Page 10 - Advances in Eco-Fuels for a Sustainable Environment

Contents ix

14 Assessment of performance, combustion, and emission behavior
of novel annona biodiesel-operated diesel engine 391
Senthil Ramalingam, Silambarasan Rajendran
14.1 Introduction 391
14.2 Materials and methods 394
14.3 Results and discussion 396
14.4 Conclusion 404
References 404

15 Eco friendly biofuels for CI engine applications 407
B. Ashok, K. Nanthagopal
15.1 Introduction 407
15.2 Ecofuels in CI engine 410
15.3 Biodiesel in CI engine 412
15.4 Biofuels in CI engine 420
15.5 Gaseous fuels in CI engine 429
15.6 Conclusion 434
References 436
Further reading 440

16 Reviewing commercial prospects of bioethanol as a renewable
source of future energy—an Australian perspective 441
Delwar Akbar, Roshan Subedi, John Rolfe, Nanjappa Ashwath,
Azad Rahman
16.1 Introduction 441
16.2 Types of biofuel and bioethanol 442
16.3 Worldwide bioethanol production 443
16.4 Factors that attract commercial production of bioethanol 444
16.5 Factors that limit commercial bioethanol production 446
16.6 Bioethanol production in Australia 448
16.7 Potential feedstocks for bioethanol production in Australia 450
16.8 Costs and benefits of biofuel production in Australia 452
16.9 Conclusion 454
Acknowledgment 454
References 455
Further reading 458

17 Ecofuel future prospect and community impact 459
Arifa Tahir, Muhammad Arshad, Faiza Anum, Mazhar Abbas,
Sadia Javed, Mirza Imran Shahzad, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Ijaz Bano,
Farman Ali Shah
17.1 Introduction of ecofuel 459
17.2 Global interest in ecofuels 460
17.3 Ecofuel sources 462
17.4 Why ecofuels and ecofuel policies? 465