In this paper, the combustion characteristics of Diesel and biodiesel fuels are investigated and compared. Based on the experimental data obtained from a medium-duty Diesel engine, a multi-phase combustion model, which is applicable to both Diesel and biodiesel fuels, is developed and it shows...

During transesterification process in the fixed-bed reactor, traditional heterogeneous catalyst cannot stand the high pressure drop and would easily breaks at the reactor bottom thus blocking the outlets. KF/γ-Al2O3/honeycomb ceramic (HC) monolithic catalyst which was prepared in this research...

Currently, 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) has already been extensively studied as a novel potential gasoline substitute. With its improved reaction sequences, another main molecule transformed from fructose has also aroused worldwide interest, which is known as 2-methylfuran (MF). MF has similar energy...

The objective of this study was to investigate the characteristic of anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure (PM) with dewatered sewage sludge (DSS). The batch experiment was conducted under mesophilic (37±1°C) conditions at five different PM/DSS volatile solid (VS) ratios of 1:0, 2:1, 1:1, 1:2,...

Residential energy consumptions of both electricity and fuels are associated with emissions of many air pollutants. Temporally and spatially resolved energy consumption data are scarce in China, which are critical for a better understanding of their environmental impacts. In this study, a...