Nanomaterials for Environmental Application: Fuel Additives for Diesel Engines

This book explores the use of nanomaterials as diesel fuel additives. It extensively reviews the diesel engine characteristics and the most frequently used nanomaterials and nanofuels and discusses the practical issues regarding the viability of nanomaterials as fuel additives from technical, environmental, and human health viewpoints.

Special attention is focused on questions related to the short-term use of nanomaterials in diesel engines, such as:

· What are the most important nanomat...