Evangelos G. Giakoumis

TL;DR: In this article, an extended experimental study is conducted to evaluate and compare the use of various Diesel fuel supplements at blend ratios of 10/90 and 20/80, in a standard, fully instrumented, four stroke, direct injection (DI), Ricardo/Cussons ‘Hydra’ Diesel engine located at the authors' laboratory.

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation is conducted to evaluate the effects of using blends of n-butanol (normal butanol) with conventional diesel fuel, with 8, 16% and 24% (by volume) nbutanol, on the performance and exhaust emissions of a standard, fully instrumented, four-stroke, high-speed, direct injection (DI), Ricardo/Cussons ‘Hydra’ diesel engine located at the authors' laboratory.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey of the literature concerning the application of the second-law of thermodynamics to internal combustion engines is presented, with a detailed reference to the findings of various researchers in the field over the last 40 years.

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation is conducted to evaluate the effects of using blends of ethanol with conventional diesel fuel, with 5% and 10% (by vol.) ethanol, on the performance and exhaust emissions of a fully instrumented, six-cylinder, turbocharged and after-cooled, heavy duty, direct injection (DI), Mercedes-Benz engine, installed at the authors’ laboratory, which is used to power the mini-bus diesel engines of the Athens Urban Transport Organization sub-fleet with a view to using bio-ethanol produced from Greek feedstock.

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed statistical investigation is conducted in order to assess the average values of all properties (incl. fatty acid composition) of the most investigated biodiesels and quantify the effects of feedstock unsaturation on the physical and chemical properties of derived methyl ester.