Investigation of hydrogen influence on compression ignition engine fuelled with pyrolysis blends using experimental and RSM methods

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¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 602105, India. sunilkumarkresearcher@gmail.com.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jonnada, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, 535005, India.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to Be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India.
⁴ Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, 140417, India.
⁵ Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, 61421, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ College of Engineering and Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Dilla University, Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State, Po. Box 419, Dilla, Ethiopia. addisuf@du.edu.et.

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K Sunil Kumar et al. Sci Rep. 2026.

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. 2026 Feb 24.

doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-39172-5. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 602105, India. sunilkumarkresearcher@gmail.com.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jonnada, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, 535005, India.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to Be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India.
⁴ Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, 140417, India.
⁵ Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, 61421, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ College of Engineering and Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Dilla University, Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State, Po. Box 419, Dilla, Ethiopia. addisuf@du.edu.et.

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Keywords: Dual engine; Green energy; Hydrogen gas; Pyrolysis oil; Response surface methodology.

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Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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