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Impact of alternative fuels on performance and pollutant emissions of a light duty engine tested under the new European driving cycle

Armas, Octavio; García-Contreras, Reyes; Ramos, Ángel - In: Applied Energy 107 (2013) C, pp. 183-190

Two alternative fuels, a gas to liquid (GTL) fuel from a low temperature Fischer–Tropsch process and a biodiesel produced from animal fats, have been tested using a light duty diesel engine with road load simulation (RLS) under the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC). The engine used has a...

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A comprehensive study of methyl decanoate pyrolysis

Pyl, Steven P.; Geem, Kevin M. Van; Puimège, Philip; … - In: Energy 43 (2012) 1, pp. 146-160

The thermal decomposition of methyl decanoate (MD) was studied in a bench-scale pyrolysis set-up equipped with a … 3 recently published microkinetic models which were developed to model oxidation and/or pyrolysis of methyl decanoate …

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Biofuels from algae for sustainable development

Demirbas, M. Fatih - In: Applied Energy 88 (2011) 10, pp. 3473-3480

) by pyrolysis and steam gasification were investigated in this study. In each run, the main components of the gas phase … were CO2, CO, H2, and CH4.The yields of hydrogen by pyrolysis and steam gasification processes of the samples increased … 39.2% and 9.5% to 40.6% by volume, respectively, while the final pyrolysis temperature was increased from 575 to 925K …

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The effect of biodiesel and bioethanol blended diesel fuel on nanoparticles and exhaust emissions from CRDI diesel engine

Kim, Hwanam; Choi, Byungchul - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 1, pp. 157-163

Biofuel (biodiesel, bioethanol) is considered one of the most promising alternative fuels to petrol fuels. The objective of the work is to study the characteristics of the particle size distribution, the reaction characteristics of nanoparticles on the catalyst, and the exhaust emission...

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Combustion characteristics, engine performances and emissions of waste edible oil biodiesel in diesel engine

Xue, Jinlin - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 23 (2013) C, pp. 350-365

It is a good solution to produce biodiesel by using waste edible oils (WEO), such as waste cooking oils and used frying oils, due to its low cost, disposal problems and potential contamination. Therefore, WEO biodiesels has been gradually produced, and thus applied to study their effects on...

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Influence of butanol addition to diesel–biodiesel blend on engine performance and particulate emissions of a stationary diesel engine

Zhang, Zhi-Hui; Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar - In: Applied Energy 119 (2014) C, pp. 530-536

There is a lack of detailed investigations on the effects of butanol addition to diesel/biodiesel blends on particulate emissions. This study represents the first attempt of its kind to fully evaluate the potential impact of diesel–biodiesel–butanol blends on engine performance, physical,...

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Exhaust emissions and electric energy generation in a stationary engine using blends of diesel and soybean biodiesel

Pereira, Roberto G.; Oliveira, Cesar D.; Oliveira, Jorge L. - In: Renewable Energy 32 (2007) 14, pp. 2453-2460

The present work describes an experimental investigation concerning the electric energy generation using blends of diesel and soybean biodiesel. The soybean biodiesel was produced by a transesterification process of the soybean oil using methanol in the presence of a catalyst (KOH). The...

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Theoretical modeling and experimental studies on biodiesel-fueled engine

Ramadhas, A.S.; Jayaraj, S.; Muraleedharan, C. - In: Renewable Energy 31 (2006) 11, pp. 1813-1826

In recent years, much research has been carried out to find suitable alternative fuel to petroleum products. The use of renewable fuels like ethanol, biogas and biodiesel in diesel engines is significant in this context. The properties of biodiesel depend on the type of the vegetable oil used...

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Correlation for thermal NOx formation in compression ignition (CI) engine fuelled with diesel and biodiesel

Saravanan, S.; Nagarajan, G.; Anand, S.; Sampath, S. - In: Energy 42 (2012) 1, pp. 401-410

This work attempts to develop a correlation to predict thermal NOx formation in compression ignition (CI) engine when fuelled with diesel and biodiesel. Attention was focussed on both the fuel properties (cetane number, density) and engine design factors (bore, stroke, compression ratio, fuel...

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Combined impact of injection pressure and combustion chamber geometry on the performance of a biodiesel fueled diesel engine

Jaichandar, S.; Annamalai, K. - In: Energy 55 (2013) C, pp. 330-339

Improved thermal efficiency, reduction in fuel consumption and pollutant emissions from biodiesel fueled diesel engines are important issues in engine research. To achieve these, rapid and perfect air-fuel mixing are the most important requirements. The mixing quality of biodiesel spray with air...

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