Experimental work was done to examine the impact of diesel fuel with alumina nanoparticles on combustion characteristics, emissions and performance of diesel engine. Alumina nanoparticles were mixed with crude diesel in various weight fractions of 20, 30, and 40 mg/L. The engine tests showed that nano alumina addition of 40 ppm to pure diesel led to thermal efficiency enhancement up to 5.5% related to the pure diesel fuel. The average specific fuel consumption decrease about neat diesel fuel was found to be 3.5%, 4.5%, and 5.5% at dosing levels of 20, 30, and 40 ppm, respectively at full load. Emissions of smoke, HC, CO, and NOX were found to get diminished by about 17%, 25%, 30%, and 33%, respectively with 40 ppm nano-additive about diesel operation. The smaller size of nanoparticles produce fuel stability enhancement and prevents the fuel atomization problems and the clogging in fuel injectors. The increase of alumina nanoparticle percentage in diesel fuel produced the increases in cylinder pressure, cylinder temperature, heat release rate but the decreases in ignition delay and combustion duration were shown. The concentration of 40 ppm alumina nanoparticle is recommended for achieving the optimum improvements in the engine’s combustion, performance and emission characteristics.

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Fossil fuels are a non-renewable resource that is exhaustible in near future. An alternative for such automobiles is using electricity which can be generated by renewable resources to power up the vehicle. This paper gives an idea about charging these Electric-Vehicles (e-Vehicles) using a renewable energy source such as solar using solar panels and provide the maximum power generated. The proposed system is controlled using the Arduino UNO to view the amount of charge generated through an LCD. GSM modules give alert messages if there is an overcharge or undercharges. A rain sensor is also integrated to alert the user if there are any changes in climatic conditions that affect the charging of PV cells. The entire status of the battery along with the amount of power being transferred is uploaded to the cloud and can be seen through a webpage at any time. The main aim of this paper is in reducing the consumption of non-renewable energy sources and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

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