Innovations in Production and Applications of Alternative Fuels
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Haseeb Yaqoob
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 3 5 4 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 3 5 5 - 2
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Innovations in Production and Applications of Alternative Fuels is a comprehensive reference book that covers the basics of alternative fuels, production techniques, physicochemical properties, and their various applications from a thermal engineering perspective. It focuses on alternative fuel production from diverse feedstocks, providing insights into feedstock selection, preparation techniques, combustion performance, emissions, and the use of additives and nanoparticles to enhance fuel performance in internal combustion engines. This book is essential for understanding the field of alternative fuels, and is invaluable for professionals and researchers in energy engineering, thermal engineering, environmental science, and sustainable development.
It delves into different feedstocks, including edible-based, non-edible based, waste-based alternatives, algae-based feedstocks, and hydrogen carriers like ammonia fuel. It also explores the application of nanoparticles and additives to enhance fuel performance. Additionally, economic aspects, energy policies, and challenges associated with alternative fuels are discussed, offering practical insights and recommendations for future advancements.
It delves into different feedstocks, including edible-based, non-edible based, waste-based alternatives, algae-based feedstocks, and hydrogen carriers like ammonia fuel. It also explores the application of nanoparticles and additives to enhance fuel performance. Additionally, economic aspects, energy policies, and challenges associated with alternative fuels are discussed, offering practical insights and recommendations for future advancements.
- Explores different types of alternative fuels, focusing on waste-based production
- Provides a comprehensive understanding of fundamental and advanced alternative fuel production techniques, including feedstock selection and mathematical models for parameter measurement
- Analyzes physicochemical properties of alternative fuels and their impact on combustion and engine performance
- Discusses economics and energy policies related to alternative fuels, covering commercialization and future recommendations
- Examines the use of additives and nanoparticles in alternative fuels to enhance internal combustion engine performance
Professional engineers and researchers in energy engineering, environmental science, and sustainable development Academics in the fields of energy, alternative fuels, thermal engineering, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering Graduate students pursuing studies in energy, alternative fuels, thermal engineering, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering
1. Introduction to alternative fuels
2. Potential alternative fuels feedstocks
3. Edible-based alternative fuels feedstocks
4. Non-edible based alternative fuels feedstocks
5. Plastic and tire-based alternative fuels feedstocks
6. Algae-based alternative fuels feedstocks
7. Energy, exergy, thermo-economics, and sustainability analysis of alternative fuels
8. Hydrogen carriers including ammonia fuel applications
9. Nanoparticles and additives application in alternative fuels
10. Alternative fuels economics and its commercialization
11. Environmental assessment of alternative fuels
12. Machine learning in the application of the alternative fuels
2. Potential alternative fuels feedstocks
3. Edible-based alternative fuels feedstocks
4. Non-edible based alternative fuels feedstocks
5. Plastic and tire-based alternative fuels feedstocks
6. Algae-based alternative fuels feedstocks
7. Energy, exergy, thermo-economics, and sustainability analysis of alternative fuels
8. Hydrogen carriers including ammonia fuel applications
9. Nanoparticles and additives application in alternative fuels
10. Alternative fuels economics and its commercialization
11. Environmental assessment of alternative fuels
12. Machine learning in the application of the alternative fuels
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Hafiz Muhammad Ali
Hafiz Muhammad Ali is currently working as an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom, in 2011. He was a postdoc at Water and Energy Laboratory of University of California at Merced, United States, during 2015-16. Dr. Ali is a noted faculty member having thermal sciences, heat transfer, and solar energy as his major areas of interest. His research interests include electronics cooling, condensation, nanofluids, heat transfer devices, and thermal management. He is the recipient of the “Best Young Research Scholar Award” for 2017 in the Engineering category, conferred by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan at the 7th HEC Outstanding Research Award Ceremony. He also had the honor of receiving HEC’s Best Research Paper Award (2013/2014) and Research Productivity Award by Pakistan Council of Science and Technology (2016-17). Apart from his academic duties, he is actively involved with editorial duties in several international journals, notably Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer), International Journal of Thermofluids (Elsevier), Journal Thermal Science, and Journal of Mechanical Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaHY
Haseeb Yaqoob
Haseeb Yaqoob earned a doctoral degree from the School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. is currently working as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Mechanical Engineering department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. Prior to his work at KFUPM,
he worked as an Assistant Professor at the university and has an interest in alternative fuel, renewable energy, and thermal sciences. Over the span of five years, he supervised numerous undergraduate and graduate students and his work produced more than 40 papers featured in various reputed international journals, with over 1000 citations.Affiliations and expertise
Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia