Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application

Diesel engines are extensively used across automotive, agricultural, and industrial sectors due to their high thermal efficiency and robust performance. However, their operation is associated with significant levels of noise and vibration, in addition to the depletion of fossil fuel resources. Biodi...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Zikri, Japri, Mohd Shahrir, Mohd Sani, Abdul Adam, Abdullah
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025
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Online Access:https://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/45461/
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Abdul Adam, Abdullah
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description Diesel engines are extensively used across automotive, agricultural, and industrial sectors due to their high thermal efficiency and robust performance. However, their operation is associated with significant levels of noise and vibration, in addition to the depletion of fossil fuel resources. Biodiesel has emerged as a promising alternative fuel due to its renewability, compatibility with existing diesel engines, and potential to reduce environmental and acoustic impacts. This review critically examines the influence of biodiesel and its blends on noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) characteristics in diesel engines. Emphasis is placed on how biodiesel's physicochemical properties—such as cetane number, viscosity, density, and oxygen content—affect combustion behavior and subsequent NVH outcomes. While many studies report reductions in noise and vibration with low biodiesel blend ratios (e.g., B20), higher blends often introduce trade-offs related to combustion irregularity and fuel atomization. Key challenges, such as cold flow limitations and variability among feedstocks, are also discussed. This paper identifies methodological gaps in NVH assessment, highlights inconsistencies across existing literature, and proposes future directions for research, including standardization of testing protocols and the application of advanced analytical techniques. The review contributes a structured synthesis of findings across biodiesel generations and feedstocks, supporting more informed development and deployment of biodiesel in compression-ignition engines.
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spelling ump-454612025-08-22T00:09:07Z https://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/45461/ Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application Muhammad Zikri, Japri Mohd Shahrir, Mohd Sani Abdul Adam, Abdullah TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Diesel engines are extensively used across automotive, agricultural, and industrial sectors due to their high thermal efficiency and robust performance. However, their operation is associated with significant levels of noise and vibration, in addition to the depletion of fossil fuel resources. Biodiesel has emerged as a promising alternative fuel due to its renewability, compatibility with existing diesel engines, and potential to reduce environmental and acoustic impacts. This review critically examines the influence of biodiesel and its blends on noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) characteristics in diesel engines. Emphasis is placed on how biodiesel's physicochemical properties—such as cetane number, viscosity, density, and oxygen content—affect combustion behavior and subsequent NVH outcomes. While many studies report reductions in noise and vibration with low biodiesel blend ratios (e.g., B20), higher blends often introduce trade-offs related to combustion irregularity and fuel atomization. Key challenges, such as cold flow limitations and variability among feedstocks, are also discussed. This paper identifies methodological gaps in NVH assessment, highlights inconsistencies across existing literature, and proposes future directions for research, including standardization of testing protocols and the application of advanced analytical techniques. The review contributes a structured synthesis of findings across biodiesel generations and feedstocks, supporting more informed development and deployment of biodiesel in compression-ignition engines. Elsevier 2025-08-21 Article PeerReviewed pdf en https://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/45461/1/Exploring%20the%20world%20of%20diesel%20engines_%20Analyzing%20noise%20and%20vibration.pdf Muhammad Zikri, Japri and Mohd Shahrir, Mohd Sani and Abdul Adam, Abdullah (2025) Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 226, Part A (116168). pp. 1-33. ISSN 1364-0321. (In Press / Online First) (In Press / Online First) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.116168 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.116168 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.116168
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Muhammad Zikri, Japri
Mohd Shahrir, Mohd Sani
Abdul Adam, Abdullah
Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application
title Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application
title_full Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application
title_fullStr Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application
title_short Exploring the world of diesel engines: Analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application
title_sort exploring the world of diesel engines: analyzing noise and vibration characteristics with biodiesel application
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
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