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Diesel Engine Performance on <em>Chlorella vulgaris </em>Biodiesel Open
This research paper highlights the results of analyses conducted to assess performance characteristics of an unmodified CI engine fuelled by a new third-generation biodiesel derived from Chlorella vulgaris algae oil and its mixtures with n…
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Investigation on performance and emission characteristics of a variable compression multi fuel engine fuelled with Karanja biodiesel–diesel blend Open
The performance and emission of a single cylinder four stroke variable compression multi fuel engines when fueled with 20%, 25% and 30% of Karanja blended with diesel are investigated and compared with standard diesel. Experiment has been …
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Performance evaluation of diesel engine using rice bran biodiesel Open
The consumption of fuels in the world is increasing rapidly and it affects the global economy of all the countries so this factor forced all the countries to find the alternative fuel to reduce and even replace the usage of petroleum. Thus…
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Fuel Consumption and Emissions of Ocean-Going Cargo Ship with Hybrid Propulsion and Different Fuels over Voyage Open
Hybrid propulsion and using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the alternative fuel have been applied on automobiles and some small ships, but research investigating the fuel consumption and emissions over the total voyage of ocean-going cargo…
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The Influence of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Additives into Non-edible Biodiesel-diesel Fuel Blend on Diesel Engine Performance and Emissions Open
This paper reports on an experimental investigation that was conducted to recommend the most suitable dose level of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) into biodiesel-diesel fuel blend at which the optimum diesel engine performance is at…
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Performance Analysis on Mustard Oil Methyl Ester as a Potential Alternative Fuel Open
Performance analysis of Mustard Oil (MO) methyl ester as a potential alternative fuel is performed in CI engine at various injection timing. Performance analysis such as thermal efficiency, fuel consumption, Exhaust gas temperature and Pre…
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The Performance of A Diesel Engine Fueled With Diesel Oil, Biodiesel and Preheated Coconut Oil Open
Fossil fuel crisis and depletion, environmental pollution and ever-increase in vehicle and transportation means have renewed the scientist’s interest in the world in order to look for potential alternative fuels, which are attractive such …
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Investigation of diesel/n-butanol blends as drop-in fuel for heavy-duty diesel engines: Combustion, performance, and emissions Open
This study focused on the application of a single-zone combustion model together with triple Wiebe functions to analyze the impact of the diesel/n-butanol blends as drop-in fuel in a four-cylinder heavy-duty diesel engine (HDDE). Commercia…
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Effects of Swirl and Boiling Heat Transfer on the Performance Enhancement and Emission Reduction for a Medium Diesel Engine Fueled with Biodiesel Open
In order to improve the accuracy of numerical simulation, a new heat transfer model is developed by using a modular approach in the Anstalt für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen (AVL)-Boost software. The improved heat transfer model mainly consid…
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Emission benefits from the use of n-butanol blends in a Euro 6 diesel engine Open
Tests with diesel/n-butanol blends (up to 20% by volume) were carried out in a Euro 6 engine following the New European Driving Cycle in a test bench. No decrease in engine efficiency was observed when n-butanol is used and fuel consumptio…
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The effect of H2 purity on the combustion, performance, emissions and energy costs in an SI engine Open
This paper aims to examine the effect of hydrogen purity on the combustion, performance, NOx emissions and energy costs in a spark ignition engine. In accordance with this purpose, two commercial hydrogen gases of different purity (i. e. 9…
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Performance and Emissions of a Microturbine and Turbofan Powered by Alternative Fuels Open
Alternative fuels containing biocomponents produced in various technologies are introduced in aviation to reduce its carbon footprint but there is little data describing their impact on the performance and emissions of engines. The purpose…
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Experimental investigations on diesel engine using alumina nanoparticle fuel additive Open
Experimental work was done to examine the impact of diesel fuel with alumina nanoparticles on combustion characteristics, emissions and performance of diesel engine. Alumina nanoparticles were mixed with crude diesel in various weight frac…
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Modeling and Optimization of a Compression Ignition Engine Fueled with Biodiesel Blends for Performance Improvement Open
Biodiesel is considered to be a promising alternative option to diesel fuel. The main contribution of the current work is to improve compression ignition engine performance, fueled by several biodiesel blends. Three metrics were used to ev…
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Extraction and characterization of coffee husk biodiesel and investigation of its effect on performance, combustion, and emission characteristics in a diesel engine Open
Biodiesel and its blends with diesel are used in engines to overcome the problems of environmental pollution and fast depletion of conventional fuels. The purpose of this research is to extract oil from coffee husk, convert it into coffee …
