Antelope bitterbrush is a dominant shrub in many interior ponderosa pine forests in the western United States. How it responds to prescribed fire is not well understood, yet is of considerable concern towildlife and fire managers alike given its importance as a browse species and as a ladder fuel in these fire-prone forests.We quantified bitterbrush cover, density, and biomass in response to re...

Seeds of members of the genus Cuphea accumulate medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs; 8:0-14:0). MCFA- and palmitic acid- (16:0) rich vegetable oils have received attention for jet fuel production, given their similarity in chain length to Jet A fuel hydrocarbons. Studies were conducted to test genes, including those from Cuphea, for their ability to confer jet fuel-type fatty acid accumulation in s...

Seeds of members of the genus Cuphea accumulate medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs; 8:0–14:0). MCFAand palmitic acid(16:0) rich vegetable oils have received attention for jet fuel production, given their similarity in chain length to Jet A fuel hydrocarbons. Studies were conducted to test genes, including those from Cuphea, for their ability to confer jet fuel-type fatty acid accumulation in seed ...

BACKGROUND Lipids extracted from seeds of Camelina sativa have been successfully used as a reliable source of aviation biofuels. This biofuel is environmentally friendly because the drought resistance, frost tolerance and low fertilizer requirement of Camelina sativa allow it to grow on marginal lands. Improving the species growth and seed yield by genetic engineering is therefore a target for ...

Experiments were conducted to determine exhaust emissions and combustion characteristics of a conventional diesel engine (CE) and high grade low heat rejection diesel engine (LHR) (with air gap insulated piston with superni (an alloy of nickel) crown, air gap insulated liner with superni insert and ceramic coated cylinder head)with different operating conditions [normal temperature and pre-heat...

In this work, Niger seed oil biodiesel was tested as an emulsifier for diesel-ethanol (diesohol) blends at different percentage volumes. The of diesohol and were its suitability in a CI engine. produced from by transesterification process. It found that all the fuel properties within specified ASTMD6751 standards. research aimed to study performance diesel engine operating on baseline diesohol–...

In this study, safflower methyl ester (SME), which is an alternative fuel, was obtained from seed oil (SO) for a CI engine by using transesterification method. The use of the produced fuel in air-cooled single-cylinder diesel investigated. SME blended with at rate 20% and 50% (vol.) also 100% used. BSFC, NOX, CO, smoke density, HC, EGT, BTE, vibration thermal image analyses were made test engin...