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  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,571 Views
13 Pages

Fuel Pretreatment Systems in Modern CI Engines

  • Jacek Eliasz,
  • Tomasz Osipowicz,
  • Karol Franciszek Abramek,
  • Zbigniew Matuszak and
  • Łukasz Mozga

20 June 2020

The article concerns the possibility of using a fuel pretreatment system in modern compression ignition CI engines, the main task of which is the reduction of toxic emissions in the form of exhaust gases. This fuel pretreatment system consists of a c...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,438 Views
18 Pages

26 May 2025

The transition to sustainable energy systems necessitates the development of cleaner fuel alternatives for compression ignition (CI) engines, which continue to play a vital role in transportation and power generation. This study explores the potentia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,178 Views
17 Pages

21 February 2022

The article discusses the possibility of using computational methods for modelling the size of the injection doses. Polynomial and artificial intelligence methods were used for prediction. The aim of the research was to analyze whether it is possible...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,685 Views
14 Pages

27 April 2022

Meeting the growing energy demand for sustainability and environmental friendly fuels is a continuous process. Several oxygenated fuels were tried and tested according to the availability depending upon the geographical locations to find a solution a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,137 Views
19 Pages

Exergy Analysis of a CI Engine Operating on Ternary Biodiesel Blends

  • Sreekanth Manavalla,
  • Abhishek Chaudhary,
  • Shreyash Hemant Panchal,
  • Saleel Ismail,
  • Feroskhan M,
  • T. M. Yunus Khan,
  • Syed Javed and
  • Mohammed Azam Ali

28 September 2022

Exergy analysis is carried out on a single-cylinder CI engine fueled with biodiesel blends of palm, jatropha and cottonseed oils. This is to identify the blends with high exergy destruction. To this end, experimental and analytical methods were adopt...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,559 Views
17 Pages

5 August 2022

Hydrogen supplementation in diesel Compression Ignition (CI) engines is gaining more attention, since it is considered as a feasible solution to tackle the challenges that are related to the emission regulations that will be applied in the forthcomin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,305 Views
19 Pages

An Experimental Analysis and ANN Based Parameter Optimization of the Influence of Microalgae Spirulina Blends on CI Engine Attributes

  • S. Charan Kumar,
  • Amit Kumar Thakur,
  • J. Ronald Aseer,
  • Sendhil Kumar Natarajan,
  • Rajesh Singh,
  • Neeraj Priyadarshi and
  • Bhekisipho Twala

24 August 2022

In this present investigation, emittance and performance attributes of a diesel engine using micro-algae spirulina blended biodiesel mixtures of various concentrations (20%, 35%, 50%, 65%, 80%, and 100%) were evaluated. An optimization model was also...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,393 Views
14 Pages

23 January 2024

This study investigates the effects of varying waste swine oil biodiesel blends on the emission characteristics and efficiency of a compression ignition (CI) engine. Through a series of controlled experiments, the engine was operated under a constant...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,277 Views
22 Pages

11 August 2025

The escalating challenges of greenhouse gas emissions, coupled with the severe depletion of oil reserves and the surging global energy demand, have emerged as critical concerns requiring urgent attention. Against this backdrop, biodiesel has been rec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,639 Views
16 Pages

26 October 2022

Quantitative and qualitative analyses of chemical species out of CI engine tailpipe emissions fueled with pure diesel and diesel methanol blends, trapped in dinitro phenylhydrazine (DNPH) solutions, were performed. The formed hydrazine was studied us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
645 Views
13 Pages

3 October 2025

In this study, cottonseed oil biodiesel and waste lard biodiesel were produced through a transesterification process and blended with conventional diesel at different ratios (B10 and B20). The performance and emission characteristics of these fuels w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,924 Views
15 Pages

7 November 2019

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of a water vapor injection into the intake port of a small compression ignition engine and analyze the effect of the collisions between the water particles and the injected fuel on combusti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,071 Views
14 Pages

Optimization of CI Engine Performance and Emissions Using Alcohol–Biodiesel Blends: A Regression Analysis Approach

