Extensive research has been carried out with regard to the composition of the exhaust gases of Diesel engines in operation with biodiesel in relation to the operation with the conventional diesel fuel. Producing biodiesel from different raw materials and different technological biodiesel production processes can result in different individual physical and chemical characteristics of fuel. Generally, it can be said that the use of biodiesel (and mixtures) reduces the overall toxicity of the exhaust gases in relation to the operation of the engine with diesel fuel, and this is a significant environmental potential of biodiesel as a fuel for Diesel engines. However, there is a diversity of research results, due to different factors. The paper reviews and summarizes the relevant literature on the mentioned research that can contribute to the explanation of these effects. It also points to the need for a very careful selection of biodiesel for use as a Diesel engine fuel.

Abstract. Regarding the application of vegetable oil based fuels in diesel engines, it is necessary to fully examine and understand the processes which take place in fuel delivery systems, namely, the processes of injection, mixture formation and combustion as well as emission characteristics. The paper provides an analysis of fuel flow in high pressure tubes of the fuel injection system, with the aim of determining function K as a link between fuel flow velocity and fuel pressure, and observing the influence of certain physical characteristics of the fuel upon the given function. The analysis presents the speed of sound and density, as fuel characteristics which affect the K function. The paper determines the speed of sound, density and bulk modulus for four fuels (pure rapeseed oil RO, biodiesel B100, a mixture of biodiesel and diesel B50, and diesel D), and forms appropriate K functions for each fuel in the pressure range from the atmospheric one to 1600 bar.

The paper presents a numerical simulation of two-phase turbulent flow in straight horizontal channels of pneumatic transport with non-circular cross-section. For the granular flow simulation, we have chosen the flow of solid particles of quartz, flour, and ash in the flow of air, which is transporting fluid. During the modeling of the flow, the transported solid particles are reduced to spherical shapes. A correction of the stress model of turbulence is performed by taking into account the influences of the induction of secondary flows of the second order in the gas phase. The full Reynolds stress model was used for modeling the turbulence, and the complete model is used for the turbulent stresses and turbulent temperature fluxes. All numerical experiments were conducted for the same initial flow conditions and a single uniform grid was adopted for all numerical experiments. The flow is observed in a straight channel of a square cross-section and dimensions of sides of 200 mm and the length of 80 D h. During the simulation, the fineness of the numerical grid was also tested, and the paper shows results of the numerical grid of the highest resolution beyond which the fineness does not influence the obtained results. The paper offers graphics of velocities of the solid particles transported by the transporting fluid (air) along the channel.

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This paper is devoted to the analysis of unsteady two-dimensional dynamic, thermal and diffusion magnetohydrodynamic laminar boundary layer flow over a horizontal circular cylinder of incompressible and electrical conductivity fluid, in a porous medium, in the presence of a heat source or sink, and chemical reactions. The present magnetic field is homogenous and perpendicular to the body surface. It is assumed that the induction of the outer magnetic field is the function of the longitudinal coordinate and time. Fluid electrical conductivity is constant. The outer electric field is neglected and the magnetic Reynolds number is significantly lower than one i. e. the considered the problem is in induction-less approximation. Free stream velocity, temperature and concentration on the body are arbitrary differentiable functions. The developed governing boundary layer equations and associated boundary conditions are converted into a nondimensional form using a suitable similarity transformation and similarity parameters. The system of dimensionless equations is solved using the finite difference method and iteration method. Numerical results are obtained and presented for incompressible fluid for different numbers, such as Sc, Pr, Ec and magnetic number, and the parameter of the porous medium, temperature parameters, thermal parameter, diffusion parameters and chemical reaction parameter. The solutions for the flow, temperature and diffusion transfer and other integral characteristics, boundary layer, are evaluated numerically for different values of the magnetic field. Transient effects of velocity, temperature and diffusion are analyzed. A part of obtained results is given in the form of figures and corresponding conclusions