Editors:
- Covers all aspects related to alternative fuels in IC engines
- Presents a comparative analyses of different alternative fuels
- Discusses about different strategies of alternative fuel utilization in IC engines
Part of the book series: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (ENENSU)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Alternative Fuels for IC Engines
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Front Matter
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Advanced Combustion and Engine Technologies
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Dhananjay Kumar, Avinash Kumar Agarwal
About the editors
Prof. Dhananjay Kumar is a research scholar at the Engine Research Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. He received his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Mizoram, India in 2017. His research area includes laser ignition technology, alternative fuels, combustion simulations, particulate characterization, etc. He has published several international journal papers and authored book chapters in the area of laser ignition, combustion simulations and alternative fuel like methanol, DME, etc.
Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India in 2001 after working as a post-doctoral 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, 78 books chapters and has 10000+ Scopus and 15300+ Google scholar citations. He is a 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 a Fellow of American Association of Advancement in Science (2020). He is 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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alternative Fuels and Advanced Combustion Techniques as Sustainable Solutions for Internal Combustion Engines
Editors: Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Dhananjay Kumar, Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Series Title: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1513-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1512-2Published: 16 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1515-3Published: 17 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1513-9Published: 15 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2522-8366
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8374
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 403
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 242 illustrations in colour
Topics: Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Engine Technology, Sustainable Development, Mechanical Engineering