  • Suman Dey,
  • Akhilendra Pratap Singh,
  • Sameer Sheshrao Gajghate,
  • Sagnik Pal,
  • Bidyut Baran Saha,
  • Madhujit Deb and
  • Pankaj Kumar Das

10 October 2023

This research paper investigates the optimum engine operating parameters, namely engine load, palm biodiesel, and ethanol percentage, by using a regression analysis approach. The study was conducted on a single-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,945 Views
12 Pages

27 September 2021

Emission control devices such as selective catalytic reduction (SCR), exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and scrubbers were installed in the compression ignition (CI) engine, and flow analysis of intake air and exhaust gas was required to predict the p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,595 Views
22 Pages

Promising Bioalcohols for Low-Emission Vehicles

  • Manju Dhakad Tanwar,
  • Felipe Andrade Torres,
  • Ali Mubarak Alqahtani,
  • Pankaj Kumar Tanwar,
  • Yashas Bhand and
  • Omid Doustdar

4 January 2023

In recent decades, many kinds of research have been conducted on alternative fuels for compression ignition (CI) engines. Low/zero-carbon fuels, such as bioalcohols and hydrogen, are the most promising alternative fuels and are extensively studied be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,827 Views
22 Pages

Sustainable MgO Nanocatalyst Additives for Boosting Performance and Mitigating Emissions of Used Cooking Oil Biodiesel–Diesel Blends in Compression Ignition Engines

  • Kiran Chaudhari,
  • Nilesh Salunke,
  • Shakeelur Raheman Ateequr Raheman,
  • Khursheed B. Ansari,
  • Kapil Ashokrao Saner,
  • Vijay Kashinath Suryawanshi and
  • Mumtaj Shah

17 May 2025

With conventional fuels dwindling and emissions rising, there is a necessity to develop and assess innovative substitute fuel for compression ignition (CI) engines. This study investigates the potential of magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles as a sus...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,756 Views
29 Pages

Lignin Valorization: Production of High Value-Added Compounds by Engineered Microorganisms

  • Elena Rosini,
  • Filippo Molinari,
  • Davide Miani and
  • Loredano Pollegioni

9 March 2023

Lignin is the second most abundant polymer in nature, which is also widely generated during biomass fractionation in lignocellulose biorefineries. At present, most of technical lignin is simply burnt for energy supply although it represents the riche...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,261 Views
18 Pages

Response Surface Methodology Routed Optimization of Performance of Hydroxy Gas Enriched Diesel Fuel in Compression Ignition Engines

  • Muhammad Usman,
  • Saifuddin Nomanbhay,
  • Mei Yin Ong,
  • Muhammad Wajid Saleem,
  • Muneeb Irshad,
  • Zain Ul Hassan,
  • Fahid Riaz,
  • Muhammad Haris Shah,
  • Muhammad Abdul Qyyum and
  • Pau Loke Show
  • + 1 author

1 August 2021

In this study, the response surface methodology (RSM) optimization technique was employed for investigating the impact of hydroxy gas (HHO) enriched diesel on performance, acoustics, smoke and exhaust gas emissions of the compression ignition (CI) en...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,065 Views
15 Pages

7 August 2018

Fischer-Tropsch diesel fuel synthesized from coal (CFT) is an alternative fuel that gives excellent emission performance in compression ignition (CI) engines. In order to study the vibration characteristics, which are important for determining the ap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,530 Views
15 Pages

Devices for reducing environmental pollutant emissions are being installed in ship compression ignition (CI) engines; alternatively, the designs of intake and exhaust pipes and ports are being modified to tune the performance according to the user’s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
60 Citations
10,363 Views
14 Pages

Recent Advances in Microbial Production of cis,cis-Muconic Acid

  • Sisun Choi,
  • Han-Na Lee,
  • Eunhwi Park,
  • Sang-Jong Lee and
  • Eung-Soo Kim

