This paper presents a review on the combustion mode design with high efficiency and low emissions controlled by fuel reactivity and mixture stratification that have been conducted in the authors’ group, including the charge reactivity controlled homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion, stratification controlled premixed charge compression ignition combustion, and dual-fuel com...

This study evaluated the microbial conversion of coconut oil waste, a major agro-residue in tropical countries, into single cell oil (SCO) feedstock for biodiesel production. Copra cake was used as a low-cost renewable substrate without any prior chemical or enzymatic pretreatment for submerged growth of an oleaginous tropical mangrove fungus, Aspergillus terreus IBB M1. The SCO extracted from ...

Exploitation of renewable sources of energy such as algal biodiesel could turn energy supplies problem around. Studies on a locally isolated strain of Dunaliella sp. showed that the mean lipid content in cultures enriched by 200 mg L(-1) myoinositol was raised by around 33% (1.5 times higher than the control). Similarly, higher lipid productivity values were achieved in cultures treated by 100 ...

Objective Diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a highly heterogeneous disease. A provisionally approved Composite Response Index in diffuse SSc (CRISS) was developed as 1-year outcome measure for clinical trials. Our goal to further validate the CRISS by examining agreement between definitions improved/non-improved with physicians' evaluation of Methods Patient profiles from large obse...

The objective of the work was investigation of possibility of dual fuelling of CI engine with diesel fuel and ethyl alcohol in order to decrease engine emission and increase its thermal efficiency. Alcohol, which is injected to the engine inlet port evaporates quickly, but doesn't ignite (due to low cetane number). After self-ignition of diesel fuel, ignited alcohol would promote further burnin...

A comparative study on the combustion characteristics of a single droplet fueled by DEX, crude jatropha oil (CJO), and mixture CJO with magnetic liquid catalyst rhodium trisulfate has been carried out under normal gravity conditions. The high viscosity makes it difficult to burn conditions (room temperature atmospheric pressure), therefore addition is needed improve properties oil. As catalyst,...

The use of insects as a biofuel feedstock has received limited research, and little is known about the fuel characteristics insect biofuel. Fuel properties characterization can guide researchers focused on renewable for internal combustion engine. Therefore, this investigation physical-chemical modification Hermetia illucens larvae oil (HILO) diesel blends, which could highly become an alternat...