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Alternative Fuels for Advanced Internal Combustion Engine Technologies, Thermodynamic and Emission Assessment

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 1279

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Department of Fuels and Renewable Energy, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Institute of Thermal Energy, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Interests: combustion process in atmospheric and pressurized energetic devices and machines; alternative fuels; ammonia; hydrogen; low-carbon energy transition; pollutant emissions in industrial sector; stationary internal combustion engines
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Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy Department, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Interests: thermal energy; combustion process; renewable fuels; hydrogen; gas turbine; modelling of toxic compounds emission

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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Department, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Interests: combustion engines; gas turbine; thermal energy; combustion process; renewable fuels; hydrogen; modelling of toxic compounds emission

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Dear Colleagues,

Due to global climate change, concomitant regulations, and the declining fossil fuel resources, it will become necessary in the coming years to introduce new fuels with a reduced carbon footprint into combustion systems in stationary, automotive and aircraft engines. Possible candidates for this are green fuels such as hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and their derivatives. However, their use in sustainable development of ICE raises a number of problems due to the different properties of these fuels in terms of ignition temperature, combustion temperature, flame propagation rate, reaction kinetics, or flame shape. These parameters directly affect the performance characteristics of power systems, especially thermal efficiency, durability, operation, and toxic compounds emissions (NOx, CO, HC and PM). Hence the need for research on the impact of renewable fuels on the sustainable development of ICE in stationary (gas turbine, big stationary engine) and transport (automotive, marine and aviation) systems, using numerical and experimental methods and those tested under actual operating conditions to achieve the degree of technological readiness expected by the industry.

Taking into account these challenges, present a Special Issue of Sustainability entitled: "Alternative Fuels for Advanced Internal Combustion Engine Technologies, Thermodynamic and Emission Assessment". The purpose of the Issue is to present recent scientific research results and solutions from the industrial sector that seek to introduce decarbonized fuels for the sustainable development of ICE combustion systems.

We invite you to publish original manuscripts and reviews related to a wide range of topics concerning the use of alternative/renewable fuels in stationary and transportation internal combustion engines:

  1. Decarbonized fuels as a challenge for sustainable development of advanced internal combustion engines;
  2. Optimization techniques for sustainable development internal combustion engine with new decarbonized fuels: operating parameters analysis;
  3. Assessment of RES fuels fuel suitability for internal combustion engines;
  4. Fuel flexibility in green transformation in stationary and transportation internal combustion engine;
  5. Environmental aspects of new fuel introduction in the sustainable transport sector and electricity generation.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Rafał Ślefarski
Dr. Radosław Jankowski
Dr. Jaroslaw Markowski
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • green fuels
  • hydrogen
  • ammonia
  • methanol
  • fuel flexibility
  • sustainable development of advanced combustion technologies
  • gas turbine
  • internal combustion engine
  • toxic pollutant formation

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Sustainable Energy Application of Pyrolytic Oils from Plastic Waste in Gas Turbine Engines: Performance, Environmental, and Economic Analysis
by Tomasz Suchocki
Sustainability 2024, 16(19), 8566; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16198566 - 2 Oct 2024
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The rapid accumulation of polymer waste presents a significant environmental challenge, necessitating innovative waste management and resource recovery strategies. This study investigates the potential of chemical recycling via pyrolysis of plastic waste, specifically polystyrene (PS) and polypropylene (PP), to produce high-quality pyrolytic oils [...] Read more.
The rapid accumulation of polymer waste presents a significant environmental challenge, necessitating innovative waste management and resource recovery strategies. This study investigates the potential of chemical recycling via pyrolysis of plastic waste, specifically polystyrene (PS) and polypropylene (PP), to produce high-quality pyrolytic oils (WPPOs) for use as alternative fuels. The physicochemical properties of these oils were analyzed, and their performance in a gas turbine engine was evaluated. The results show that WPPOs increase NOx emissions by 61% for PSO and 26% for PPO, while CO emissions rise by 25% for PSO. Exhaust gas temperatures increase by 12.2% for PSO and 8.7% for PPO. Thrust-specific fuel consumption (TSFC) decreases by 13.8% for PPO, with negligible changes for PSO. The environmental-economic analysis indicates that using WPPO results in a 68.2% increase in environmental impact for PS100 and 64% for PP100, with energy emission indexes rising by 101% for PS100 and 57.8% for PP100, compared to JET A. Although WPPO reduces fuel costs by 15%, it significantly elevates emissions of CO2, CO, and NOx. This research advances the understanding of integrating waste plastic pyrolysis into energy systems, promoting a circular economy while balancing environmental challenges. Full article
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