Abstract
Diesel engines are used in heavy transportation vehicles and heavy machineries as they produce higher torque at low speeds for a given power meeting the primary requirement for a heavy engine. Moreover, diesel engines provide higher compression ratio and, if gasoline has to be used in bigger engines, they will produce higher knocking due to preignition. Therefore, the use of diesel in heavy vehicles is indispensable; however, exhaust gases emerging from the engine contain pollutants predominantly nitric oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM). Nowadays, there is an extensive focus toward improving emission characteristics and enhanced combustion properties with pure diesel oil in an IC engine. One of the recent ways to achieve the similar characteristics is to develop a water-in-diesel oil (W/D) nanoemulsion that reduces the pollutants and at the same time enhances combustion properties. Therefore, the proposed chapter is aimed to discuss the advancement and opportunities in W/D nanoemulsion fuel preparation using different surfactants and additives that provide improved emission characteristics and engine performance.
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Kumar, H., Shukla, M.K., Kumar, V. (2018). Water-in-Diesel Nanoemulsion Fuels for Diesel Engine: Combustion Properties and Emission Characteristics. In: Singh, A., Agarwal, R., Agarwal, A., Dhar, A., Shukla, M. (eds) Prospects of Alternative Transportation Fuels. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7518-6_13
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