The Impact of Feedstock on Property, Performance and Emissions of Biofuels
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2015) | Viewed by 10077
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy; waste reduction and re-utilization; resource recovery; green technologies; pollutants emissions reduction; emerging contaminants; solvent extractions
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Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Multiphase Flows, Internal Combustion Engine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the rapid depletion fossil fuel resources and the resulting, ever-rising, energy cost, there is an increasing global interest in biofuels. Current efforts in biofuel research are focused in new feedstocks and next generation technologies for production. Meanwhile, there is also an urgent need for a thorough understanding on the effects of feedstocks on fuel compositions, which, in turns, causes variations in performance and emissions of biofuel-based engines or combustors.
For this Special Issue, we invite research papers that encourage further research in developing and improving the application of biofuels, to be used as the primary fuel in internal combustion engines, gas turbines, micro-turbines, industrial boilers, and other combustion devices. Articles that discuss, both theoretical and experimental, and the physical and chemical properties of biofuels are particularly welcome. Potential topics include, but not limited to:
- Biodiesel
- Bioalcohols
- Chemical structures
- Correlations between biofuel compositions and operational issues including starting ability, ignition, combustion, and performance
- Connections between biofuel compositions and durability problems including injector coking, deposition formation, lubricating oil dilution, and piston ring sticking
- Emission characteristics associated with feedstocks
Professor Yuan-Chung Lin
Dr. Way Lee Cheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- alternative fuel
- biofuel
- environmental sustainability
- renewable energy
- economic assessment of feedstocks
- emission characteristics of biofuels
