scholarly journals Investigation of The Effects of Biodiesel Produced from Crambe Abyssinica Plant Using KOH and NaOH Catalyst on Combustion, Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions

Author(s):  
Ayhan Uyaroğlu ◽  
Tolga KOCAKULAK ◽  
Bilal Aydoğan

Abstract In this study, biodiesel fuel produced from crambe abyssinica plant using KOH and NaOH catalysts was mixed with standard diesel fuel and the effects on engine performance, combustion and emission were experimentally investigated. During the experiment, in-cylinder pressure data were specified for each test fuel and engine load. In addition, measurements of HC, NOx, CO and smoke emissions were carried out. With the obtained experimental data, parameters such as heat release rate, combustion stages, thermal efficiency, indicated mean effective pressure (imep), ignition delay, ringing intensity and specific fuel consumptions were calculated and evaluated in MATLAB/Simulink environment. It was concluded that the highest thermal efficiency values were achieved with CAKB25 mixed fuel under all engine load conditions. It has been determined that using crambe abyssinica KOH catalyst (CAK) and crambe abyssinica NaOH catalyst (CAN) biodiesel fuel mixtures on diesel engine instead of standard diesel fuel improves CO, HC, and smoke emissions but increases NOx values slightly.

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...


Author(s):  
Valentin Soloiu ◽  
Martin Muiños ◽  
Tyler Naes ◽  
Spencer Harp ◽  
Marcis Jansons

In this study, the combustion and emissions characteristics of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) obtained by direct injection (DI) of S8 and port fuel injection (PFI) of n-butanol were compared with RCCI of ultra-low sulfur diesel #2 (ULSD#2) and PFI of n-butanol at 6 bar indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) and 1500 rpm. S8 is a synthetic paraffinic kerosene (C6–C18) developed by Syntroleum and is derived from natural gas. S8 is a Fischer-Tropsch fuel that contains a low aromatic percentage (0.5 vol. %) and has a cetane number of 63 versus 47 of ULSD#2. Baselines of DI conventional diesel combustion (CDC), with 100% ULSD#2 and also DI of S8 were conducted. For both RCCI cases, the mass ratio of DI to PFI was set at 1:1. The ignition delay for the ULSD#2 baseline was found to be 10.9 CAD (1.21 ms) and for S8 was shorter at 10.1 CAD (1.12 ms). In RCCI, the premixed charge combustion has been split into two regions of high temperature heat release, an early one BTDC from ignition of ULSD#2 or S8, and a second stage, ATDC from n-butanol combustion. RCCI with n-butanol increased the NOx because the n-butanol contains 21% oxygen, while S8 alone produced 30% less NOx emissions when compared to the ULSD#2 baseline. The RCCI reduced soot by 80–90% (more efficient for S8). However, S8 alone showed a considerable increase in soot emissions compared with ULSD#2. The indicated thermal efficiency was the highest for the ULSD#2 and S8 baseline at 44%. The RCCI strategies showed a decrease in indicated thermal efficiency at 40% ULSD#2-RCCI and 42% and for S8-RCCI, respectively. S8 as a single fuel proved to be a very capable alternative to ULSD#2 in terms of combustion performance nevertheless, exhibited higher soot emissions that have been mitigated with the RCCI strategy without penalty in engine performance.


Author(s):  
M Canakci

Biodiesel is an alternative diesel fuel that can be produced from renewable feedstocks such as vegetable oils, waste frying oils, and animal fats. It is an oxygenated, non-toxic, sulphur-free, biodegradable, and renewable fuel. Many engine manufacturers have included this fuel in their warranties since it can be used in diesel engines without significant modification. However, the fuel properties such as cetane number, heat of combustion, specific gravity, and kinematic viscosity affect the combustion, engine performance and emission characteristics. In this study, the engine performance and emissions characteristics of two different petroleum diesel fuels (No. 1 and No. 2 diesel fuels) and biodiesel from soybean oil and its 20 per cent blends with No. 2 diesel fuel were compared. The results showed that the engine performance of the neat biodiesel and its blend was similar to that of No. 2 diesel fuel with nearly the same brake fuel conversion efficiency, and slightly higher fuel consumption. CO2 emission for the biodiesel was slightly higher than for the No. 2 diesel fuel. Compared with diesel fuels, biodiesel produced lower exhaust emissions, except NO x.


Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 3837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Ki Yoon ◽  
Jun Cong Ge ◽  
Nag Jung Choi

This experiment investigates the combustion and emissions characteristics of a common rail direct injection (CRDI) diesel engine using various blends of pure diesel fuel and palm biodiesel. Fuel injection pressures of 45 and 65 MPa were investigated under engine loads of 50 and 100 Nm. The fuels studied herein were pure diesel fuel 100 vol.% with 0 vol.% of palm biodiesel (PBD0), pure diesel fuel 80 vol.% blended with 20 vol.% of palm biodiesel (PBD20), and pure diesel fuel 50 vol.% blended with 50 vol.% of palm biodiesel (PBD50). As the fuel injection pressure increased from 45 to 65 MPa under all engine loads, the combustion pressure and heat release rate also increased. The indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) increased with an increase of the fuel injection pressure. In addition, for 50 Nm of the engine load, an increase to the fuel injection pressure resulted in a reduction of the brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) by an average of 2.43%. In comparison, for an engine load of 100 Nm, an increase in the fuel injection pressure decreased BSFC by an average of 0.8%. Hydrocarbon (HC) and particulate matter (PM) decreased as fuel pressure increased, independent of the engine load. Increasing fuel injection pressure for 50 Nm engine load using PBD0, PBD20 and PBD50 decreased carbon monoxide (CO) emissions. When the fuel injection pressure was increased from 45 MPa to 65 MPa, oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions were increased for both engine loads. For a given fuel injection pressure, NOx emissions increased slightly as the biodiesel content in the fuel blend increased.


2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 3263-3266
Author(s):  
Jazair Yahya Wira ◽  
Tan Wee Choon ◽  
Samion Syahrullail ◽  
Noge Hirofumi ◽  
Mazlan Said ◽  
...  

Production of alternative diesel fuel has been increasing drastically in many Asian countries. Since the reduction of petroleum production by Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the research on alternative fuel for diesel engine has gain interest. The target of this project is to substitute some percentage usage of conventional diesel fuel with waste substance without compromising on engine performance and exhaust emissions. This study has produced two type of alternative fuels. A test fuel consisting 30% of water into diesel fuel with the existence of additive or emulsifier (span 80) is called as DW Emul. Another test fuel which is named as DHW Emul produced by blending 30% of water into a mixture consisting of 20% of waste hydraulic oil and 80% of diesel fuel with the existence of span 80. The engine performance and exhaust emissions of DW Emul and DHW Emul are measured and has been compared with the conventional diesel fuel. A 600cc single cylinder direct injection diesel engine was used. The experiment was conducted at 1500 rpm with variable engine loads. Results show that DHW Emul and DW Emul has higher brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC). However, by considering the total use of diesel fuel contained in DW Emul, the quantity was lower at all loads. The same goes for DHW Emul at low load but deteriorate at high load which show slightly higher compared with of using 100% conventional diesel fuel. DHW Emul has suppressed CO emission that is usually high of using emulsion fuel to the level similar to conventional diesel fuel. NOx and Smoke emissions for DHW Emul are lower than conventional diesel. The use of DHW Emul can give significant reduction of NOx and Smoke emissions without deterioration of CO emission.


2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 761-766
Author(s):  
J.N. Nwakaire ◽  
O.F. Obi ◽  
C.J. Ohagwu ◽  
C.C. Anyadike ◽  
I.E. Ugwu ◽  
...  

This study conducts a comparative evaluation the effect of using palm kernel oil (PKO), pure petroleum diesel and their blends (B5, B10, B20, B30, B40, and B100), on the performance of a four-cylinder CI diesel engine (David Brown 990: 58hp; 2WD), at Farm Power and Machinery Test laboratory Centre (FPMTLC), Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The objective of the study was to determine the fuel consumption rates, energy expended, brake specific fuel consumption, and brake thermal efficiency, under varying operating speeds (700 – 1900rpm) at constant torque. Each fuel test was conducted using the Heenan-Froude hydraulic dynamometer engine-test-bed; pure petroleum diesel (B0) was used to generate the baseline data. Variables calculated were analyzed, then compared with each other to determine the differences in the engine performance and also to determine the optimum test fuel. The results obtained show that B10 had the overall optimum energy output, fuel consumption rates, and brake specific fuel consumption of 5431.809J, 3.42E-07 m3/s, and 0.16569l/KWh, respectively at the highest engine speed of 1900. B10 had an excellent brake thermal efficiency of 60.6% but was not better than B100, which showed a higher value of 66.95%. From the analysis, B10 is the optimum test fuel and can be used as an alternative fuel in David Brown 990 (58hp; 2WD) or similar CI diesel engines without any engine modification, even though B100 showed potential as an alternative to fossil diesel. Biofuel production grows through integrated aquaculture and algae production; the algae oil will serve as a raw material for biofuel production Keywords: Blends, Biodiesel, Brake Specific Consumption, Diesel Engine, Fuel Consumption rate, Thermal Efficiency.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6473
Author(s):  
Stanislaw Szwaja ◽  
Michal Gruca ◽  
Michal Pyrc ◽  
Romualdas Juknelevičius

