Alcohol as an Alternative Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines , 1st ed. 2021 Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Series

Introduction to Alcohol as an Alternative Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines.- Ethanol in Dual-Fuel and Blend Fuelling Modes for Advanced Combustion in Compression Ignition Engines.- PM characteristics and relation with oxidative reactivity - Alcohol as a renewable fuel.- Methanol as a Fuel for Marine Diesel Engines.- The Potential of Various Alcohol Fuels for Low Temperature Combustion Engines.- Challenges in blending the Diesel- Ethanol blends using Butanol as co solvent along with diesel for replacing the neat diesel to fuel compression ignition engines Suitable for low temperature application.

Dr. Pravesh Chandra Shukla is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai, India. Dr. Shukla received his Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. He has also worked as Senior Research Associate at IIT Kanpur. He was Postdoctoral Researcher in the Division of Combustion Engines, Department of Energy Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. He briefly worked in Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France, in the field of dual fuel combustion. He is a recipient of Young Scientist Award from the International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. Dr. Shukla mainly works in the field of internal combustion engines and alternative fuels for transportation. He worked on the development of additives for high compression ratio heavy duty engines fueled with alcohol. He is involved in investigating the emission characteristics for alternative fuels like biodiesel, HVO and alcohols for conventional and advanced heavy duty compression ignition engines. He has published over 28 technical articles in journals of national and international repute and conference proceedings.

Dr. Giacomo Belgiorno is Technology System Engineer in the Department of Advanced Engineering in PUNCH Torino S.p.A., formerly General Motors Global Propulsion Systems – Torino. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli in 2014, and Ph.D. in Energy Science and Engineering from University of Naples “Parthenope” in 2018. During the Ph.D. program, he worked in Istituto Motori as Research Associate and Guest Researcher in Lund University, Sweden. Subsequently, he worked in CNH Industrial. He has authored 2 book chapters and more than 20 conference and journal articles.

Discusses effect of combustion, performance, and emission parameters for alcohol blended fuels in spark and compression ignition engines

Includes various aspects of regulated and unregulated emission from ethanol and methanol-fueled engines

Presents an overview of ways of alcohol production from first and second generation raw bio-resources