...John Mbũrũ Ngũgĩ; Sandra Richter; Marina Braun-Unkhoff; Clemens Naumann; Uwe Riedel Trimethyl orthoformate (TMOF: HC(OCH 3 ) 3 ) has recently been examined as a viable biofuel. TMOF is a branched isomer of oxymethylene ether-2 (OME 2 ) that, due to its high oxygen content and lack of direct carbon...

... from the basic engine operability and emissions studies of the alternative fuel blends. 23 06 2011 30 06 2011 06 03 2012 06 03 2012 air pollution control biofuel combustion environmental testing jet engines pyrolysis The Department of Defense (DOD) established...

... significant, exacerbated by the rapidly growing demand from the aviation sector. Biofuels are considered one of the most suitable alternatives to petrochemical-based fuels in the aviation industry in the short to medium term, since blends of biofuel and kerosene provide a good balance of properties currently...

... ) emissions and particulate matter characteristics. On an average biodiesel produced 37% less NO x emissions compared to ULSD and JP-8. 25 10 2010 04 11 2010 08 12 2011 08 12 2011 biofuel combustion diesel engines ignition propellants renewable energy sources JP-8 fuel...

... biofuel gas turbines laser Doppler anemometry nozzles The significance of aviation fuels derived from nonpetroleum sources continues to increase as issues related to the security of supply and the depletion of conventional feedstocks persist. The Canadian Air Force (CAF) is participating...

... in volumetric fuel consumption was observed at B20 and nearly 7% increase in volumetric fuel consumption at B100. 28 09 2010 20 10 2010 04 05 2011 04 05 2011 biofuel locomotives nitrogen compounds oxygen compounds sulphur compounds One of the driving forces for the use...

... operation 11 10 2010 13 10 2010 04 05 2011 04 05 2011 air pollution biofuel carbon combustion diesel engines nitrogen compounds petroleum soot Emissions of particulate matter from diesel engines have a proven adverse effect on the health of humans...

... at the late post-injection. Short pulse durations decreased the severity of liquid penetration with the soy-derived biodiesel during the early post-injection but were otherwise ineffective. 04 10 2010 25 10 2010 15 04 2011 15 04 2011 biofuel diesel engines distillation valves...

...Thomas Wallner The U.S. renewable fuel standard has made it a requirement to increase the production of ethanol and advanced biofuels to 36 billion by 2022. Ethanol will be capped at 15 billion, which leaves 21 billion to come from other sources such as butanol. Butanol has a higher energy density...

... in differences in the brake fuel conversion efficiency. 13 11 2009 09 12 2009 27 08 2010 27 08 2010 biofuel brakes combustion diesel engines energy consumption friction torque Improvements in the transportation sector’s energy conversion efficiency and CO 2...

... concentration was near the value predicted by the equilibrium constant for equivalence ratios greater that 0.85 but was increasingly lower for leaner points. 23 09 2009 06 10 2009 16 08 2010 16 08 2010 biofuel diesel engines petroleum Two categories of methods exist...

... 2 % and H 2 O % after the DPF during regeneration with B20 23 09 2009 07 10 2009 16 08 2010 16 08 2010 biofuel catalysts diesel engines Fourier transform spectroscopy infrared spectroscopy nitrogen compounds organic compounds viscosity...

...DONALD W. BAHR GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION—Alternative Fuels and Emissions ,by Lefebvre Arthur H. Ballal Dillip R. . CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group , New York, NY , 2010 , ISSN: 978-1-4200-8604-1 05 08 2010 05 08 2010 biofuel combustion gas turbines...

... cases for biodiesel-ethanol blend, the number concentrations of larger size particles which are closely related to the weight of smoke emissions mass were significantly reduced. 22 06 2009 03 08 2009 21 06 2010 21 06 2010 air pollution control biofuel combustion diesel...

... 2009 08 06 2009 18 06 2010 18 06 2010 biofuel combustion diesel engines Biodiesel is an alternative fuel produced from renewable resources such as vegetable oils, including soy or animal fats. It consists of short chain esters, methyl or ethyl, which are produced...

... power generation. Over the past years, alternative and renewable energy resources became increasingly important as they contribute to reducing the dependency on fossil fuels and to decreasing CO 2 emission ( 1 ). mechanism reduction heat release syngas flame speed biofuel...

... was relatively slower for RBO20. This detailed experimental investigation suggests that 20% blend of biodiesel as well as 20% rice-bran oil can substitute mineral diesel without any significant modification in medium duty transportation DI diesel engine. Agarwal , A. K. , 2007 , “ Biofuels...

.... With this novel configuration the amount of CO 2 captured can be even more than 100% if the exhaust gas from the biofuelled boiler is mixed and cleaned together with the main exhaust gas flow from the combined cycle. In order to make an unprejudiced comparison between the two alternatives, the reduced steam...

... ,” India Infrastructure report, Oxford University Press. Subramanian , K. A. , Sinhgal , S. K. , Saxena , M. , and Singhal , S. , 2005 , “ Utilization of Liquid Biofuels in Automotive Diesel Engines: An Indian Perspective ,” Biomass Bioenergy , 29 , pp. 65 – 72 . 0961-9534...

... turbines ( 1 2 ) due to environmental issues, fossil fuel conservation, and energy price increases. Biofuels including biogas, bioethanol and biodiesel are renewable and environment friendly in many ways such as being carbon neutral and in theory producing zero carbon dioxide (CO2), but the production...