The goal was to find the best settings for a special engine. This engine uses a mix of fuels to burn cleanly and efficiently. It combines a high-reactive fuel, made from 30% mahua biodiesel and diesel, with a low-reactive fuel, ethanol. The engine can switch between different loads and ethanol shares to find the sweet spot for performance and emissions. The engine c...

In Indian homes, burning stuff like wood and crop waste for cooking is a big part of why people get tuberculosis (TB). It's not just poverty or where you live that causes TB – the smoke from these fuels is also a major factor, making up about 26% of cases. This study, done between 2019 and 2021, looked into how using these fuels leads to indoor air pollution (IAP). W...