scholarly journals An investigation on the performance and emission studies on diesel engine by addition of nanoparticles and antioxidants as additives in biodiesel blends

Author(s):  
Siddavatam Naresh Kumar Reddy ◽  
Mohmad Marouf Wani

AbstractThe study aims to examine the effects of palm biodiesel blended with additives in the compression ignition (CI) engine. Biodiesel as fuel was limited by challenges such as lower calorific value (CV) and higher viscosity while increasing brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions. Nanoparticles and antioxidant additives added to biodiesel play an essential role in avoiding the hindrances of biodiesel. The antioxidants combined with biodiesel reduced NOx emissions by eliminating decomposing peroxides, free radicals, and preventing free radicals' chain reaction. The Significant characteristics of nanoparticles are high CV, high thermal conductivity, and higher surface to volume ratio. These characteristics are used to improve the CI engine's performance and emissions by using nanoparticles blended with biodiesel. Five different test blends of Diesel, B20, B20TO, B20AO, and B20AOTO were prepared. The result showed high brake thermal efficiency (BTHE) and decreased BSFC, exhaust gas temperature (EGT), hydrocarbons (HC), NOx, and HC emissions by using the B20AOTO fuel blend contrasted with other biodiesel blends.

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Savariraj ◽  
T. Ganapathy ◽  
C. G. Saravanan

Biodiesel derived from nonedible feed stocks such as Mahua, Jatropha, Pongamia are reported to be feasible choices for developing countries including India. This paper presents the results of investigation of performance and emissions characteristics of diesel engine using Mahua biodiesel. In this investigation, the blends of varying proportions of Mahua biodiesel and diesel were prepared, analyzed compared with the performance of diesel fuel, and studied using a single cylinder diesel engine. The brake thermal efficiency, brake-specific fuel consumption, exhaust gas temperatures, Co, Hc, No, and smoke emissions were analyzed. The tests showed decrease in the brake thermal efficiencies of the engine as the amount of Mahua biodiesel in the blend increased. The maximum percentage of reduction in BTE (14.3%) was observed for B-100 at full load. The exhaust gas temperature with the blends decreased as the proportion of Mahua increases in the blend. The smoke, Co, and No emissions of the engine were increased with the blends at all loads. However, Hc emissions of Mahua biodiesels were less than that of diesel.


2012 ◽  
Vol 505 ◽  
pp. 458-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Senthil Kumar ◽  
M. Senthil Kumar ◽  
P. Senthil Kumar

Current demands on renewable alternative fuel, biodiesel claims considerable significance. Biodiesel can be produced from any type of vegetable oils but yielding is determined by its free fatty acid (FFA) content. The alkaline-catalyzed esterification is not suitable for the unrefined vegetable oil which has high acid content. Hence, two-step esterification process is used to derive the kapok methyl ester due to its high FFA value. The biodiesel production in the two step process consists of acid-catalyzed pretreatment followed by an alkaline-catalyzed transesterificatin. In this study, experimental investigations are carried out in compression ignition engine to analyze the properties, performance and emissions characteristics of different blends of kapok methyl ester and compared with diesel. The exhaust gas temperature and specific fuel consumption are increased with increase of load and amount of biodiesel. The CO2 emission is slightly higher and NOx emission is about 22 percentage higher than that of the diesel at all the loads of engine. However, lower biodiesel blends showed reasonable efficiencies, lower value of smoke, CO and HC emissions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Pandhare ◽  
Atul Padalkar

This paper presents the performance of biodiesel blends in a single-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine. All experiments were carried out at constant speed 1500 rpm and the biodiesel blends were varied from B10 to B100. The engine was equipped with variable compressions ratio (VCR) mechanism. For 100% Jatropha biodiesel, the maximum fuel consumption was 15% higher than that of diesel fuel. The brake thermal efficiency for biodiesel and its blends was found to be slightly higher than that of diesel at various load conditions. The increase in specific fuel consumption ranged from 2.75% to 15% for B10 to B100 fuels. The exhaust gas temperature increased with increased biodiesel blend. The highest exhaust gas temperature observed was 430°C with biodiesel for load conditions 1.5 kW, 2.5 kW, and 3.5 kW, where as for diesel the maximum exhaust gas temperature was 440°C. The CO2emission from the biodiesel fuelled engine was higher by 25% than diesel fuel at full load. The CO emissions were lower with Jatropha by 15%, 13%, and 13% at 1.5 kW, 2.5 kW, and 3.5 kW load conditions, respectively. TheNOxemissions were higher by 16%, 19%, and 20% at 1.5 kW, 2.5 kW, and 3.5 kW than that of the diesel, respectively.


