Assessment of performance and emission characteristics of an off-highway vehicle engine fuelled with renewable fuel blends

Abstract The introduction of the strict emissions norms is diverting the research for the development of new technologies which leads to the reduction of engine exhaust emissions. The usage of biodiesel in CI engine can enhance air quality index and protects the environment. Biodiesel can do an increment in the life of CI engines because it is clean-burning and a stable fuel when compared to diesel. Moreover, biogas has the potential to decrease both nitrogen oxides and smoke emissions simultaneously. Operating the engine in dual-fuel mode can provide lower emissions and a proper substitute for diesel. In this research, a modified CI Engine with single cylinder is used. Biogas is used as primary fuel and diesel, Mahua oil-diesel blend and Fish oil-diesel blend are used as secondary fuel. The effect of various secondary fuel blends on performance and emission characteristics in dual fuel engine are compared. In light of the performance and emission qualities it is reasoned that, utilization of the dual fuel mode in engine signifies the durability and lessens the harmful emissions from the engine with the exception of hydrocarbon and CO emissions. The excessive viscosity of fish oil and mahua oil prompts inconvenience in siphoning and spray attributes. The incompetent mixing of raw fish oil and raw mahua oil with diesel and biogas including air leads to incomplete combustion.

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INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF BIODIESEL-DIESEL FUEL BLENDS ON THE PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF A DIESEL ENGINE

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v78.4443 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 78 (6) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Alireza Shirneshan ◽

Amin Nedayali

Keyword(s):

Diesel Fuel ◽

Waste Cooking Oil ◽

Emission Characteristics ◽

Gas Temperature ◽

Power Generator ◽

Power Generators ◽

Brake Torque ◽

Performance And Emission ◽

Fuel Blends ◽

Brake Power

The growing demand of diesel power generators in Iran has led to air pollution. Hence, it is necessary to ascertain the level of performance and emissions of the diesel power generators fueled with biofuels. For the first time, in this study, the effect of biodiesel from waste cooking oil and diesel fuel blends (B0, B20, B50, B80 and B100) on the performance (brake power, brake torque, BSFC, brake thermal efficiency and exhaust gas temperature) and emission characteristics (CO and NOx) of a diesel power generator model CAT3412 was investigated. The experiments were conducted at rated engine speed 1530 rpm and various engine loads (25%, 50%, 75% and 100%). The results of the study showed an increase in brake power, brake torque, BTE and NOx emission and a reduction trend in BSFC and CO emission at higher engine loads for all the biodiesel-diesel blends. In addition, the research results indicated that B20 and B50 fuel blends in terms of performance emission characteristics could be recognized as the potential candidates to be certificated for usage in the diesel power generator.

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Influence of Silica Nano-Additives on Performance and Emission Characteristics of Soybean Biodiesel Fuelled Diesel Engine

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14051489 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

pp. 1489

Author(s):

R. S. Gavhane ◽

A. M. Kate ◽

Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar ◽

V. D. Wakchaure ◽

Sagar Balgude ◽

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Keyword(s):

Diesel Engine ◽

Emission Characteristics ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Brake Thermal Efficiency ◽

X Ray ◽

Performance And Emission ◽

Fuel Blends ◽

Soybean Biodiesel ◽

Performance And Emissions ◽

Nano Additives

The present study examines the effect of silicon dioxide (SiO2) nano-additives on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled with soybean biodiesel. Soybean biofuel was prepared using the transesterification process. The morphology of nano-additives was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The Ultrasonication process was used for the homogeneous blending of nano-additives with biodiesel, while surfactant was used for the stabilisation of nano-additives. The physicochemical properties of pure and blended fuel samples were measured as per ASTM standards. The performance and emissions characteristics of different fuel samples were measured at different loading conditions. It was found that the brake thermal efficiency (BTE) and brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) increased by 3.48–6.39% and 5.81–9.88%, respectively, with the addition of SiO2 nano-additives. The carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and smoke emissions for nano-additive added blends were decreased by 1.9–17.5%, 20.56–27.5% and 10.16–23.54% compared to SBME25 fuel blends.

