Lubricity of Ethanol-Diesel Fuel Blends-Study with the Four-Ball Machine Method.

Due to the increasing consumption of fuels in heavy industries, especially in road transportation, significant efforts are being made to increase the market participation of renewable fuels, including ethanol. In diesel engines, however, ethanol cannot be used as a pure fuel, primarily due to its very low cetane number and lubricity. For this reason, greater attention is being paid to blended fuels containing diesel and varying percentages of ethanol.

A Simplified Numerical Approach to Examine the Sensitivity of Two-Electrode Capacitance Sensor Orientation to Capture Different Gas-Liquid Flow Patterns in a Small Circular Pipe.

This work involved the simulation of both a multiphase gas-liquid flow and the electromagnetic field representing a two-electrode capacitance sensor in a circular pipe. The simulation investigates in particular the sensitivity of the sensor orientation around the pipe (i.e.

Creating an emission model based on portable emission measurement system for the purpose of a roundabout.

Road transport is the main source of pollution to the environment in urban areas; therefore, there is a need to accurately estimate the amount of exhaust gases emitted by motor vehicles. The development of systems for measuring emissions of exhaust gases caused the exit from stationary chassis dynamometers to real road test. This paper presents an analysis of emission data from the PEMS system for real driving cycles of various types of vehicles, complying with EURO2-EURO6 standards, fueled with petrol, LPG, and diesel in urban, rural, and motorway areas as well as detailing roundabouts.

Analysis of the repeatability of the exhaust pollutants emission research results for cold and hot starts under controlled driving cycle conditions.

Measurement of car engines exhaust pollutants emissions is very important because of their harmful effects on the environment. This article presents the assessment of repeatability of the passenger car engine exhaust pollutants emission research results obtained in the conditions of a chassis dynamometer. The research was conducted in a climate chamber, enabling the temperature conditions to be determined from - 20 to + 30 °C.

Fishbone-like instability in a looped-tube thermoacoustic engine.

Quasi-periodic bursts of acoustic oscillations were observed during the start-up process in a looped-tube thermoacoustic engine. The acoustic oscillations have a constant frequency of 111 Hz, while the bursts have "quasi-periods" in the order of 14-25 s. The quasi-periodic bursts show a new mode of amplitude growth in this thermoacoustic engine.

[The use of Nd-Yag laser in the treatment of tracheal tumor in 14 years old child with mukopolisacharydosis type II].

Hunter's Syndrome (MPS II) is a class of hereditary disorder characterized by a deficiency of specific enzyme--iduronate sulphatase required to break down mucopolisacharides and occurs in Poland in one of 100-150 thousand male live births. MPS II may be lethal in the second decade of life as a result of infiltrativ cardiomiopathy leading to irreversible heart failure or upper airway obstruction caused by infiltration, granulation and deformation in trachea or larynx. We report a case of 14-year-old male with Hunter Syndrome who developed tracheal obstruction and was treated with Nd-Yag laser.