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A Review on Gaseous Fuels for Dual-Fuel Diesel Engines

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2022) (ICoWEFS 2022)

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Dual-fuel diesel engines are praised for both being a more environmentally friendly alternative to conventional diesel engines and aiding in a smoother transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources. Depending on the type of dual-fuel engine, they can even be made by modifying an already existing diesel engine. The advantage of dual-fuel diesel engines, besides their ability to use diesel fuel in the case there’s no gaseous fuel available, is their versatility regarding the gaseous fuels it can use. The most popular one currently is natural gas, although hydrogen-containing fuels such as biogas, ammonia, and syngas are also being explored as clean and renewable alternatives. Despite their praise, dual fuel engines have yet to be further studied to reduce some of their emissions, such as nitrogen oxides, unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate emissions, while at the same time maintaining higher levels of efficiency.

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I would like to thank the VALORIZA team for the assistance and support provided, as well as the SynDiesel project and the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre for the research grant and opportunities.

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  1. VALORIZA – Research Center for Endogenous Resource Valorization, Polytechnic Institute, 7300-555, Portalegre, Portugal

    Nadezhda Silva Krop & Paulo Brito

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  1. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal

    Paulo Sérgio Duque de Brito

  2. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

    João Rafael da Costa Sanches Galvão

  3. Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal

    Pedro Monteiro

  4. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal

    Roberta Panizio

  5. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal

    Luís Calado

  6. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal

    Ana Carolina Assis

  7. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

    Filipe dos Santos Neves

  8. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

    Flávio Craveiro

  9. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

    Henrique de Amorim Almeida

  10. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

    Joel Oliveira Correia Vasco

  11. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

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  12. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

    Sandra de Jesus Martins Mourato

  13. School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

    Vânia Sofia Santos Ribeiro

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Krop, N.S., Brito, P. (2023). A Review on Gaseous Fuels for Dual-Fuel Diesel Engines. In: Duque de Brito, P.S., et al. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2022). ICoWEFS 2022. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26849-6_40

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