Advanced and Improved Biofuels for Enhanced Engines Performance
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biofuels; engine research; combustion; emissions; hydrogen
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Interests: automotive engineering; measurement and metrology; internal combustion engines
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world is increasingly moving towards reducing emissions, with an emphasis on renewable energy sources. As passenger cars are responsible for a significant amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide each year, substantial improvements are needed in the fuels used daily in trucks, public transportation, aviation, and the industry itself. Despite the rapid growth of the number of electric vehicles, the internal combustion engine maintains a stable position in the market, especially with the application in sectors (aviation, shipping, and parts of heavy-duty transport) where a high energy density is required. Although some well-known biofuels are already actively used today in a low-admixture, due to the ecological situation and changing conditions in the energy market, their use is still relevant. In order to improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine maintaining high ecological performance, the researchers' research scope includes a wide variety of fuel combinations, with special emphasis on studies of the physicochemical properties of fuels and its modeling to obtain better engine performance. Various liquid and gaseous biofuels are still being studied, paying attention not only to the ecological, but also to the dynamic and economic indicators of the engines. Studies show a significant contribution to the use of these fuels not only in pure form or in various mixtures, but also as low-level additives to fossil fuels. Therefore, there remains a significant need for further research into this type of relationship.
This Special Issue aims to introduce and disseminate the latest achievements in the use of advanced and improved biofuels in engines, with applications in various sectors, emphasizing efficiency, ecology, and sustainable mobility. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Analysis of combustion process in internal combustion (IC) engines;
- Fuel suitability for IC engines;
- Fuel properties modeling;
- Fuel quality improvement;
- Modeling of emissions and energy use from biofuel-fueled vehicles;
- Emissions from IC engines;
- Performance of IC engines with biofuels;
- Biofuel vehicle compatibility;
- Identification of sources of wasted energy;
- modifications to the fuel used;
- reducing CO2 emissions;
- Impact of biofuel application in urban cities;
- Various applications of biofuels, including off-road applications.
Prof. Dr. Ruslans Smigins
Dr. Dimitrios Tziourtzioumis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- engines
- vehicles
- biofuels
- efficiency
- emissions
- combustion
- performance
- toxicity
- renewable
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