2014 ◽  
Vol 493 ◽  
pp. 273-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang Sudarmanta ◽  
Sudjud Darsopuspito ◽  
Djoko Sungkono

Performance and emissions characteristics from port injection SINJAI engine 650 cc operating on bioethanol-gasoline blended fuels of 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% were investigated on water brake dynamometers with power capacity 120 hp. The properties of bioethanol were measured based on American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) standards. Fuel consumption was measured by the time fuel consumption per 25 cc of fuel in a measuring glass whereas combustion air consumption was measured using an air flow meter. The emission parameters, exhaust gas temperature and air fuel ratio were measured using STARGAS exhaust gas analyzer. The increase of bioethanol content will increases the engine performance and reduces pollutan emission. The highest engine performance produced by E15 blended fuel with increased torsi, mean effective pressure and power output of 10,27 %, thermal efficiency 1,8% but specific fuel consumption increased approximatelly 12,42%. This condition occurs at engine speed 3000 - 3500 rpm. While the emission CO and HC emissions decreased significantly as a result of the leaning effect caused by the bioethanol addition. In this study, it was found that using bioetanol-gasoline blended fuels , the CO and HC emissions would be reduced appoximatelly by 55 and 32% Respectively.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Navdeep Sharma Dugala ◽  
Gyanendra Singh Goindi ◽  
Ajay Sharma

AbstractThe present work discusses the performance and emissions characterization of dual biodiesel sample blends on a varying compression ratio diesel engine. The dual biodiesel blends were obtained by blending two biodiesels (Mahua and Jatropha) in equal proportions volume (1:1, v/v) with mineral diesel. The sample blends were obtained on a ‘percentage by volume’ basis and named B10, B20, B30, and B40 (B10 was a blend of 5% each biodiesel with 90% mineral diesel and similarly for all other sample blends). All the experiments were performed at a constant engine speed of 1500 rpm, 50% loading conditions (2.6 kW), and varying compression ratios of 13.5:1, 14.5:1, 15.5:1, and 16.5:1. The results revealed that the sample blends had slightly higher brake power and mechanical efficiency with sample blends B10 to B40 had (0.15–1.58%) higher brake power and (1.07–12.42%) higher mechanical efficiency as compared to mineral diesel at a compression ratio of 16.5:1. The In-cylinder peak pressure and exhaust gas temperature were observed to be lower than mineral diesel for the sample blends B10 to B40 by 0.15–0.36 bar and 11.1–69.8 ℃, respectively. Also, the emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons were lower by 33–62%, respectively, for the sample with the highest blend percentage. However, the carbon dioxide emissions were found to be higher by 42.85% than mineral diesel. From the overall performance and characterization, it is concluded that B20 had optimum properties and blend percentage to be a better substitute fuel for mineral diesel among all the tested samples.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (5A) ◽  
pp. 779-788
Author(s):  
Marwa N. Kareem ◽  
Adel M. Salih

In this study, the sunflowers oil was utilized as for producing biodiesel via a chemical operation, which is called trans-esterification reaction. Iraqi diesel fuel suffers from high sulfur content, which makes it one of the worst fuels in the world. This study is an attempt to improve the fuel specifications by reducing the sulfur content of the addition of biodiesel fuel to diesel where this fuel is free of sulfur and has a thermal energy that approaches to diesel.20%, 30% and 50% of Biodiesel fuel were added to the conventional diesel. Performance tests and pollutants of a four-stroke single-cylinder diesel engine were performed. The results indicated that the brake thermal efficiency a decreased by (4%, 16%, and 22%) for the B20, B30 and B50, respectively. The increase in specific fuel consumption was (60%, 33%, and 11%) for the B50, B30, and B20 fuels, respectively for the used fuel blends compared to neat diesel fuel. The engine exhaust gas emissions measures manifested a decreased of CO and HC were CO decreased by (13%), (39%) and (52%), and the HC emissions were lower by (6.3%), (32%), and (46%) for B20, B30 and B50 respectively, compared to diesel fuel. The reduction of exhaust gas temperature was (7%), (14%), and (32%) for B20, B30 and B50 respectively. The NOx emission increased with the increase in biodiesel blends ratio. For B50, the raise was (29.5%) in comparison with diesel fuel while for B30 and B20, the raise in the emissions of NOx was (18%) and...


