Methanol Biofuel in Combustion Engines
From Production to Practical Applications
- 1st Edition - November 14, 2025
- Latest edition
- Author: Yacine Rezgui
- Language: English
Biofuel Perspectives: Methanol and Ethanol in Combustion Engines from Production to Practical Application provides a detailed and in-depth review of the combustion charac… Read more
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Description
Description
Biofuel Perspectives: Methanol and Ethanol in Combustion Engines from Production to Practical Application provides a detailed and in-depth review of the combustion characteristics of methanol and ethanol as biofuels, with a focus on their chemical reactions and kinetic models, as well as on their combustion experiments in laboratory devices and usage in real engines. The book also covers methanol and ethanol production technologies and their physico-chemical properties. Users will find a complete and consolidated resource on methanol and ethanol biofuels that will be a valuable resource for biofuel researchers and scientists, automotive engineers, technologists, policymakers, environmentalists, and students.
Key features
Key features
- Provides comprehensive information on the production, toxicology, and uses of methanol and ethanol
- Covers experimental combustion of methanol and ethanol in laboratory devices and real engines
- Delves into the unimolecular decomposition and H-abstraction reactions of methanol and ethanol, as well as detailed, comprehensive, and reduced kinetic models in shock tubes, reactors, and flames
- Explores the production and utilization of green methanol, emphasizing its eco-friendly aspects
- Contains practical applications, making the content relevant to a wide range of industries
Readership
Readership
biofuel researchers and scientists, automotive engineers and technologists, policymakers, environmentalists, and students studying in these and related fields
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Methanol Fundamentals, Applications, and Market Overview
2. Methanol Production From Syngas
3. Alternative Methanol Synthesis Routes and Life Cycle Assessment
4. Methanol Combustion Experiments in Laboratory Devices
5. Methanol Combustion Experiments in Real Engines
6. Mechanistic Insights into Methanol Decomposition and H-Abstraction Reactions
7. Development and Application of Methanol Kinetic Models for Combustion Analysis
8. Case Study: China's Methanol Industry - Production Pathways, Energy Transition, and Strategic Outlook
2. Methanol Production From Syngas
3. Alternative Methanol Synthesis Routes and Life Cycle Assessment
4. Methanol Combustion Experiments in Laboratory Devices
5. Methanol Combustion Experiments in Real Engines
6. Mechanistic Insights into Methanol Decomposition and H-Abstraction Reactions
7. Development and Application of Methanol Kinetic Models for Combustion Analysis
8. Case Study: China's Methanol Industry - Production Pathways, Energy Transition, and Strategic Outlook
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 14, 2025
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Yacine Rezgui
Dr. Yacine Rezgui is professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Oum El Bouaghi University where he has been since 1999. From 2000 to 2018, he trained in French laboratories, including the Laboratory of Combustion and Chemical Kinetics (University of Sciences and Technology of Lille), Laboratory of Physico-Chemistry of Combustion Processes and environment (University of Sciences and Technology of Lille), the Institute of Combustion, Aerothermal reactivity and Environment (ICARE) (University of Orleans), and the Laboratory of Reactions and Chemical Engineering (LRGP) (University of Lorraine Nancy).
In 2013, Dr. Rezgui won the prize of the 2013 Algerian Paper of the Year Award in the category of Chemical Sciences from the Algerian Network for Academics, Scientists and Researchers. In 2016, he was a fulbrighter at Princeton University (USA) in the laboratory : Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Oum El Bouaghi University, AlgeriaView book on ScienceDirect
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