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Biodiesel, an alternative fuel for diesel engines, has the potential to reduce dependence on foreign sources of petroleum, reduce harmful particulate matter (soot), carbon monoxide, and unburned hydrocarbon emissions, and net carbon dioxide emissions. Despite these benefits, biodiesel utilization has the combustion-related challenges of increased fuel consumption and increased nitrogen oxides emissions...
Energy shortage, soaring oil prices, and climate change stimulate the research and development of alternative energy resources to sustain economic growth. Biofuels, such as biodiesel and biomass-based alcohol fuels, are examples of such alternatives. However, whether these energy alternatives can achieve commercial success highly depends on how sustainable they are. This paper reports an on-going...
Based on time-varying statistical data and emission factors, multiyear NMVOCs emission inventories from fossil fuel combustion, biofuel burning, and biomass open burning in China for 1980-2005 were presented by a bottom-up estimate. The contributions of fossil fuel, biofuel, and open burning are estimated as 35%, 50%, and 15%, respectively, in 2005. Spatial distribution of NMVOCs emission shows that...
This paper presents modeling and simulation of microturbine (MT) models to analyze its load following performance as distributed energy resource (DER) with general as well as critical priority loads. Two different models of MT were considered for performance analysis. The first model consists of speed governor, acceleration control, and temperature control blocks while the other is GAST model of MT...
One of the most threatening problems in the world at present is the depletion of fossil fuels. The world is facing an acute shortage of fuel sources. Some break-through has been achieved in the form of solar energy, hydrogen fuel cells, biofuels etc. The use of these alternatives decreases the dependency on the present fossil fuels and also reduces the pollution to a great extent. In this paper, the...
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