Investigation of a new type of fuel for the internal combustion engine, which can be successfully used in both the power generation and the automotive industries, is presented in this article. The proposed fuel is a blend of 75% n-butanol and 25% glycerol. The engine tests conducted with this glycerol–butanol blend were focused on the performance, combustion thermodynamics, and exhaust emissions of a spark-ignition engine. A comparative analysis was performed to find potential similarities and differences in the engine fueled with gasoline 95 and the proposed glycerol–butanol blend. As measured, CO exhaust emissions increased, NOx emissions decreased, and UHC emissions were unchanged for the glycerol–butanol blend when compared to the test with sole gasoline. As regards the engine performance and combustion progress, no significant differences were observed. Exhaust temperature remarkably decreased by 3.4%, which contributed to an increase in the indicated mean effective pressure by approximately 4% compared to gasoline 95. To summarize, the proposed glycerol–butanol blend can be directly used as a replacement for gasoline in internal combustion spark-ignition engines.


2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (Suppl. 5) ◽  
pp. 1779-1788
Author(s):  
Radivoje Pesic ◽  
Aleksnadar Davinic

Rapid growth in the energy consumption has conditioned the need for discovering the alternative energy resources which would be adapted to the existing engine constructions and which would satisfy the additional criteria related to the renewability, ecology, and reliability of use. The experimental research are conducted according to the (European Stationary Cycle - Directive 1999/96/EC) 13-mode. Using biodiesel fuel average thermal efficiency is kept at the level of the application of conventional diesel fuel, average emission of CO is reduced by 13.6%, average emission of NO is increased by x 27.6%, average emission of hydrocarbon is increased by 59.4%, and average particles emission is reduced by 43.2%.


1949 ◽  
Vol 161 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Leah

A method of calculating the ideal thermal efficiencies of petrol engines is described which may be of value when thermodynamic charts for the particular fuels and mixture strengths under consideration are not available. Results of such calculations are given for engines running on octane, benzene, and ethyl-alcohol at compression ratios between 4/1 and 9/1 and at various mixture strengths. From the relationships between thermal efficiency, specific fuel consumption, volumetric efficiency, mixture strength, and indicated mean effective pressure, new charts based upon the familiar “consumption loop” diagram are developed. These charts yield information not generally obtained from the consumption loop diagrams, and the volumetric efficiency of the engine may be determined. The ideal consumption loops based upon a standard volumetric efficiency are included on the charts, and these values are readily corrected to the actual engine conditions by a simple construction. This enables a direct comparison between actual and ideal engine performance to be made, from which the relative merits of engines running under widely diverse conditions can be determined.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1115 ◽  
pp. 480-483
Author(s):  
Khairil ◽  
Sulaiman Thalib ◽  
Dan Turmizi

Kepayang is a plant commonly found in tropical regions especially in Aceh, which has not been optimally used by local people. Based on traditional processes, kepayang seeds are potentially capable of producing oil. The objective of this research is to examined the effects of specific fuel consumption, power generation, and the thermal efficiency on engine performance by using kepayang seeds oil. The problem will be evaluated the effect of variations of biodiesel fuel (B-0, B-10 and B-20) and variation engine rotation on the diesel engine performance. In order to perform this research, the Yanmar TS-50 engine which had rotation of 2400 rpm and maximum power of 2 kW was selected. By examining the result of the research it was concluded that there were not significant effects of varied fuel consumption on the low speed (1000 rpm to 1800 rpm) engine rotation. However for engine speed more than 1800 rpm there were somewhat effects of them on engine performance. It is evident that at the engine rotation of 2000 rpm, the fuel consumption of biodiesel (B-20) and the power generated were lower than compare to biodiesel (B-10 and B-0). On the other hand, the thermal efficiency for biodiesel (B-20) was higher than compared to other biodiesel (B-10 and B-0).


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