Influence of Alternate Fuels on the Performance and Emission from Internal Combustion Engines and Soot Particle Collection Using Thermophoretic Sampler: A Comprehensive Review

There have been a tremendous growth in engine industry for the past few decades. Due to industrial development and improved living standards, consumption of crude oil increased to a new height and due to which our atmosphere got polluted to an extent of self-destruction. Alternate fuels like biodiesel, biogas, compressed natural gas (CNG), hydrogen and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) could be seen as an alternative to conventional crude oil. Performance and emission of internal combustion engines using alternate fuels play important role in its development. In a nut-shell, this article provides comprehensive review on properties along with its performance and emission for alternate fuels, especially biodiesel obtained from different feedstocks. This article covers impact of various working parameters and conditions for internal combustion engine running on different alternate fuels. It also discusses the impact of soot particles on environment and different collection methods for soot particles. There is also brief review on thermophoretic sampler for soot collection along with existing thermophoretic samplers.