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Performance and combustion characteristics of biodiesel–diesel–methanol blend fuelled engine
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In this article, the effects of using methanol as additive to biodiesel-diesel blends on the engine performance, emissions and combustion characteristics of a direct injection diesel engine under variable operating conditions were evaluated.About:
This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2010-05-01. It has received 254 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diesel engine & Diesel fuel.read more
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Progress in the production and application of n-butanol as a biofuel
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.
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Competitive liquid biofuels from biomass
TL;DR: The cost of producing bioethanol in a dry mill plant currently totals US$1.65/galon as mentioned in this paper, and it has been showed that plant size has a major effect on cost.
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Effects of biodiesel on a DI diesel engine performance, emission and combustion characteristics
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance, emission and combustion of a diesel engine using neat rapeseed oil and its blends of 5, 20% and 70%, and standard diesel fuel separately were investigated.
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Biofuels from algae for sustainable development
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of temperature on the yield of hydrogen from two algae (Cladophora fracta and Chlorella protothecoid) by pyrolysis and steam gasification were investigated.
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Effects of soybean biodiesel on a DI diesel engine performance, emission and combustion characteristics
TL;DR: In this article, the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of conventional diesel fuel and biodiesel produced from soybean oil and its blends (B10, B20, B50) were compared.
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Internal combustion engine fundamentals
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe real engine flow and combustion processes, as well as engine operating characteristics and their operation, including engine design and operating parameters, engine characteristics, and operating characteristics.
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Biofuels (alcohols and biodiesel) applications as fuels for internal combustion engines
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the production, characterization and current statuses of vegetable oil and biodiesel as well as the experimental research work carried out in various countries is presented.
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Progress and recent trends in biofuels
TL;DR: A review of modern biomass-based transportation fuels such as fuels from Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, bioethanol, fatty acid (m)ethylester, biomethanol, and biohydrogen are briefly reviewed in this paper.
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Impact of biodiesel source material and chemical structure on emissions of criteria pollutants from a heavy-duty engine.
TL;DR: It was found that the molecular structure of biodiesel can have a substantial impact on emissions and the properties of density, cetane number, and iodine number were found to be highly correlated with one another.
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Experimental investigations of performance and emissions of Karanja oil and its blends in a single cylinder agricultural diesel engine
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation has been carried out to analyze the performance and emission characteristics of a compression ignition engine fuelled with Karanja oil and its blends (10, 20, 50% and 75%) vis-a-vis mineral diesel.