Alcohol As an Alternative Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines

This book covers different aspects related to utilization of alcohol fuels in internal combustion (IC) engines with a focus on combustion, performance and emission investigations. The focal point of this book is to present engine combustion, performance and emission characteristics of IC engines fueled by alcohol blended fuels such as methanol, ethanol and butanol. The contents also highlight the importance of alcohol fuel for reducing emission levels. Possibility of alcohol fuels for marine applications has also been discussed. This book is a useful guide for researchers, academics and scientists.

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.

Dr. Gabriele Di Blasio is currently Research Scientist at the National Research Council of Italy. His main research interest is focused on advanced technologies for propulsion and energy conversion systems. Dr. Di Blasio worked as the responsible R&D engineer at ETRA and leads a project on the development of a dual fuel system for heavy duty engines. He is a regular reviewer of indexed journals of national and international repute. He has authored over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. He is a member of the SAE International. He has contributed to private and public projects in cooperation with universities, research centers and OEMs. 

Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India in 2001 after working as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. His interests are IC engines, combustion, alternate and conventional fuels, lubricating oil tribology, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, emissions and particulate control and large bore engines. Prof. Agarwal has published 290+ peer-reviewed international journal and conference papers, 42 edited books and 78 books chapters and has 10000+ Scopus and 15300+ Google Scholar citations. He is Fellow of SAE (2012), Fellow of ASME (2013), Fellow of ISEES (2015), Fellow of INAE (2015), Fellow of NASI (2018), Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2018) and Fellow of American Association of Advancement in Science (2020). He is a recipient of several prestigious awards such as Clarivate Analytics India Citation Award-2017 in Engineering and Technology, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award-2012; INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award-2012; Dr. C. V. Raman Young Teachers Award: 2011; SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award-2008; INSA Young Scientist Award-2007; UICT Young Scientist Award-2007; INAE Young Engineer Award-2005. Prof. Agarwal received Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award-2016 in Engineering Sciences. For his outstanding contributions, Prof. Agarwal is conferred upon Sir J C Bose National Fellowship (2019) by SERB.