Promising Bioalcohols for Low-Emission Vehicles

Manju Dhakad Tanwar (), Felipe Andrade Torres, Ali Mubarak Alqahtani, Pankaj Kumar Tanwar, Yashas Bhand and Omid Doustdar
Additional contact information
Manju Dhakad Tanwar: Organic Recycling Systems Limited, Navi Mumbai 400703, India
Felipe Andrade Torres: Department of Mechanical Systems, Center of Exact and Technological Sciences, Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia, Cruz das Almas 44380-000, Brazil
Ali Mubarak Alqahtani: Mechanical Engineering Department, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail 31961, Saudi Arabia
Pankaj Kumar Tanwar: Organic Recycling Systems Limited, Navi Mumbai 400703, India
Yashas Bhand: Organic Recycling Systems Limited, Navi Mumbai 400703, India
Omid Doustdar: Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 2, 1-22

Abstract: 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 because of their availability, ease of manufacturing, and environmental benefits. Using these promising fuels in CI engines is environmentally and economically beneficial. The most common alcohols are methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, propanol, butanol, n-butanol, tert-butanol, iso-butanol, and pentanol. The primary objective of this review paper is to examine the impact of bioalcohols and their blends with conventional diesel fuel in CI engines since these fuels possess characteristic properties that impact overall engine performance and exhaust emissions. This research also indicated that alcohols and blended fuels could be used as fuels in compression ignition engines. Chemical and physical properties of alcohols were examined, such as lubricity, viscosity, calorific value, and cetane number, and their combustion characteristics in compression ignition engines provide a comprehensive review of their potential biofuels as alternative fuels.

Keywords: alternative fuels; bioalcohols; fuel properties; emission; CI engines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/2/597/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/2/597/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:2:p:597-:d:1024903

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().