scholarly journals A Comparison of Ethanol, Methanol, and Butanol Blending with Gasoline and Its Effect on Engine Performance and Emissions Using Engine Simulation

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1322
Author(s):  
Simeon Iliev
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Engine Simulation ◽  
Engine Model ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Blended Fuels

Air pollution, especially in large cities around the world, is associated with serious problems both with people’s health and the environment. Over the past few years, there has been a particularly intensive demand for alternatives to fossil fuels, because when they are burned, substances that pollute the environment are released. In addition to the smoke from fuels burned for heating and harmful emissions that industrial installations release, the exhaust emissions of vehicles create a large share of the fossil fuel pollution. Alternative fuels, known as non-conventional and advanced fuels, are derived from resources other than fossil fuels. Because alcoholic fuels have several physical and propellant properties similar to those of gasoline, they can be considered as one of the alternative fuels. Alcoholic fuels or alcohol-blended fuels may be used in gasoline engines to reduce exhaust emissions. This study aimed to develop a gasoline engine model to predict the influence of different types of alcohol-blended fuels on performance and emissions. For the purpose of this study, the AVL Boost software was used to analyse characteristics of the gasoline engine when operating with different mixtures of ethanol, methanol, butanol, and gasoline (by volume). Results obtained from different fuel blends showed that when alcohol blends were used, brake power decreased and the brake specific fuel consumption increased compared to when using gasoline, and CO and HC concentrations decreased as the fuel blends percentage increased.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Gasoline Engine Performance and Emissions Working on Methanol-Gasoline Blends Using Engine Simulation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simeon Iliev
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Specific Fuel Consumption ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Si Engine ◽  
Engine Simulation ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
The One

The aim of this study is to develop the one-dimensional model of a four-cylinder, four-stroke, multi-point injection system SI engine and a direct injection system SI engine for predicting the effect of various fuel types on engine performances, specific fuel consumption, and emissions. Commercial software AVL BOOST was used to examine the engine characteristics for different blends of methanol and gasoline (by volume: 5% methanol [M5], 10% methanol [M10], 20% methanol [M20], 30% methanol [M30], and 50% methanol [M50]). The methanol-gasoline fuel blend results were compared to those of net gasoline fuel. The obtained results show that when methanol-gasoline fuel blends were used, engine performance such as power and torque increases and the brake-specific fuel consumption increases with increasing methanol percentage in the blended fuel.

scholarly journals Review of Performance and Emmissions Characteristics of Bio-Additive Fuel on SI Engine Fuelled by Biopetrol

2015 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 430-434
Author(s):  
Azizul Mokhtar ◽  
Nazrul Atan ◽  
Najib Rahman ◽  
Amir Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Si Engine ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Performance And Emissions

Bio-additive is biodegradable and produces less air pollution thus significant for replacing the limited fossil fuels and reducing threats to the environment from exhaust emissions and global warming. Instead, the bio-additives can remarkably improve the fuel economy SI engine while operating on all kinds of fuel. Some of the bio-additive has the ability to reduce the total CO2 emission from internal petrol engine. This review paper focuses to determine a new approach in potential of bio-additives blends operating with bio-petrol on performance and emissions of spark ignition engine. It is shown that the variant in bio-additives blending ratio and engine operational condition are reduced engine-out emissions and increased efficiency. It seems that the bio-additives can increase the maximum cylinder combustion pressure, improve exhaust emissions and largely reduce the friction coefficient. The review concludes that the additives usage in bio-petrol is inseparable for the better engine performance and emission control and further research is needed to develop bio-petrol specific additives.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation on Ethanol-Petrol Blends Operating with a Petrol Engine: An Overview

2015 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 465-469
Author(s):  
Nazrul Atan ◽  
Azizul Mokhtar ◽  
Najib Rahman ◽  
Amir Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Petrol Engine ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Petroleum Price ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Performance And Emissions

