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Fig. 1 Global atmospheric concentrations of three most important greenhouse gases

cleaner and renewable energy source and offer great flexibility in their utilization

for transportation and power generation. This chapter provides an overview of
research dealing with the combustion and emissions of these fuels, both as stand-
alone fuel or by blending with petroleum fuels. Clearly, there is a vast body of
literature on the fundamental and applied research concerning the production and
utilization of these fuels. However, the scope of this chapter is limited to funda-
mental work concerning their ignition behavior, laminar

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and the use of these fuels in dual-fuel diesel engines.
The chapter is organized in the following manner. The next section provides a
brief summary of processes for converting biomass to more useful fuels, followed
by an overview of

fundamental studies on the combustion and emission