Combustion characteristics, engine performances and emissions of a diesel engine using nanoparticle-diesel fuel blends with aluminium oxide, carbon nanotubes and silicon oxide

•100 ppm of silicon oxide shows improvement in ignition delay and cylinder pressure.•Brake thermal efficiency improvement of 15.4% is achieved by 25 ppm silicon oxide.•Carbon nanotubes show increase in carbon monoxide with the increase of its amount.•Silicon oxide shows 0.88 vol% reduction of carbon...

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