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Mustafa Canakci

Mustafa Canakci

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Engineering and Technology
Turkey
2025

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
59
Citations
18870
World Ranking
2288
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Turkey Leader Award

Overview

Mustafa Canakci is affiliated with the University of Kocaeli in Turkey, where their research primarily focuses on engineering and chemical engineering disciplines. Their work spans several interconnected fields, including fluid flow and transfer processes, biomedical engineering, automotive engineering, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

The main topics covered by Mustafa Canakci's research include:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Lubricants and Their Additives
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

The scientist's recent papers have been published in reputable academic journals. These include:

  • "The role of hydrogen for future internal combustion engines," 2022, International Journal of Engine Research
  • "An evaluation of the use of alcohol fuels in SI engines in terms of performance, emission and combustion characteristics: A review," 2020, Fuel
  • "Using low viscosity micro-emulsification fuels composed of waste frying oil-diesel fuel-higher bio-alcohols in a turbocharged-CRDI diesel engine," 2021, Fuel
  • "Effects of variable valve timing on the air flow parameters in an electromechanical valve mechanism - A CFD study," 2021, Fuel
  • "Effects of Biodiesel Fuels Produced from Vegetable Oil and Waste Animal Fat on the Characteristics of a TDI Diesel Engine," 2022, European Journal of Technic

Mustafa Canakci frequently collaborates with several co-authors, reflecting diverse research interests and cross-disciplinary efforts. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • Ertan Alptekin
  • Hüseyin Şanlı
  • Angelo Onorati
  • Raúl Payri
  • BM Vaglieco

Their publications have appeared predominantly in the journal Fuel, with three contributions, and also in the International Journal of Engine Research and the European Journal of Technic. Other academic venues include Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy and the Turkish Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases.

Mustafa Canakci's research integrates topics of sustainable energy sources, biodiesel fuel production, and the optimization of combustion technologies. This reflects a focus on improving vehicle emissions, exploring renewable energy applications, and advancing engine performance.

Best Publications

  • BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM OILS AND FATS WITH HIGH FREE FATTY ACIDS

    M. Canakci;J. Van Gerpen

  • BIODIESEL PRODUCTION VIA ACID CATALYSIS

    M. Canakci;J. Van Gerpen

  • The potential of restaurant waste lipids as biodiesel feedstocks.

    Mustafa Canakci

  • Biodiesel production from various feedstocks and their effects on the fuel properties.

    M. Canakci;H. Sanli

  • Determination of the density and the viscosities of biodiesel–diesel fuel blends

    Ertan Alptekin;Mustafa Canakci

  • IJER editorial: The future of the internal combustion engine:

    R D Reitz;H Ogawa;R Payri;T Fansler

  • COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS OF A TURBOCHARGED DI COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE FUELED WITH PETROLEUM DIESEL FUELS AND BIODIESEL

    Mustafa Canakci

  • PERFORMANCE AND COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS OF A DI DIESEL ENGINE FUELED WITH WASTE PALM OIL AND CANOLA OIL METHYL ESTERS

    Ahmet Necati Ozsezen;Mustafa Canakci;Ali Turkcan;Cenk Sayin

  • COMPARISON OF ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS FOR PETROLEUM DIESEL FUEL, YELLOW GREASE BIODIESEL, AND SOYBEAN OIL BIODIESEL

    M. Canakci;J. H. Van Gerpen

  • The effect of timing and oxidation on emissions from biodiesel-fueled engines.

    A. Monyem;J. H. Van Gerpen;M. Canakci

  • Performance and exhaust emissions of a biodiesel engine

    Mustafa Canakci;Ahmet Erdil;Erol Arcaklioğlu

  • The impact of fuel injection pressure on the exhaust emissions of a direct injection diesel engine fueled with biodiesel–diesel fuel blends

    Metin Gumus;Cenk Sayin;Mustafa Canakci

  • Impact of alcohol–gasoline fuel blends on the performance and combustion characteristics of an SI engine

    Muharrem Eyidogan;Ahmet Necati Ozsezen;Mustafa Canakci;Ali Turkcan

  • The effect of different alcohol fuels on the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of a gasoline engine

    Mustafa Kemal Balki;Cenk Sayin;Mustafa Canakci

  • Effect of injection timing on the exhaust emissions of a diesel engine using diesel–methanol blends

    Cenk Sayin;Murat Ilhan;Mustafa Canakci;Metin Gumus

  • A pilot plant to produce biodiesel from high free fatty acid feedstocks.

    M. Canakcİ;J. H. van Gerpen

  • Prediction of performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine fueled with biodiesel produced from waste frying palm oil

    Mustafa Canakci;Ahmet Necati Ozsezen;Erol Arcaklioglu;Ahmet Erdil

  • Determination of performance and combustion characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with canola and waste palm oil methyl esters

    Ahmet Necati Ozsezen;Mustafa Canakci

  • Effects of injection timing on the engine performance and exhaust emissions of a dual-fuel diesel engine

    Cenk Sayin;Mustafa Canakci

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF THE KEY FUEL PROPERTIES OF METHYL ESTER–DIESEL FUEL BLENDS

    Ertan Alptekin;Mustafa Canakci

  • Performance and exhaust emissions of a gasoline engine using artificial neural network

    Cenk Sayin;H. Metin Ertunc;Murat Hosoz;Ibrahim Kilicaslan

  • Impact of alcohol-gasoline fuel blends on the exhaust emission of an SI engine

    Mustafa Canakci;Ahmet Necati Ozsezen;Ertan Alptekin;Muharrem Eyidogan

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