The use of biopetrol fuel as alternative fuels in gasoline engine has been around for many years and Ethanol-petrol has the potential to be used as alternative fuel that can reduce the total CO2emission from internal petrol engine. However, the changes of bio-petrol is a very complex and need further understanding for researchers due to the relevance of the increase in the petroleum price and the future environmental regulation. This review paper focuses to ascertain a new approach in potential on ethanol-petrol blends operating with a petrol engine especially the effects of ethanol gas petrol blending ratio and variant types of ethanol on performance and emissions of petrol engine. It is shown that the variant in biopetrol blending ratio and engine operational condition are reduced engine-out emissions and increased efficiency. This paper presents on a review on three different types of ethanol like sugar cane, wheat and corn with various blended rates. Investigation framework study on how to complete the research is also included in this paper.Keywords: biopetrol, petrol engine, performance, emissions, biopetrol fuel properties

scholarly journals Pengaruh Campuran Bahan Bakar Pertalite-Bioetanol Biji Sorghum pada Mesin Bensin

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Abdi Hanra Sebayang ◽  
Husin Ibrahim ◽  
Surya Dharma ◽  
Arridina Susan Silitonga ◽  
Berta Br Ginting ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Engine Exhaust ◽  
Engine Torque ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Exhaust Gas Emission ◽  
Hc Emissions

The depletion of fossil fuels, rising of earth temperatures and declining of air quality are an unavoidable phenomenon today. Bioethanol fuel is one solution to reduce this problem that comes from renewable raw materials. The purpose of this study is to investigate engine performance and exhaust emissions at gasoline engine by using the sorghum seeds bioethanol-pertalite blends with different mixed ratios (10%, 15%, and 20%). The test is performed on a four-stroke gasoline engine without modification. Engine speeds vary from 1000 to 4000 rpm, and properties of the sorghum seeds bioethanol-pertalite blends are measured and analyzed. In addition, engine torque, brake power, brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) and brake thermal efficiency (BTE) as well as carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions are measured. The results show that BSFC decreased while BTE increased for a fuel blends containing 20% bioethanol at 3500 rpm engine speed, with each maximum value of 246.93 g/kWh and 36.28%. It is also found that CO and HC emissions are lower for the sorghum seeds bioethanol-pertalite blends. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the sorghum seeds bioethanol-pertalite blends can improve engine performance and reduce exhaust gas emissions. Keywords: bioethanol; pertalite; performance engine; exhaust gas emission; alternatif fuel.

Effect of unleaded gasoline blended with biofuels on gasoline injector wear and exhaust emissions

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
De-Xing Peng
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Fuel Additive ◽  
Unleaded Gasoline ◽  
High Oxygen Content ◽  
Complete Combustion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gasoline Engines ◽  
Blended Fuels

Purpose To prolong engine life and reduce exhaust pollution caused by gasoline engines, the aim of this paper was to compare the lubrication properties of biofuel (ethanol) blends and pure unleaded gasoline. Design/methodology/approach Biofuels with a concentration of 0, 1, 2, 5 and 10 per cent were added to unleaded gasoline to form ethanol-blended fuels named E0, E1, E2, E5 and E10. Next, the ethanol-blended fuels and unleaded gasoline were used to power engines to facilitate comparisons between the pollution created from exhaust emissions. Findings Using ethanol as a fuel additive in pure unleaded gasoline improves engine performance and reduces exhaust emissions. Because bioethanol does not contain lead but contains low aromatic and high oxygen content, it induces more complete combustion compared with conventional unleaded gasoline. Originality/value Using biofuels as auxiliary fuel reduces environmental pollution, strengthens local agricultural economy, creates employment opportunities and reduces demand for fossil fuels.

Mono-Gas Fuelled Engine Performance and Emissions Simulation Using GT-Power

2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 125-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yusri Ismail ◽  
Ahmad Jais Alimin ◽  
Shahrul Azmir Osman
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Engine Model ◽  
Power Simulation ◽  
Performance And Emissions

The scarcity of oil resources and the rise of crude oil price had driven the whole world to seek for an alternative fuel for automotive industry. One of the prospective alternative fuels for compression ignition (C.I.) engine is compressed natural gas (CNG). In order to operate CNG in a C.I. engine as mono-gas engine (RE), several modifications are required. The modifications that involves are compression ratio, fuel injection type, addition of spark plug and fuel itself. So as to reduce the time in preparing the experimental test bed and high cost analytical study a 1-dimensional simulation software GT-Power was introduce. The GT-Power simulation model for a 4 cylinder medium duty C.I. engine (DE) and RE has been built to study the effects of conversion process to the performance and emissions of the engine at various operational conditions: low, medium and high load conditions. As compared with DE model, results from RE model showed loss in brake power (BP) and brake thermal efficiency (BTE) by 37.3% and 19% respectively. Meanwhile, for brake specific air consumption (BSAC) RE predicted to undergo an average of 19412.6 g/kW-h and increment in volumetric efficiency by percentage of difference 22%. In other side, oxides of nitrogen (NOx) RE engine model predicted reduction of 48.1% (engine mode 1-9) and increased in hydrocarbons (HC) by 90.3.

