introduction energy is one of the most important commodities that make up a large proportion of international trade. among all the countries in the world, iran is known as semi-industrial developing country which is rich in energy such as non-renewable energy in particular fossil fuel. use of energy affects the environment in various forms of pollution. in the agricultural sector, the fao repor...

This paper investigates the effect of ethanol-unleaded gasoline blends (E0,E10,E25,E35,andE65) computer interfaced, four-stroke single cylinder compression ignition engine. The said engine wasconverted to spark ignition and carburetion to suit ethanol fuel. A suitable provision was provided on theengine to vary the compression ratio thereby making the engine adaptable to operate at lowercompres...

This study presents a new test method for determination of energy consumption of bus HVAC units. The energy consumption corresponds to a bus engine fuel consumption increase during the operation period of the HVAC unit. The bus engine fuel consumption incrementally induced by powering an HVAC unit is determined from the HVAC unit total input power measured under four levels of bus engine speeds...

Fuel conservation programs are instruments used by airlines to improve operational efficiency and trim fuel related costs. Identifying fuel savings to accurately manage these programs has always been an issue due to the operation volatility and lack of reliable data. Advanced data management systems were developed to support these programs, but having means to identify fuel savings is still com...

the gradual depletion of fossil fuels and the increase on their cost have made the researchers to look for renewable sources of energy. biodiesel fuel has attracted many researchers due to its low environmental pollution and being a renewable fuel. in this research, biodiesel was prepared by transesrtification of persian lilac seed oil. the prepared fuel was mixed with regular petro diesel in 0...

Dimethyl Ether (DME) has been attracting attention as an alternative fuel for diesel engines because it can be produced from various feed stocks and does not create smoke. On the other hand, a DME truck require a large volume fuel tank in order to obtain the running distance equivalent to diesel trucks due to the lower energy content per unit volume of DME, and un-burned gas and fuel consumptio...

Fuel consumption is an important aspect of the efficiency of timber harvesting. Since loggers are paid based on the weight of wood they produce, it is important to note how many gallons of fuel it takes to produce one ton of wood. An extensive literature review was conducted to evaluate different harvesting systems and the amount of fuel they consumed per unit of wood that they produced. Result...

In the present study, the effects of bioethanolunleaded gasoline blends on engine performance were investigated in a spark ignition engine. Fuel containing 100% ethanol (E100), fuel blend containing 40% bioethanol by volume (E40) and 100% unleaded gasoline (E0) were tested and the test results were compared. As the result of the study, it was found that the use of unleaded gasoline and bioethan...