The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Radial basis function neural networks (RBFNNs), which is a relatively new class of neural networks, have been investigated for their applicability for prediction of performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled with waste cooking oil (WCO). The RBF network...

Abstract In this study, the performance and emissions of a compression combustion diesel engine were investigated. The net blends with waste cooking oil (WCO) biodiesel (5 20%) considered as control fuel blended graphene oxide nanoparticles (GONPs) (30, 60, 90 ppm) evaluated. was operated at full load 1,500 rpm brake power (BP), thermal efficiency (BTE), specific consumption (BSFC) besides CO, ...

As non-renewable conventional fossil fuel sources are depleting day by day, researchers continually finding new ways of producing and utilizing alternative, renewable, reliable fuels. Due to technologies, the environment has been degraded seriously, which profoundly impacts life on earth. To reduce emissions caused running compression ignition engines, waste cooking oil (WCO) biodiesel is one b...

The quantity of the conventional sources energy such as petroleum, coal, and deposits hydrocarbon are limited in nature. rapid growth is observed industrial transportation section due to increase population that has compelled mankind look for an alternative fuels. Biodiesel can be a potential substitute its ease availability, accessibility, lower cost, nontoxic characteristics. In this study, w...

Currently, one alternative for dietary fish oil (FO) in aquafeeds is vegetable oils (VO) that are devoid of omega-3 (n-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs). Entirely new sources of n-3 LC-PUFA such as eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids through de novo production are a potential solution to fill the gap between supply and demand of these important nutrients. C...

Biodiesel is a non-petroleum fuel designed to run in a diesel engine. It can be made from a variety of different feedstocks, including virgin vegetable oil, waste cooking oil, and animal fats. The aim of this research was to compare and contrast biodiesel made from fish oil to other more traditional sources. In this paper I examined traditional biodiesel feedstocks available in coastal Alaska. ...

Biodiesel is a promising sector worldwide and experiencing significant rapid growth. Several studies have been undertaken to utilize homogeneous base catalysts in the form of KOH develop biodiesel order establish commercially viable sustainable industry. This research centers around extracting potassium hydroxide (KOH) from banana trunks employing it transesterification reaction generate waste ...

This study aims to utilize biochars derived from residual biomass as supports for Ni-based catalysts. For the preparation of biochars, byproducts agro-industrial activities were used, such espresso coffee residue (C) and rice husks (R). Sufficient quantities respective (BioC BioR) prepared via pyrolysis at 850 °C aforementioned materials under limited oxygen conditions. The further treated with...

Hydrocarbons can cause pollution to Antarctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, both through accidental release the discharge of waste cooking oil in grey water. Such pollutants persist for long periods cold environments. The native microbial community may play a role their biodegradation. In this study, using mixed bacterial communities, several environmental factors influencing biodegradati...

The study was conducted to investigate the optimum conditions for biodiesel formation from pure (virgin) soybean cooking oil (PSCO) and waste soybean cooking oil (WSCO) coming after alkaline transesterification process in combination with methanol, ethanol and 1-butanol. Some important variables such as volumetric ratio, types of reactants and catalytic activities were selected to obtain a high...