**Meet the editor**

Prof. Shahriar Khan has been an Associate Professor at Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) since 2005. He received his M.S. and Ph.D (1997) from Texas A&M University, where he also served as Assistant Lecturer. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He was active as adjunct professor at Bronte

College, Canada. Dr. Khan has had industrial experience in Schlumberger Oilfield Services, where he designed radio frequency and magnetic resonance electronics for drilling equipment. Dr. Khan is a member of IEEE, and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh. He is a speaker and instructor for the Astronomy Association of Bangladesh. Besides fossil fuel and renewable energy, Dr. Khan has cross-disciplinary interests in power systems, power electronics, communications, control systems, and river basin dynamics. In recent years, he has attempted to apply research to improving living standards in the country and worldwide.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Effects of Fuel Properties on** 

Chapter 2 **A Review of Hydrogen-Natural Gas** 

Chapter 3 **Fuel-N Conversion to NO, N2O** 

Stanisław Gil

**Diffusion Combustion and Deposit Accumulation 1** 

**Blend Fuels in Internal Combustion Engines 17**  Antonio Mariani, Biagio Morrone and Andrea Unich

José Tavira-Mondragón, Guillermo Romero-Jiménez

**Power Systems Employing Renewable Energy Sources 121** 

Chapter 6 **Energy-Efficient Standalone Fossil-Fuel Based Hybrid** 

R. W. Wies, R. A. Johnson and A. N. Agrawal

Chapter 7 **Estimating Oil Reserves: History and Methods 143** 

**and Climate Change in the 21st Century 167** 

**in Saving Energy and the Environment 193** 

Kazuhiro Hayashida and Katsuhiko Haji

**and N2 During Coal Combustion 37** 

Chapter 4 **Co-Combustion of Coal and Alternative Fuels 63** 

Pavel Kolat and Zdeněk Kadlec

Chapter 5 **Fossil Fuel Power Plant Simulators for Operator Training 91** 

and Luis Jiménez-Fraustro

Nuno Luis Madureira

Chapter 9 **Modern Transitions** 

Shahriar Khan

Chapter 8 **Global Trends of Fossil Fuel Reserves** 

Bharat Raj Singh and Onkar Singh
