About this Research Topic
For this reason, the use of alternative and advanced fuels represents an efficient way to reduce fossil fuel consumption and global CO2 emissions when assessed on a well-to-wheels basis. These fuels are also particularly important for modes of transport that are difficult to electrify, such as the air and sea transport sectors, as well as the heavy vehicle sector. Furthermore, cutting-edge methods for fuel production from food waste and municipal solid waste, along with synthetic fuels such as eFuels, can play an important role in the context of a circular economy.
Enabling the use of new fuels in combustion systems requires a deep understanding of their fundamental properties, including their performance and combustion characteristics. In addition, it is important to understand how and at what scale the fuels can be produced.
This Research Topic aims to gather the findings from recent research on the production, transportation, storage and use of alternative and advanced fuels in combustion systems. The goal is to help the scientific community contribute to efforts to advance the use of fuels that will reduce fossil fuel consumption and global CO2 emissions (on a W-T-W basis) in the next generation of vehicles and any other combustion-based energy production system.
We invite researchers to submit both original research and review articles exploring this topic. Innovative experimental and numerical works are welcome.
The specific themes we would like contributors to address include, but are not limited to:
• Fuel stability;
• Fundamental properties of new fuels;
• Fuel production;
• Fuel storage;
• Fuel transportation;
• Cold weather issues;
• Environmental impact of new alternative and advanced fuels;
• Bio-diesel;
• Bio-alcohol;
• Hydrogen;
• Vegetable oil;
• Biomass sources;
• Synthetic fuels;
• eFuels;
• Alternative fuels and internal combustion engines:
o Alternative fuels and advanced combustion modes;
o Engine performance;
o Engine emissions;
o Simulation tools for alternative and advanced fuels;
o Engine optimization with alternative fuels;
o Cold start emissions.
Dr. Justin Ketterer is employed by General Motors. All other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regards to the Research Topic subject.
Keywords: Advanced fuels, Alternative fuels, Combustion systems, Internal combustion engines, Biofuels, eFuels
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