scholarly journals Experimental assessment of regenerated lube oil in spark-ignition engine for sustainable environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 168781402094045
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Syed Saqib ◽  
Syed Wasim Hassan Zubair ◽  
Muneeb Irshad ◽  
Ammar Hussain Kazmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Acid Number ◽  
Flash Point ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Total Acid ◽  
Total Acid Number ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Engine Performance And Emissions

Lube oils are the viscous petroleum products used in automobiles to reduce the friction. The eventual fate of lube oil is either incineration or dumping off into ground, but these resources cannot be disposed off easily due to their libellous effects on environment. This article aims to study the regeneration of deteriorated oil and impact of regenerated oil on engine performance and engine emissions. The effectuality of regeneration is studied by comparing the results of the key parameters (specific gravity, viscosity, total acid number, flash point and ash contents) of regenerated oil with that of non-deteriorated and deteriorated oil. Engine performance and emissions for regenerated oil were compared with non-deteriorated and deteriorated oil. The brake power and torque increased by 4.1% and 4.6%, respectively, following the regeneration process. After re-refining of lube oil, specific gravity, flash point, kinematic viscosity, ash content and total acid number improved by 6.75%, 2.66%, 15.6%, 1.7% and 10.64%, respectively. In case of deteriorated oil, HC, NOx and CO increased by 23.6%, 42.2% and 11.8%, respectively. But after regeneration of oil, these emissions decreased as compared with deteriorated oil. It can be reasoned out that regeneration mends oil properties and has positive impact over engine performance and emissions.

scholarly journals Rehabilitating of used Generator Oil by Acid /Bentonite Treatment and Studying of its Performance Evalution

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-193
Author(s):  
Muna Mahmood Khudhair ◽  
Kafaa Fadhil Abas ◽  
Taghreed Mahdi Hameed ◽  
Awali Assad ◽  
Wasan Nifal
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Pour Point ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Combustion Products ◽  
Acid Number ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Flash Point ◽  
Total Acid ◽  
Base Oil ◽  
Total Acid Number

Used generator lubricant oils are considered hazardous wastes because of their high content of pollutants (thermal degradation products from the base oil and combustion products from fuel and lubricant and external pollutants). Thus, this research aimed to refining the waste oils for economic and environmental purpose.    In this study, it was applied acid / bentonite treatment which include treatment with commercial sulphuric acid followed by adsorption on Iraqi bentonite and study the effect of treated used genarator oil and regards to enhancing their performance in service. The quality checked by evaluation of some important properties i.e. specific gravity, viscosity, flash point, pour point, ash content, and total acid number. The results of treated used oil showed that, specific gravity decreased from 0.898 to 0.894, viscosity increased from 95 cst  to 136 cst. ,flash point  increased from 179 oC to 200 oC, pour point increased from -13 oC to -16 oC, ash content decreased from 1.174 %to, 1.0775%  and total acid number decreased from 2.983mg KOH/g to1.0775mg KOH/g.    The results of evaluation of performance of fresh and treated generator oil studied by comparison of some properties such as specific gravity, viscosity, flash point pour point, ash content,  and total acid number to the oils in use.

scholarly journals The Effects of Port Water Injection on Spark Ignition Engine Performance and Emissions Fueled by Pure Gasoline, E5 and E10

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1214
Author(s):  
Farhad Salek ◽  
Meisam Babaie ◽  
Maria Dolores Redel-Macias ◽  
Ali Ghodsi ◽  
Seyed Vahid Hosseini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Injection ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Engine Performance And Emissions ◽  
Engine Power

It has been proven that vehicle emissions such as oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are negatively affecting the health of human beings as well as the environment. In addition, it was recently highlighted that air pollution may result in people being more vulnerable to the deadly COVID-19 virus. The use of biofuels such as E5 and E10 as alternatives of gasoline fuel have been recommended by different researchers. In this paper, the impacts of port injection of water to a spark ignition engine fueled by gasoline, E5 and E10 on its performance and NOx production have been investigated. The experimental work was undertaken using a KIA Cerato engine and the results were used to validate an AVL BOOST model. To develop the numerical analysis, design of experiment (DOE) method was employed. The results showed that by increasing the ethanol fraction in gasoline/ethanol blend, the brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) improved between 2.3% and 4.5%. However, the level of NOx increased between 22% to 48%. With port injection of water up to 8%, there was up to 1% increase in engine power whereas NOx and BSFC were reduced by 8% and 1%, respectively. The impacts of simultaneous changing of the start of combustion (SOC) and water injection rate on engine power and NOx production was also investigated. It was found that the NOx concentration is very sensitive to SOC variation.

Investigation of Engine Performance and Emission Characteristics of Si Engine Fuelled with Ethanol Blends by Numerical Simulation

2014 ◽  
Vol 1016 ◽  
pp. 597-601
Author(s):  
Ceyla Ozgur ◽  
Erdi Tosun ◽  
Tayfun Ozgur ◽  
Gökhan Tuccar ◽  
Kadi̇r Aydin
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Emission Characteristics ◽  
Si Engine ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Ethanol Addition ◽  
Ethanol Blends ◽  
Engine Performance And Emissions

In this study the influences of ethanol addition to gasoline on an spark ignition engine performance and emissions were explored. AVL BOOST software was used to simulate the performance and emission characteristics of different ethanol-gasoline blends. The blended fuels contain 5%, 10% and 15% of ethanol by volume, and indicated as B95E5, B90E10, and B85E15, respectively. The results showed that ethanol addition to gasoline fuel improve combustion process, decrease CO emissions and reduce BSFC of the SI engine.

scholarly journals Experimental study on the effects of camphor ethanol petrol blends in a spark ignition engine: performance and emissions analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sankar Shanmugasundaram ◽  
Praveen Maruthur ◽  
Manivarma Kumaresan ◽  
Abhilash O. P ◽  
Akhil Das K ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Engine Performance And Emissions
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