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Study of Performance and Emission Characteristics of Propan-2-ol and Gasoline Fuel Blends in an Unmodified Spark Ignition Engine

10.4271/2019-01-0793 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Naveen Kumar ◽

Shikhar Jain ◽

Aakriti Bagla ◽

Shivalika Sharma ◽

Mukul Tomar

Keyword(s):

Spark Ignition ◽

Spark Ignition Engine ◽

Emission Characteristics ◽

Performance And Emission ◽

Fuel Blends

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Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Diesel Engine Using Vegetable Oil Blended Fuel

ASME 2005 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference (ICEF2005) ◽

10.1115/icef2005-1231 ◽

2005 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yaodong Wang ◽

Neil Hewitt ◽

Philip Eames ◽

Shengchuo Zeng ◽

Jincheng Huang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Diesel Engine ◽

Vegetable Oil ◽

Diesel Fuel ◽

Emission Characteristics ◽

Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽

Fuel Blend ◽

Engine Load ◽

Performance And Emission ◽

Fuel Blends ◽

Co Emission

Experimental tests have been carried out to evaluate the performance and emissions characteristics of a diesel engine when fuelled by blends of 25% vegetable oil with 75% diesel fuel, 50% vegetable oil with 50% diesel fuel, 75% vegetable oil with 25% diesel fuel, and 100% vegetable oil, compared with the performance, emissions characteristics of 100% diesel fuel. The series of tests were conducted and repeated six times using each of the test fuels. 100% of ordinary diesel fuel was also used for comparison purposes. The engine worked at a fixed speed of 1500 r/min, but at different loads respectively, i.e. 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of the engine load. The performance and the emission characteristics of exhaust gases of the engine were compared and analyzed. The experimental results showed that the carbon monoxide (CO) emission from the vegetable oil and vegetable oil/diesel fuel blends were nearly all higher than that from pure diesel fuel at the engine 0% load to 75% load. Only at the 100% engine load point, the CO emission of vegetable oil and vegetable oil/diesel fuel blends was lower than that of diesel fuel. The hydrocarbon (HC) emission of vegetable oil and vegetable/diesel fuel blends were lower than that of diesel fuel, except that 50% of vegetable oil and 50% diesel fuel blend was a little higher than that of diesel fuel. The oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emission of vegetable oil and vegetable oil/diesel fuel blends, at the range of tests, were lower than that of diesel fuel.

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Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Diesel Engine Fueled by Biodiesel-Ethanol-Diesel Fuel Blends

No 1 - International Journal of Advanced Thermofluid Research ◽

10.51141/ijatr.2018.4.1.2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 26-36

Author(s):

Fatima Mohammed Ghanim ◽

Ali Mohammed Hamdan Adam ◽

Hazir Farouk

Keyword(s):

Diesel Engine ◽

Engine Performance ◽

Exhaust Emission ◽

Biodiesel Fuel ◽

Emission Characteristics ◽

Emission Analysis ◽

Performance And Emission ◽

Fuel Blends ◽

Oxygenated Additives ◽

Blend Ratios

Abstract: There is growing interest to study the effect of blending various oxygenated additives with diesel or biodiesel fuel on engine performance and emission characteristics. This study aims to analyze the performance and exhaust emission of a four-stroke, four-cylinder diesel engine fueled with biodiesel-ethanol-diesel. Biodiesel was first produced from crude Jatropha oil, and then it was blended with ethanol and fossil diesel in different blend ratios (B10E10D80, B12.5E12.5D75, B15E15D70, B20E20D60 and B25E25D50). The engine performance and emission characteristics were studied at engine speeds ranging from 1200 to 2000 rpm. The results show that the brake specific fuel consumption increases while the brake power decreases as the percentage of biodiesel and ethanol increases in the blend. The exhaust emission analysis shows a reduction in CO2 emission and increase in NOx emission when the biodiesel -to- ethanol ratio increases in the blends, when compared with diesel as a reference fuel.

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