Advances in Analysis and Application of Biofuels, Alternative fuels and Combustion Technology
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "I2: Energy and Combustion Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 September 2024 | Viewed by 10675
Special Issue Editor
Interests: turbulent combustion; swirling flames; oxy-fuel combustion; plasma-assisted combustion; biomass; CO2 capture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue entitled “Advances in Analysis and Application of Biofuels, Alternative fuels and Combustion Technology” in the MDPI open-access journal, Energies (IF 3.004).
To date, hydrocarbon-based fuels remain the main source of energy in powering the global economy and daily life. However, the expenses attached to environmental sustainability have proved problematic, as the combustion of hydrocarbons (coal, oil, and natural gas) undesirably increases the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, thus accentuating the effects of global warming. Therefore, global decarbonization efforts have become increasingly important in minimizing the consumption of carbon-based fuels. Reducing polluting emissions and optimizing the performance of combustion systems require the development of new combustion techniques, the use of alternative fuels (biofuels, H2, NH3), and a better control of flow and flame within combustion plants.
This Special Issue aims to feature original research and review articles, covering relevant and current topics that relate to laboratory and industrial research of various new fuels and combustion technologies. The studies proposed cover recent advances in the science and technologies of burners, furnaces, boilers, and gas turbines. Research on alternative fuels such as biofuel, hydrogen, ammonia, and metallic powders will be included in this Special Issue. Additionally, CO2 capture and pollutant emissions such as NOx, CO, particulate matter, and their reduction methods will also be discussed in this Special Issue. The works proposed here will be based on different means, theoretical calculations, numerical modeling, and experimental measurements.
I look forward to receiving your original research and studies.
Dr. Toufik Boushaki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biofuels
- hydrogen combustion
- NH3 combustion
- turbulent combustion
- swirling flame
- burner
- furnace
- boiler
- gas turbine
- alternative fuel
- pollutant emission
- plasma-assisted combustion
- CO2 capture
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Planned Papers
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Title: Characterisation of bio-oil, biofuel and emission assessment from a compression-ignition engine powered with biodiesel from a heterotrophic culture of Schizochytrium sp
Authors: Marcin Debowski; Marcin Zieliński; Joanna Kazimierowicz
Affiliation: 1Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
2Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska St. 45E, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland
Abstract: One of the priorities in the context of reducing road transport emissions into the atmosphere is the wider use of biofuels, including those produced on the basis of biomethane, biohydrogen or biodiesel. In recent years, the focus has been on the development of technologies for the production and use of third generation biofuels, including biodiesel produced from the fat reserves accumulated by microalgae. To date, there has been little work demonstrating the practical possibility of using microalgae biodiesel for combustion systems, as well as research analysing emissions of basic pollutants into the atmosphere. The main objective of the work was to determine the properties of the bio-oil obtained from the biomass of the heterotrophic microalgae Schizochytrum sp., the properties of the biodiesel produced and the emissions of the main gas pollutants from a diesel engine. The paper presents the properties of the tested bio-oils, the content of n-paraffin hydrocarbons in diesel and the properties of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in the tested bio-oils, engine emissions as a function of engine load, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, unburnt hydrocarbons and smoke opacity.