Cost and limited reserves of conventional fossil fuels have intensified the search for alternative fuels for use in internal combustion engines. A possible alternative engine fuel is vegetable oil because it is a clean burning, renewable, non-toxic, biodegradable and environmentally friendly transportation fuel. It can be used in a neat form without any modification of the engine. Vegetable oil...

A large number of non-stationary dynamic signals are generated in the working machinery and equipment. Especially, diesel engines often encounter non-stationary transient and time-varying modulation signals, such as the impulse response signals caused by cylinder piston wear. These kinds of signals generated from diesel engine are analyzed by the method of the Local Wave time-frequency proposed...

● Diesel Filter Regeneration Abstract: Diesel particulate filters capture particle emissions through a combination of surface-type and deep-bed filtration mechanisms, such as diffusional deposition, inertial d positi , or flow-line interception. Collected particulates are removed from the filter, continuously or periodically, through thermal regeneration. Diesel filters are very effective in co...

103103-0707 IJMME-IJENS © June 2010 IJENS I J E N S Abstract— The world is getting modernized and industrialized day by day. As a result vehicles and engines are increasing. But energy sources used in these engines are limited and decreasing gradually. This situation leads to seek an alternative fuel for diesel engine. Biodiesel is an alternative fuel for diesel engine. The esters of vegetables...

The ability to predict the inter-conversion of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) of different toxicities and emissions of fine carbon-based particles from Diesel engines are of increasing relevance given their harmful effects. The matter is complicated by the complexity of Diesel fuels and model fuel blends have to be used in numerical simulations of practical engines. The use of aromatic fuel ...

Diesel engines are the most commonly used internal combustion engines nowadays, especially in European transportation. This preference is due to their low consumption and acceptable driveability and comfort. However, the main disadvantages of traditional direct injection Diesel engines are their high levels of noise, nitrogen oxides (NO x) and soot emissions, and the usage of fossil fuels. In o...

Diesel engines being inferior in their emission characteristics are under greater scrutiny. Intensive research efforts are ongoing for improving fuel consumption and exhaust emissions from diesel engines. For improving performance of engine, Ceramic based Thermal barrier Coating plays a major role. Tests were performed on four stroke, single cylinder, DI diesel engine whose piston crown, cylind...

It is widely known that the railroad diesel locomotive engines emit significant amount of air pollutants. However, these engines are not equipped with any air pollutants reducing devices in Korea, resulting in the accumulative air pollution near the railroad. Because the pollutants emission from driving locomotive engines cannot be measured directly, the emission factors based on the amount of ...

Stringent CAFÉ regulations along with technological advances in materials, high-pressure fuel injection and complex turbo charging systems have rekindled interest in the area of Diesel engines for passenger vehicle applications. A modern Diesel engine is not only clean and quiet but also allows comparable drivability relative to gasoline engines with considerable improvements in fuel economy. H...