2021 ◽  
Vol 143 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Anderson ◽  
Amal M. Al-Mohaimeed ◽  
Mohamed Soliman Elshikh ◽  
T. R. Praveenkumar ◽  
M. Sekar

Abstract The current study emphasis on the engine performance and emission characteristics of rapeseed and soya biodiesel dispersion on a novel nanocatalyst at different concentrations of 25 ppm and 50 ppm. The results of this study were compared with those of conventional diesel at varying load conditions on a combustion ignition engine. An α-Fe2O3-doped Al2O3 was mixed with rapeseed biodiesel and soya biodiesel using an ultrasonicator at a frequency of 25 kHz. This study revealed that the incorporation of nanoparticles in biodiesel enhanced the performance of the blends by reducing the content of lignin and other unsaturated fatty acids. The improvement in the performance of the engine is mainly attributed to the high area-to-volume ratio of the nanocatalyst. Emissions of NOx. hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide during the combustion reaction increased significantly when nanoparticles were added at higher concentrations. Contrastingly, the emission of NOx in pure biodiesel was higher than that in conventional diesel. The addition of nanoparticles reduced CO emissions due to the presence of extra oxygen molecules and converted carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide. Soya seed biodiesel blends with 50 ppm nanoparticles showed better engine performance and emission characteristics as compared with all other blends.


Author(s):  
Salah E. Mohammed ◽  
M.B. Baharom ◽  
A. Rashid A. Aziz ◽  
A. Ezrann Z. Zainal ◽  
F. Firmansyah

The effects of varying the ignition timing on the performance and emissions characteristics of a crank-rocker engine were experimentally investigated. Experiments were carried out at five different ignition timings of 6.5°, 8.5°, 10.5°, 12.5°and 14.5° CA BTDC at engine speed of 2000rpm and wide open throttle position. Performance data such as brake torque, brake power, brake specific fuel consumption and brake thermal efficiency were calculated. Engine exhaust gas emission such as CO, CO2, HC and NOx have also been measured. The results showed that at 10.5° CA (BTDC) ignition timing, the crank-rocker engine produce maximum brake torque, brake power, BTE and minimum value for the BSFC. In general, CO and HC emissions decreased while CO2 and NOx emissions increased with ignition timing advance. The findings in this paper are useful for researchers and engine developers in understanding the trade-offs and physical limitations of crank-rocker engine designs


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhabani Prasanna Pattanaik ◽  
JIBITESH KUMAR PANDA ◽  
Santhosh Kumar Gugulothu ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Jena

Abstract The present work studies the influence of di-tertiary-butyl peroxide (DTBP) as a cetane-improving additive to karanja methyl ester (KME) on the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine. KME produced by base catalyzed transesterification of non-edible karanja oil was blended with DTBP in different volume proportions to result KMED1 (99% KME + 1% DTBP), KMED2 (98% KME + 2% DTBP), KMED3 (97% KME + 3% DTBP) and KMED5 (95% KME + 5% DTBP) fuel blends. With increase in DTBP content, viscosity was reduced, whereas the cold flow properties, cetane index and calorific value were enhanced. Engine test results exhibited improvement in brake thermal efficiency and brake specific energy consumption for all blends compared to neat KME. Combustion analysis showed improved combustion with rise in DTBP content in the blends. The CO, HC and NOx emissions with KME-DTBP blends were less compared to neat KME and the same significantly reduced with rise in DTBP percentage in the blends. This shows improved combustion due to more oxygen availability and improvement in fuel properties with addition of DTBP to KME. However, the NOx emissions were marginally higher with KME-DTBP blends compared to neat KME and diesel that may be further studied.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7823-7826

An Experimental investigation was carried out to find out combustion performance and emissions characteristics of diesel engine using nano-aluminum oxide (n-Al2O3 ) mixed diesel. The n-Al2O3 of size 50 nm was mixed into diesel fuel at the rate of 0.5g/l and 1g/l for formulation of new alternate fuels. The nAl2O3 was dispersed by means of an ultrasonic sonificator in order to produce uniform dispersion of n-Al2O3 in the diesel fuel. Nano-Al2O3 possesses better combustion characteristics and enhanced surface-area-to-volume ratio and hence allows more amount of diesel to react with the oxygen which in turn enhances the burning efficiency of the test fuels. This also enhanced using neodymium magnets which separates the molecules of the clustered hydrocarbon. The magnets are fitted across the fuel line to give best magnetic field for the fuel to flow through. The diesel fuel with and without n-Al2O3 additive were tested in a variable compression diesel engine at different load conditions and the results revealed that a considerable amount of enhancement in the brake thermal efficiency and substantial reduction in content of NOx and unburnt hydrocarbon (UBHC) at all the loads compared to neat diesel were observed due to nano Al2O3 ’s better combustion characteristics and improved degree of mixing with air


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