25 August 2020

cis,cis-Muconic acid (MA) is a valuable C6 dicarboxylic acid platform chemical that is used as a starting material for the production of various valuable polymers and drugs, including adipic acid and terephthalic acid. As an alternative to traditiona...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,033 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Ecological Parameters of a Compression Ignition Engine Fueled by Diesel Oil with an Eco Fuel Shot Liquid Catalyst

  • Tomasz Osipowicz,
  • Adam Koniuszy,
  • Viktar Taustyka,
  • Karol Franciszek Abramek and
  • Łukasz Mozga

15 December 2023

This article discusses the potential applications of the Fuel Shot liquid catalyst in compression ignition (CI) engines for reducing toxic substances in exhaust gases. Incorporating catalysts into fuel can optimize the combustion process, consequentl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,038 Views
17 Pages

Hydrogen-Containing “Green” Fuels Influence on the Thermal Protection and Formation of Wear Processes Components in Compression-Ignition Engines Modern Injection System

  • Alexander I. Balitskii,
  • Karol F. Abramek,
  • Tomasz K. Osipowicz,
  • Jacek J. Eliasz,
  • Valentina O. Balitska,
  • Paweł Kochmański,
  • Konrad Prajwowski and
  • Łukasz S. Mozga

12 April 2023

The article describes the impact of hydrogen-containing vegetable fuels consumption with modern injection apparatus. The fuel in question is B100 rapeseed oil ethyl ester. The process of atomizing fuel in the engine at high temperature and in a high...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
9,555 Views
21 Pages

Plant Synthetic Promoters: Advancement and Prospective

  • Ahamed Khan,
  • Noohi Nasim,
  • Baveesh Pudhuvai,
  • Bhupendra Koul,
  • Santosh Kumar Upadhyay,
  • Lini Sethi and
  • Nrisingha Dey

Native/endogenous promoters have several fundamental limitations in terms of their size, Cis-elements distribution/patterning, and mode of induction, which is ultimately reflected in their insufficient transcriptional activity. Several customized syn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
194 Views
17 Pages

7 January 2026

Cryptochromes (CRYs) are a conserved class of blue light and near-ultraviolet light receptors that regulate diverse processes, including photomorphogenesis in plants. In the extreme Antarctic environment, ice algae endure intense UV radiation, prolon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,087 Views
15 Pages

Combustion Studies of a Non-Road Diesel Engine with Several Alternative Liquid Fuels

  • Michaela Hissa,
  • Seppo Niemi,
  • Katriina Sirviö,
  • Antti Niemi and
  • Teemu Ovaska

25 June 2019

Sustainable liquid fuels will be needed for decades to fulfil the world’s growing energy demands. Combustion systems must be able to operate with a variety of renewable and sustainable fuels. This study focused on how the use of various alterna...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,821 Views
15 Pages

10 January 2024

Faced with the depletion of fossil fuels and increasingly serious environmental pollution, finding an environmentally friendly renewable alternative fuel has become one of the current research focuses. In order to find new alternative fuels, reduce d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,817 Views
18 Pages

16 January 2023

Issues such as rising fuel prices, fuel costs, and lowering reserves highlight the importance of research into sustainable fuels derived from biological sources. This study is focused on experiments on a CI engine using ethanol and propanol-based ter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
9,417 Views
17 Pages

Emission Characteristics of a CI Engine Running with a Range of Biodiesel Feedstocks

  • Belachew Tesfa,
  • Fengshou Gu,
  • Rakesh Mishra and
  • Andrew Ball

16 January 2014

Currently, alternative fuels are being investigated in detail for application in compression ignition (CI) engines resulting in exciting potential opportunities to increase energy security and reduce gas emissions. Biodiesel is one of the alternative...

