiesel), Poland and Romania, we analyse the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions savings of rapeseed biodiesel which we then … emissions, German rapeseed biodiesel meets the GHG savings requirements of 35 percent in the RED. However, in years with …

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Os desafios do desenvolvimento e da inclusão social: O caso do arranjo político-institucional do programa nacional de produção e uso do Biodiesel

Pedroti, Paula Maciel - 2013

The article analyses the Programa Nacional de Produção e Uso do Biodiesel (PNPB), an agro-energy policy with social …'s arrangement in the accomplishment of two goals: the creation of the biodiesel market and the social inclusion in the productive …

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