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Using Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Ship Fuel Consumption Open
In marine vessel operations, fuel costs are major operating costs which affect the overall profitability of the maritime transport industry. The effective enhancement of using ship fuel will increase ship operation efficiency. Since ship f…
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Research on the Combustion, Energy and Emission Parameters of Various Concentration Blends of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil Biofuel and Diesel Fuel in a Compression-Ignition Engine Open
This article presents our research results on the physical-chemical and direct injection diesel engine performance parameters when fueled by pure diesel fuel and retail hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). This fuel is called NexBTL by NESTE,…
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Effects of Methanol–Ammonia Blending Ratio on Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Compression Ignition Engine Open
Sustainable ammonia is one of the leading candidates in the search for alternative clean fuels for marine applications. This paper aims to build a simulation model of a six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine to investigate the effects of …
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Exploring Vehicle Level Benefits of Revolutionary Technology Progress via Aircraft Design and Optimization Open
It is always a strong motivation for aeronautic researchers and engineers to reduce the aircraft emissions or even to achieve emission-free air transport. In this paper, the impacts of different game-changing technologies together on the r…
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A new method for calculating fuel consumption and displacement of a ship in maritime transport Open
Fuel consumption is the most important parameter which is effected by the petrol prices. Optimization of the sailing speed decreases the fuel cost because it is proportional to the sailing speed. In this study, the present fuel consumption…
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Ensuring the Environmental Friendliness of Drillships during Their Operation in Special Ecological Regions of Northern Europe Open
The features of the operation of the drillship-type vessels in special ecological regions of Northern Europe are considered. The main gap in the study of these systems is to determine the optimal degree of recirculation. The requirements o…
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Performance and emitted pollutants assessment of diesel engine fuelled with biokerosene Open
Iraq is suffering from kerosene surplus in the summer because kerosene consumption is significantly reduced. This product contains less sulphur than diesel, and it gains viscous and lubrication properties similar to those of diesel when mi…
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Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of the Turbine Engine Fueled with HEFA Blends from Different Feedstocks Open
In the next decade, due to the desire for significant reduction in the carbon footprint left by the aviation sector and the development of a sustainable alternatives to petroleum, fuel from renewable sources will play an increasing role as…
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Supplying of Marine Diesel Engine Ecological Parameters Open
The by-pass system of exhaust gas for the engine 6L20 Wartsila has been observed. The requirements of Annex VI MARPOL towards nitrogen oxide concentration in ship engine exhaust gases have been provided. The purpose of research was the det…
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Effects of retarded fuel injection timing on combustion and emissions of a diesel engine fueled with canola biodiesel Open
In this study, retarded injection timing was investigated to overcome higher NOx emissions of a direct injection diesel engine fueled with diesel fuel (90%)/canola biodiesel (10%) blend. The experiments were performed at the maximum torque…
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Investigation of Micro Gas Turbine Systems for High Speed Long Loiter Tactical Unmanned Air Systems Open
In this study, the on-going research into the improvement of micro-gas turbine propulsion system performance and the suitability for its application as propulsion systems for small tactical UAVs (<600 kg) is investigated. The study is focu…
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Analysis of a series hybrid vehicle concept that combines low temperature combustion and biofuels as power source Open
[EN] This work evaluates the potential of a series hybrid vehicle concept that combines low temperature combustion\n(LTC) and biofuels as power source. To do this, experimental data from a previous work obtained in a singlecylinder engine …
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Effects of Different Diesel-Ethanol Dual Fuel Ratio on Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Open
In this paper, a four-stroke engine diesel was employed to investigate the effects of different fuel mixture ratios of diesel and ethanol on engine performance and emission characteristics in terms of cylinder temperature, heat release rat…
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Performance characteristics of a supercharged variable compression ratio diesel engine fueled by biodiesel blends Open
Massive pressure was recently exerted on the automotive industry to explore sustainable and eco-friendly fuels. Biodiesel has attracted many researchers over the last decades as an important source of alternative fuel. The redeeming featur…
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Applied Intelligent Grey Wolf Optimizer (IGWO) to Improve the Performance of CI Engine Running on Emulsion Diesel Fuel Blends Open
Water-in-diesel (W/D) emulsion fuel is a potential alternative fuel that can simultaneously lower NOx exhaust emissions and improves combustion efficiency. Additionally, there are no additional costs or engine modifications required when u…