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Prospective fuels for diesel low temperature combustion engine applications: A critical review:
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Low Temperature Combustion (LTC) strategies are most promising to simultaneously reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and soot emissions from diesel engines along with offering higher thermal efficiency as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
Low Temperature Combustion (LTC) strategies are most promising to simultaneously reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and soot emissions from diesel engines along with offering higher thermal efficiency...read more
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Investigating the oxidative reactivity and nanostructural characteristics of diffusion flame generated soot using methyl crotonate and methyl butyrate blended diesel fuels
TL;DR: In this paper , an intricate investigation of enhanced oxidative reactivity and its dependence on the soot nanostructural properties induced by distinctive blending of a saturated and an unsaturated biodiesel surrogates with pure diesel was presented.
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Investigating the oxidative reactivity and nanostructural characteristics of diffusion flame generated soot using methyl crotonate and methyl butyrate blended diesel fuels
Samantha Da Costa,Basthian Martín Medina Campos,Akshay V. Salkar,Anand Krishnasamy,Ravi Fernandes,Pranay P. Morajkar +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an intricate investigation of enhanced oxidative reactivity and its dependence on the soot nanostructural properties induced by distinctive blending of a saturated and an unsaturated biodiesel surrogates with pure diesel was presented.
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Novel surfactants for stable biodiesel-water emulsions to improve performance and reduce exhaust emissions of a light-duty diesel engine
TL;DR: In this paper , the efficacy of different surfactants in producing stable biodiesel-water emulsions and their effects on engine characteristics were explored, including a commercial nonionic surfactant, viz. Span80-Tween80 and two novel surfactitives, viz., polyglycerol poly ricinoleate (PGPR) and raw Karanja oil (RKO).
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Large-eddy simulation of diesel pilot spray ignition in lean methane-air and methanol-air mixtures at different ambient temperatures
TL;DR: In this article , a diesel surrogate fuel (n-dodecane) spray is injected into ambient methane-air or methanol-air mixtures at a fixed lean equivalence ratio ϕ LRF ǫ = 0.5 at various ambient temperatures.
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Comparison of efficiency and emission characteristics in a direct-injection compression ignition engine fuelled with iso-octane and methanol under low temperature combustion conditions
TL;DR: In this paper , an experimental and numerical comparison of the emission characteristics and engine performance of methanol and iso-octane in a heavy-duty direct-injection compression ignition engine operating in HCCI and PPC regimes is presented.
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