scholarly journals Engine performance and exhaust emissions of Garcinia gummi-gutta based biodiesel–diesel and ethanol blends

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. S. Ajith ◽  
M. C. Math ◽  
G. C. Manjunath Patel ◽  
Mahesh B. Parappagoudar
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Fuel Properties ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Emission Characteristics ◽  
Biodiesel Blends ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Full Load ◽  
Ethanol Blends ◽  
Engine Condition

AbstractThe use of abundantly available Garcinia gummi-gutta seeds grown at forest lands and ethanol a by-product of sugar industries has led to resource conservation and their use as alternate fuel to diesel engines for pollution reduction. Garcinia gummi-gutta (GGG) oil-based methyl esters blended with 20% ethanol and diesel fuel composed of six fuel samples (D100, B20E20, B30E20, B40E20, B100E20 and B100) are tested at different engine loads (0%, 20%, 40%, 80% and 100%) for their practical usefulness in diesel engine. Six fuel samples are tested for fuel properties. Biodiesel–diesel–ethanol blends showed approximately closer fuel properties to standard diesel fuel. Tests are carried out experimentally to know their performance and emission characteristics of six test samples fuelled in diesel engine varied subjected to different loads. Brake specific fuel consumption for all biodiesel blends is slightly higher for diesel fuel and its proportion decreases with increase in engine load. At full load engine condition, the brake thermal efficiency (BTE) for diesel fuel is 26.25%, and for biodiesel blends vary in the ranges of 22.5 to 25.2%. Compared to diesel fuel there is a reduction in 32.56% of carbon monoxide (CO) emission and 35.71% of hydrocarbon (HC) emission for biodiesel fuel (B100E20). For all biodiesel blended fuels tested at all engine loads, the oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions are marginally higher than diesel fuel. At full load engine condition, B100E20 (100% diesel and 20% ethanol) reduces CO emissions by 6.45%, HC emissions by 6.64%, and increases BTE by 0.8%, compared to neat biodiesel (B100). GGG based biodiesel blended with ethanol resulted with better fuel properties, performance and emission characteristics to that of diesel fuel. Garcinia gummi-gutta seed yields 45% of oil with a high conversion ratio to biodiesel of 1:0.96, which help the industry for biodiesel production in large scale at reduced cost.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF DIESEL-BIODIESEL BLENDS ON THE PERFORMANCE AND EXHAUST EMISSIONS OF A DIRECT INJECTION OFF-ROAD DIESEL ENGINE

Transport ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Mickevičius ◽  
Stasys Slavinskas ◽  
Slawomir Wierzbicki ◽  
Kamil Duda
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Bench Test ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Biodiesel Blends ◽  
Performance And Emission

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the diesel engine performance and emission characteristics, when operating on diesel fuel and various diesel-biodiesel (B10, B20, B40, B60) blends, at various loads and engine speeds. The experimental tests were performed on a four-stroke, four-cylinder, direct injection, naturally aspirated, 60 kW diesel engine D-243. The in-cylinder pressure data was analysed to determine the ignition delay, the Heat Release Rate (HRR), maximum in-cylinder pressure and maximum pressure gradients. The influence of diesel-biodiesel blends on the Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (bsfc) and exhaust emissions was also investigated. The bench test results showed that when the engine running on blends B60 at full engine load and rated speed, the autoignition delay was 13.5% longer, in comparison with mineral diesel. Maximum cylinder pressure decreased about 1–2% when the amount of Rapeseed Methyl Ester (RME) expanded in the diesel fuel when operating at full load and 1400 min–1 speed. At rated mode, the minimum bsfc increased, when operating on biofuel blends compared to mineral diesel. The maximum brake thermal efficiency sustained at the levels from 0.3% to 6.5% lower in comparison with mineral diesel operating at full (100%) load. When the engine was running at maximum torque mode using diesel – RME fuel blends B10, B20, B40 and B60 the total emissions of nitrogen oxides decreased. At full and moderate load, the emission of carbon monoxide significantly raised as the amount of RME in fuel increased.

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