Advanced Biofuels

Dr Kalam Azad, Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Technology at Central Queensland University, Melbourne campus, Australia. He has a strong record of research publications and achievement in the areas of renewable energy technologies, energy conversion, and thermofluids engineering and their relevant industrial applications. His research focused on clean energy production and mitigation of environmental pollution. He has had an excellent publication track record throughout his career. He has been published about eighty scientific articles including three edited refereed books, eight book chapters, forty-seven journal articles, and twenty-four conference papers so far. His first edited book on “Clean Energy for Sustainable Development” published by Academic Press, Elsevier in 2016. His second edited book on ‘Advances in Eco-fuel for a Sustainable Environment’ has been published as a part of Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, Elsevier in 2018. He has edited his third book on ‘Advanced Biofuels: Applications, Technologies, and Environmental Sustainability’ under Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, Elsevier in 2019. He made significant contributions to engineering education, research, and scholarship. He published some articles in respected journals, which have high impact factors. The recognition of his research has been strongly demonstrated through a large number of citations and h-index both in Scopus and Google Scholar. He is also working as a reviewer of different renowned international journals and books. Currently, he is a member of different professional bodies throughout the world. He has been significantly contributing to the strategic research on Clean and Sustainable Energy Technologies at Central Queensland University, Australia. Professor Rasul specializes in clean and sustainable energy technologies and their applications in industries. His research mainly focuses on renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass and biofuels), building energy (domestic, institutional and commercial buildings), industrial energy (process and resource industries), and thermo-chemical conversion of energy (combustion, gasification and pyrolysis).

• Section 1: FEEDSTOCKS1. Biofuel feedstocks and their prospect for a sustainable and alternative fuel2. Classification of alternative fuels for different applications (IC engines, Jet engines) and Comparison of different fuels in terms of their gaseous and particulate matter emissions from these engines3. Biofuel supply chain optimization: Mathematical programming approachesSection 2: PRODUCTION4. Microalgae: an emerging source for mitigation of heavy metals and its potential implications for biodiesel production5. Production of biofuel from biomass downdraft gasification and its applications6. Microwave enhanced catalytic conversion of canola-based methyl ester: Optimization and parametric study7. Recent trends and challenges in biofuel conversion technologies8. Exploration and enhancement on Fuel stability of biodiesel: Step forward in the track of global commercializationSection 3: ENGINE PERFORMANCE, EMISSIONS AND COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS9. Experimental studies on the usage of methyl esters of Pongamia oil fuelled direct injection diesel engine for environmental protection10. Assessment of performance, combustion and emission behaviour of novel Annona biodiesel operated diesel engine11. Investigation of engine performance and emission and combustion using advanced biofuel12. Performance, combustion and emission characteristics of DI diesel engine using Mahua biodiesel13. Performance and exhaust emission studies of thermal barrier coated single cylinder CI, DI, Diesel engine running on vegetable oil, bio-diesel and blends14. Biodiesel-diesel-alcohol blend as an alternative fuel for DI engineSection 4: APPLICATIONS15. Progress in biofuel generation and its application in fuel cells16. Study of oxygenated eco-fuel applications in CI engine, gas turbine and Jet engine17. Eco-fuel applications in CI engine18. Comparative evaluation of corrosion behavior of Aegle Marmelos Correa biodiesel and diesel on copper and mild steel metals