... purpose of this research was to evaluate the mass fuel burnt, emissions, and performance properties of biodiesel made from non-edible karanja oil along with hydrogen and nanoparticles in a standard diesel engine. Upon experimental evaluation, it was determined that the transesterified karanja oil retained...

.... Because it satisfies the standards, biodiesel can serve as an efficient alternative to fuels derived from petroleum. Although biofuels may be produced from a wide variety of edible sources, the development of biofuels from non-edible sources has been more beneficial in terms of both the economical...

...C. K. Suraj; Anand Krishnasamy; Sudarshan Gowrishankar; T. Sundararajan The unsaturated content of biodiesel makes it prone to oxidation resulting in variations in the fuel properties, hindering its widespread application. Variations in biodiesel properties impact injection, spray, evaporation...

... the importance and characteristics of noise and vibration of the taken test fuels. The test fuel was prepared from watermelon seeds that come under the category of biodiesel. Three biodiesel blends were prepared by mixing them with pure diesel such as WMB10% (90% of diesel + 10% of watermelon seeds biodiesel...

...A. Anderson; Amal M. Al-Mohaimeed; Mohamed Soliman Elshikh; T. R. Praveenkumar; M. Sekar The current study emphasis on the engine performance and emission characteristics of rapeseed and soya biodiesel dispersion on a novel nanocatalyst at different concentrations of 25 ppm and 50 ppm. The results...

...Vishal Saxena; Niraj Kumar; Vinod Kumar Saxena The fuels (diesel/biodiesel blends) for diesel engines must possess a minimum of lubricating characteristics to prolong the life of some of the engine vital parts lubricated by the fuel itself. Hence, the tribological characteristic of the modified...

...Saket Verma; Kuldeep Kumar; L. M. Das; S. C. Kaushik In the present work, hydrogen enrichment in biogas is studied as a potential approach to improve the performance and emission features of a biodiesel-biogas dual fuel engine. A single-cylinder diesel engine is modified to operate in dual fuel...

...Chetankumar Patel; Joonsik Hwang; Choongsik Bae; Avinash Kumar Agarwal Engine experiments were performed for measurement of regulated, unregulated, and particulate emissions using a 2.2 L transportation compression ignition engine fueled with blends of diesel and biodiesels derived from Jatropha...

...Carolina Mendoza; Luz Yaneth Orozco; Jaime Palacio; Andrés F. López; John R. Agudelo The need to substitute fossil fuels with energy alternatives has favored the development of biodiesel and green diesel, which generate less amount of particulate matter (PM), but their biological reactivity...

...Avinash Kumar Agarwal; Deepak Agarwal Biodiesel has emerged as a sustainable renewable transport fuel worldwide. This study investigated the use of biodiesel (B100) and mineral diesel in two identical unmodified vehicles to realistically assess different aspects of biodiesel’s compatibility...

...Avinash Kumar Agarwal; Deepak Agarwal This study investigated the use of biodiesel (B100) and baseline diesel in two identical unmodified vehicles to realistically assess different aspects of biodiesel’s compatibility with modern common rail direct injection (CRDI) diesel engines and its effects...

...Avinash Kumar Agarwal; Deepak Agarwal This study investigated the use of biodiesel (B100) and baseline mineral diesel in two identical unmodified vehicles to realistically assess different aspects of biodiesel’s compatibility and durability issues with modern common rail direct injection (CRDI...

...Chetankumar Patel; Joonsik Hwang; Choongsik Bae; Rashmi A. Agarwal; Avinash Kumar Agarwal This study aims to assess the microscopic characteristics of Jatropha, Karanja, and Waste cooking oil-based biodiesels vis-a-vis conventional diesel under different ambient conditions in order to understand...

... compression ignition (CI) mode combustion using three test fuels, namely, B20 (20% v/v biodiesel blended with mineral diesel), B40 (40% v/v/ biodiesel blended with mineral diesel), and baseline mineral diesel. The experiments were carried out at constant fuel injection pressure (FIP) (700 bar), constant...

...Akhilendra Pratap Singh; Avinash Kumar Agarwal Spray analysis is used to characterize the fuel spray evolution and spray shape, which affects in-cylinder combustion and particulate emission characteristics of compression ignition (CI) engines. In this study, spray evolution of biodiesel blends...

...Obiajulu J. Nnaemeka; Eric L. Bibeau The use of B100 biodiesel for compression ignition engines during the winter poses a challenge due to gelling and plugging of engine filters and fuel lines. The most common method to prevent this issue is blending it with petroleum diesel and many engine...

... of typical trends in internal combustion engine technology (i.e., increased compression ratio, decreased fuel–air equivalence ratio, and increased exhaust gas recirculation level) on waste heat recovery potential, (2) the role certain alternative fuels, particularly biodiesel, may have on waste recovery...

..., 2012; published online February 12, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Kevin M. Lyons. 31 08 2012 09 11 2012 Blended fuels such as biodiesel–diesel blends are being extensively used in practical devises such as engines. The burning characteristics of blended fuels are quite different than...

...Boubahri Chokri; Ennetta Ridha; Said Rachid; Bessrour Jamel The main purpose of this research is to study the effect of various blends of an environmental friendly alternative fuel “methyl ester” on the performance of a heavy diesel engine. The biodiesel was obtained from a chemical process...

...Evan Le; Chanwoo Park; Sage Hiibel Most of the current production cost in algae biodiesel plants utilizing photobioreactors comes from the high energy required for pumping, CO 2 transfer, mixing, and harvesting. Since pumping affects the mixing and CO 2 transfer, which are the main factors in algae...