  • Article
  • Open Access
783 Views
44 Pages

Mathematical Model of the Software Development Process with Hybrid Management Elements

  • Serhii Semenov,
  • Volodymyr Tsukur,
  • Valentina Molokanova,
  • Mateusz Muchacki,
  • Grzegorz Litawa,
  • Mykhailo Mozhaiev and
  • Inna Petrovska

31 October 2025

Reliable schedule-risk estimation in hybrid software development lifecycles is strategically important for organizations adopting AI in software engineering. This study addresses that need by transforming routine process telemetry (CI/CD, SAST, trace...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
708 Views
9 Pages

This investigation focuses on synthesizing ZSM-5 zeolite from kaolin clay and its application as a catalytic converter to reduce NOx emissions in CRDI diesel engines. By doping the synthesized zeolite with CuCl2 and AgNO3 and coating it on a ceramic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,767 Views
14 Pages

Impact of N,N-Bis(2-ethoxyethyl) Fatty Acid Amides on the Lubrication Performance of Kerosene Fuel F-34 for Use in CI Engines

  • George Anastopoulos,
  • Petros Schinas,
  • Ypatia Zannikou,
  • Maria Komiotou,
  • Fanourios Zannikos and
  • Dimitrios Karonis

13 January 2023

In an attempt to avoid serious problems that can affect the efficiency of refueling ground-operated vehicles and aircraft during military operations, the Armed Forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are introducing the use of a uniqu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,114 Views
21 Pages

8 August 2025

This study explores the impact of intake air cooling intensity, defined by heat exchanger effectiveness (HEE) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), on the energy and environmental performance of a turbocharged compression ignition (CI) engine. Experim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
12,093 Views
15 Pages

12 October 2019

One of the possibilities to reduce diesel fuel consumption and at the same time reduce the emission of diesel engines, is the use of alternative gaseous fuels, so far most commonly used to power spark ignition engines. The presented work concerns exp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
3,498 Views
18 Pages

ANN Prediction of Performance and Emissions of CI Engine Using Biogas Flow Variation

  • Adhirath Mandal,
  • Haengmuk Cho and
  • Bhupendra Singh Chauhan

18 May 2021

Compression ignition (CI) engines are popular in the transport sector because of their high compression ratio. However, in recent years, it has become a major concern from an environmental point of view because of the emission and depleting fossil fu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,733 Views
15 Pages

Investigation of Performance and Emission Characteristics of CI Engine Using Diesel and Waste Cooking Oil Blends

  • Faheem Ahmed Solangi,
  • Liaquat Ali Memon,
  • Saleem Raza Samo,
  • Muhammad Ramzan Luhur,
  • Aqeel Ahmed Bhutto and
  • Ali Murtaza Ansari

30 September 2022

Reusing waste cooking oil (WCO) as fuel in compression ignition (CI) engine offers a sustainable solution for energy scarcity and environmental protection. WCO and n-pentanol ternary blends deliver are attractive prospects in utilization as bio-compo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,126 Views
19 Pages

Effects of Injection Timing and Antioxidant on NOx Reduction of CI Engine Fueled with Algae Biodiesel Blend Using Machine Learning Techniques

  • Elumalai Perumal Venkatesan,
  • Parthasarathy Murugesan,
  • Sri Veera Venkata Satya Narayana Pichika,
  • Durga Venkatesh Janaki,
  • Yasir Javed,
  • Z. Mahmoud and
  • C Ahamed Saleel

29 December 2022

Fossil fuels are depended upon often in the transport sector. The use of diesel engines in all areas produce pollutants, such as NOx and CO, which cause serious environmental pollution and hazards, such as global climate change and breathing difficul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,448 Views
24 Pages

29 March 2023

Biodiesel is being considered a possible alternative fuel due to its similarity with diesel and environmental benefits. This current work involves a numerical investigation of CI engine characteristics operating on D100 (diesel) and Dunaliella tertio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,756 Views
19 Pages

Study of Indicators of CI Engine Running on Conventional Diesel and Chicken Fat Mixtures Changing EGR

  • Alfredas Rimkus,
  • Tadas Vipartas,
  • Jonas Matijošius,
  • Saulius Stravinskas and
  • Donatas Kriaučiūnas

4 February 2021

This article presents a change in the indicators of a compression ignition (CI) engine by replacing conventional diesel fuel (D100) with pure chicken fat (F100) and mixtures of these fuels. Mixtures of diesel and fat with volume ratios of 70/30, 50/5...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
3,881 Views
23 Pages

