POTENTIAL OPTION FOR COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD) SCHEME IN BIODIESEL STUDIES: A REVIEW

Biodiesel fuel represents a unique opportunity in the current global energy scenario owing to its sustainability, renewability and potential to be universally accessible. Experimental and analytical works have established a mismatch between fuel chemistry and current diesel engine design. This, to some extent, accounts for observed challenges in performance and emissions from engines running on biodiesel. Computational schemes have played an increasingly important role in defining the scope of these challenges. Computational models' reliability has improved over time in predicting engine performance and emissions. Identifying a combustion strategy that works best for biodiesel is a research imperative. This review presents some of the strategies that have the potential to enhance biodiesel's advantages and mitigate the observed challenges.