Effect Analysis on the Performance Enhancement and Emission Reduction of Diesel Engine Fueled with Biodiesel Fuel Based on an Improved Model by Weigang Yu, Zhiqing Zhang, Bo Liu

“…Similarly, a five-component biodiesel skeletal mechanism is employed to investigate the combustion process of biodiesel fuel. Then, the AVL-BOOST model is validated by the experimental results under different conditions. …”
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Parametric Study of High-Efficiency and Low-Emission Gas Burners by Shuhn-Shyurng Hou, Ching-Hung Chou

“…The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of three significant parameters, namely, swirl flow, loading height, and semi-confined combustion flame, on thermal efficiency and CO emissions of a swirl flow gas burner. …”
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ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF CRACKING IN THE CATALYST OF AN EXTENDED-RANGE THREE CYLINDER ENGINE by HONG Yang, XIE ZuTong, REN JianPing, YE NengYong

“…When the stiffness of the support is insufficient, the thermal modal frequency of the catalyst is too low, it will resonate with the third-order combustion excitation of the three cylinder engine under high temperature, leading to the propagation of surface cracks and the formation of fracture. …”
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Cracks path growth in turbine blades with TBC under thermo – mechanical cyclic loadings by T. Sadowski, P. Golewski

“…Blades of combustion turbines are extremely loaded turbojet elements, which transmit operative energy onto a rotor. …”
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Adoption of electric vehicles in corporate enterprises: enhancing sustainability, economic efficiency, and operational management by Orhan Topal

“…The adoption of electric vehicles represents a pivotal aspect of this transformation, offering individual and corporate users in the car rental sector a significant alternative to traditional internal combustion engine vehicles. The economic and operational advantages of electric vehicles, coupled with the opportunity for car rental companies to fulfil their environmental responsibilities, are accelerating the transformation of the automotive industry. …”
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Research on Current Solid Mass Energy Storage (SGES) by Su Yichen

“…With the increasing environmental challenge posed by fossil fuel combustion, there has been a significant effort to develop alternative energy sources. …”
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The Dissenting Nights of the Neo-Wood Colliers of the Vercors: A Forest Chronotope for a Heterotopia by Christophe Baticle, Philippe Hanus

“…For around two decades the charcoal burning festivals of the Vercors have been bringing together a group of individuals – with libertarian and/or ecologist aspirations – for the space of a few weeks to produce an unusual chronotope with the support of the local inhabitants: the erection then carbonisation of a charcoal pit in the forest, around which will be added the village of the “neo-wood colliers” and the festive infrastructures according to the rhythm furnished by the progress of the combustion, in the fashion of a heterotopia contesting daytime life in the valley. …”
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Method for calculating the range of an electric motorboat using solar energy by Valentina V. Kaplina

“…This gives us the access to the areas where conventional combustion engines are forbidden. The goal is not only reducing CO2 emissions, but also it is necessary to increase the autonomy of vehicles and their independence from infrastructure. …”
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Comportamiento del monóxido de carbono y el clima en la ciudad de Toluca, de 1995 a 2001 by Julio César Hernández Romero, Delfino Madrigal Uribe, Carlos Morales Méndez

“…Uno de los gases contaminantes con mayor distribución y concentración en Toluca y su área metropolitana es el monóxido de carbono que, al igual que el dióxido de azufre y el dióxido de carbono, es generado principalmente por la combustión automotriz y, en segundo lugar por el sector industrial. …”
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Diálogo del saber campesino y la investigación científica: árboles nativos dendroenergéticos en la Reserva de la biosfera Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, México by Artemio Cruz León, Miguel Uribe Gómez, Alejandro Lara Bueno, César Augusto Yescas Albarrán, Ranferi Maldonado Torres

“…The contents of dry matter, moisture, organic matter, ash, as well as the heat of combustion and wood density rates, indicators of the quality of the wood, were measured for these species. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Equivalent Ratio on Detonation Characteristics and Performance of CH₄/O₂ Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine by Xiao Xu, Qixiang Han, Yining Zhang

“…The results show that there is hybrid detonation mode (HDM), co-direction multi-wave detonation mode (CMM) and unstable detonation mode (UDM) in detonation combustion due to the influence of equivalent ratio and the number of injection holes, and the co-directional multi-wave detonation mode is beneficial to the thrust stability of RDRE. …”
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Prediction of a Small-Scale Pool Fire with FireFoam by Camilo Andrés Sedano, Omar Darío López, Alexander Ladino, Felipe Muñoz

“…A computational model using Large Eddy Simulation (LES) for turbulence modelling was implemented, by means of the Eddy Dissipation Concept (EDC) combustion model using the fireFoam solver. A small methanol pool fire experiment was simulated in order to validate and compare the numerical results, hence trying to validate the effectiveness of the solver. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Pellet Furnace Firing Area Case Study: Golgohar Mining Industrial Complex in Sirjan by Mohammad Javad Mahmoodabadi, Mohsen Talebipour

“…The considered area includes the outlet plane of the burners, the down comer pipes, the combustion chamber, the space of the furnace and the wind box, while the pellet bed is regarded as a porous media. …”
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Robust Optimization for Electric Vehicle Routing Problem Considering Time Windows Under Energy Consumption Uncertainty by Dan Wang, Weibo Zheng, Hong Zhou

“…Compared to fossil fuel-based internal combustion vehicles, electric vehicles with lower local pollution and noise are becoming more and more popular in urban logistic distribution. …”
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Copper matte - slag reaction sequences and separation processes in matte smelting by Guntoro P.I., Jokilaakso A., Hellstén N., Taskinen P.

“…While particle combustion and chalcopyrite oxidation in suspension smelting is well understood, few studies are available regarding the melt-melt reactions and the separation between copper matte and slag in matte smelting. …”
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Friction and Wear Studies Using Taguchi Method: Application to the Characterization of Carbon-Silicon Carbide Tribological Couples of Automotive Water Pump Seals by Pascal Déprez, Philippe Hivart, Jean François Coutouly, Etienne Debarre

“…An experimental design based on the Taguchi method has been applied to optimize the use of a dynamic sealing element of water pump of automotives combustion engines. A carbon primary ring and a silicon carbide mating ring set up this dynamic sealing element. …”
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Web Optimization of Compression Ignition Aviation Engine Crankshaft by Serkan Galata, Yiğit Okur, Ülkü Uzan, Emre Ünlü, Kudret Muhziroğlu, Övün Işın, Mehmet Oğuz Turgut, Emin Tuzlu

“…The focus of this study was the weight reduction of crankshaft web regions of an inline 4 cylinder, 250 HP compression ignition engine with a combustion chamber volume of 2499 cm3 intended for use in aircraft. …”
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Potential Use of Industrial Cocoa Waste in Biofuel Production by C. J. Mendoza-Meneses, A. A. Feregrino-Pérez, C. Gutiérrez-Antonio

“…Recent studies reported the use of cocoa industrial wastes for the production of solid, liquid, and gaseous biofuels; nevertheless, the most common use reported is as a direct combustion source, which is used to supply the same production plants. …”
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Lignin: Characterization of a Multifaceted Crop Component by Michael Frei

“…It contains more gross energy than other cell wall components and therefore confers enhanced heat value in thermochemical processes such as direct combustion. Conversely, it negatively affects biological energy conversion processes such as bioethanol or biogas production, as it inhibits microbial fermentation of the cell wall. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Coffee Husk Ash as Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete C-15. by Ainembabazi, Edina

“…CHA, obtained from the combustion of coffee husks, was added in varying proportions of 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% by weight of cement, with a mix ratio of 1:1.5:3 and a water-cement ratio of 0.6. …”
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