Applied Intelligent Grey Wolf Optimizer (IGWO) to Improve the Performance of CI Engine Running on Emulsion Diesel Fuel Blends

  • Hussein Alahmer,
  • Ali Alahmer,
  • Razan Alkhazaleh,
  • Mohammad Alrbai and
  • Malik I. Alamayreh

31 January 2023

Water-in-diesel (W/D) emulsion fuel is a potential alternative fuel that can simultaneously lower NOx exhaust emissions and improves combustion efficiency. Additionally, there are no additional costs or engine modifications required when using W/D em...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
897 Views
24 Pages

Content of Selected Compounds in the Exhaust Gas of a Naturally Aspirated CI Engine Fueled with Diesel–Tire Pyrolysis Oil Blend

  • Leszek Chybowski,
  • Marcin Szczepanek,
  • Waldemar Kuczyński,
  • Iwona Michalska-Pożoga,
  • Tomasz Pusty,
  • Piotr Brożek and
  • Robert Pełech

19 May 2025

This paper presents the results of naturally aspirated compression ignition (CI) internal combustion engine (ICE) bench tests of fuels in the form of a blend of diesel oil with recycled oil (RF) in the form of tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) as an admixture...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
7,139 Views
18 Pages

1 August 2019

This article presents our research results on the physical-chemical and direct injection diesel engine performance parameters when fueled by pure diesel fuel and retail hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). This fuel is called NexBTL by NESTE, and this r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,378 Views
20 Pages

3 January 2020

The Article presents the results of the experimental research and numerical analysis of a compression ignition (CI) engine adapted for running on dual fuels of different composition (diesel and natural gas, diesel and biogas, biodiesel and natural ga...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,472 Views
21 Pages

20 January 2025

This paper explores the integration and advancements of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in modeling diesel engine performance, particularly focusing on biodiesel-fueled engines. ANNs have emerged as a vital tool in predicting and optimizing engine...

  • Review
  • Open Access
112 Citations
14,553 Views
44 Pages

Natural Gas Engine Technologies: Challenges and Energy Sustainability Issue

  • Girma T. Chala,
  • Abd Rashid Abd Aziz and
  • Ftwi Y. Hagos

27 October 2018

Energy sustainability and environmental issues pose greater challenges on different primary energy sectors as the global energy demand increases and it is projected to further increase with an upsurge in population. On the other hand, energy sources...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,207 Views
21 Pages

19 August 2024

In modern society where fossil fuel prices are increasing and environmental issues are becoming more severe, biodiesel, as a new type of clean fuel, is receiving increasing attention. Biodiesel has the advantages of renewability, environmental friend...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,329 Views
23 Pages
Energies2024, 17(24), 6274;https://doi.org/10.3390/en17246274 
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12 December 2024

Diesel engines are extensively employed in transportation, agriculture, and industry due to their high thermal efficiency and fuel economy. However, the combustion of conventional diesel fuel is accompanied by substantial emissions of pollutants, inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,263 Views
22 Pages

30 November 2024

Increasing the use of renewable energy sources is essential to reduce the use of fossil fuels in internal combustion engines and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. An experimental and numerical simulation study of the combustion process of a compres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,911 Views
19 Pages

Assessment of CI Engine Performance and Exhaust Air Quality Outfitted with Real-Time Emulsion Fuel Injection System

  • Krishnamoorthy Ramalingam,
  • Elumalai Perumal Venkatesan,
  • Abdul Aabid and
  • Muneer Baig

28 April 2022

The main target of the current research work is effectively eliminating fossil fuel dependency and improving the exhaust air quality of conventional Compression Ignition (CI) engines. This research paper demonstrates for the first time that a nanoflu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
8,468 Views
20 Pages

12 January 2015

In this study, a four stroke four cylinder direct injection CI engine was run using three different injection pressures. In all measurements, the fuel quantity per cycle, the pre injection and main injection timing, the boost pressure and the engine...

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