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Stanislaw Szwaja

Bio: Stanislaw Szwaja is an academic researcher from Częstochowa University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Combustion & Internal combustion engine. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 75 publications receiving 1334 citations. Previous affiliations of Stanislaw Szwaja include Michigan Technological University.


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01 Jul 2010-Fuel
TL;DR: In this paper, a single-cylinder cooperative fuels research engine (CFR) with variable compression ratio manufactured by Waukesha Engine Company is used to provide air control and port fuel injection.

380 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, an investigation on the simultaneous combustion of hydrogen and diesel fuel was conducted with various hydrogen doses in the range from 0% to 17% with respect to energy percentage, and the final conclusions concerning hydrogen impact on combustion knock intensity, mass fraction burned (MFB) and heat release rate of the engine are detailed.

210 citations

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15 Aug 2015-Fuel
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of methanol and E85 (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) as additional fuels added to a diesel fueled engine on its combustion characteristics and exhaust toxic emission was described.

181 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined combustion knock characteristics of a port-injected, spark-ignition, single-cylinder cooperative fuel research (CFR) engine with a block mounted piezoelectric accelerometer.

112 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a hydrogen fueled spark ignited single cylinder engine with variable compression ratio was investigated and the in-cylinder pressure pulsations were used as credible metrics to express in numbers intensity of the combustion knock.

69 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the properties of butanol are compared with the conventional gasoline, diesel fuel, and some widely used biofuels, i.e. methanol, ethanol, biodiesel.
Abstract: Butanol is a very competitive renewable biofuel for use in internal combustion engines given its many advantages. In this review, the properties of butanol are compared with the conventional gasoline, diesel fuel, and some widely used biofuels, i.e. methanol, ethanol, biodiesel. The comparison of fuel properties indicates that n-butanol has the potential to overcome the drawbacks brought by low-carbon alcohols or biodiesel. Then, the development of butanol production is reviewed and various methods for increasing fermentative butanol production are introduced in detailed, i.e. metabolic engineering of the Clostridia, advanced fermentation technique. The most costive part of the fermentation is the substrate, so methods involved in renewed substrates are also mentioned. Next, the applications of butanol as a biofuel are summarized from three aspects: (1) fundamental combustion experiments in some well-defined burning reactors; (2) a substitute for gasoline in spark ignition engine; (3) a substitute for diesel fuel in compression ignition engine. These studies demonstrate that butanol, as a potential second generation biofuel, is a better alternative for the gasoline or diesel fuel, from the viewpoints of combustion characteristics, engine performance, and exhaust emissions. However, butanol has not been intensively studied when compared to ethanol or biodiesel, for which considerable numbers of reports are available. Finally, some challenges and future research directions are outlined in the last section of this review.

850 citations

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TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines (H 2 ICEs) can be found in this paper, where the authors discuss the fundamentals of the combustion of hydrogen, details on the different mixture formation strategies and their emissions characteristics, measures to convert existing vehicles, dedicated hydrogen engine features, a state of the art on increasing power output and efficiency while controlling emissions and modeling.

743 citations

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TL;DR: A detailed overview of recent results on alcohol combustion can be found in this paper, with a particular emphasis on butanols and other linear and branched members of the alcohol family, from methanol to hexanols.

676 citations

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29 Jul 2014
TL;DR: The types of sensors reviewed in this chapter are (1) room-temperature hydrogen leak sensors; (2) thermometers, particularly useful at low temperature; (3) liquid hydrogen volume and mass gauges; and (4) para/ortho hydrogen ratiometers as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Four types of hydrogen detectors are used by researchers, engineers, and manufacturers today, and if hydrogen continues to play a role in emerging alternative energy sources, there will be exponential growth in the use and need for more advanced and more robust devices in the future. The types of sensors reviewed in this chapter are (1) room-temperature hydrogen leak sensors; (2) thermometers, particularly useful at low temperature; (3) liquid hydrogen volume and mass gauges; and (4) para/ortho hydrogen ratiometers.

631 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive chemical kinetic model for all the four isomers of butanol (e.g., 1-, 2-, iso- and tert-butanol) is presented.

489 citations