scholarly journals Axial Energy Absorption of Kenaf Yarn Winding Cylindrical Composites

2015 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.H. Abdullah ◽  
M.N. Irwan ◽  
Al Emran Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Cane ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Petrol Engine ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Petroleum Price ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Performance And Emissions

The use of biopetrol fuel as alternative fuels in gasoline engine has been around for many years and Ethanol-petrol has the potential to be used as alternative fuel that can reduce the total CO2 emission from internal petrol engine. However, the changes of bio-petrol is a very complex and need further understanding for researchers due to the relevance of the increase in the petroleum price and the future environmental regulation. This review paper focuses to ascertain a new approach in potential on ethanol-petrol blends operating with a petrol engine especially the effects of ethanol gas petrol blending ratio and variant types of ethanol on performance and emissions of petrol engine. It is shown that the variant in biopetrol blending ratio and engine operational condition are reduced engine-out emissions and increased efficiency. This paper presents on a review on three different types of ethanol like sugar cane, wheat and corn with various blended rates. Investigation framework study on how to complete the research is also included in this paper.Keywords: biopetrol, petrol engine, performance, emissions, biopetrol fuel properties

scholarly journals Application of ANN to predict performance and emissions of SI engine using gasoline-methanol blends

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 003685042110023
Author(s):  
Ehtasham Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Sibghatallah Anwar ◽  
Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Waqar Nasir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Si Engine ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann ◽  
The Impact

The deployment of methanol like alternative fuels in engines is a necessity of the present time to comprehend power requirements and environmental pollution. Furthermore, a comprehensive prediction of the impact of the methanol-gasoline blend on engine characteristics is also required in the era of artificial intelligence. The current study analyzes and compares the experimental and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) aided performance and emissions of four-stroke, single-cylinder SI engine using methanol-gasoline blends of 0%, 3%, 6%, 9%, 12%, 15%, and 18%. The experiments were performed at engine speeds of 1300–3700 rpm with constant loads of 20 and 40 psi for seven different fractions of fuels. Further, an ANN model has developed setting fuel blends, speed and load as inputs, and exhaust emissions and performance parameters as the target. The dataset was randomly divided into three groups of training (70%), validation (15%), and testing (15%) using MATLAB. The feedforward algorithm was used with tangent sigmoid transfer active function (tansig) and gradient descent with an adaptive learning method. It was observed that the continuous addition of methanol up to 12% (M12) increased the performance of the engine. However, a reduction in emissions was observed except for NOx emissions. The regression correlation coefficient (R) and the mean relative error (MRE) were in the range of 0.99100–0.99832 and 1.2%–2.4% respectively, while the values of root mean square error were extremely small. The findings depicted that M12 performed better than other fractions. ANN approach was found suitable for accurately predicting the performance and exhaust emissions of small-scaled SI engines.

Engine performance and emission characteristics of a compression ignition engine fuelled with diesel/dimethoxymethane blends

2005 ◽  
Vol 219 (7) ◽  
pp. 905-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Ren ◽  
Z H Huang ◽  
D M Jiang ◽  
L X Liu ◽  
K Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Compression Ignition Engine ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Combustion Phase

The performance and emissions of a compression ignition engine fuelled with diesel/dimethoxymethane (DMM) blends were studied. The results showed that the engine's thermal efficiency increased and the diesel equivalent brake specific fuel consumption (b.s.f.c.) decreased as the oxygen mass fraction (or DMM mass fraction) of the diesel/DMM blends increased. This change in the diesel/DMM blends was caused by an increased fraction of the premixed combustion phase, an oxygen enrichment, and an improvement in the diffusive combustion phase. A remarkable reduction in the exhaust CO and smoke can be achieved when operating on the diesel/DMM blend. Flat NO x/smoke and thermal efficiency/smoke curves are presented when operating on the diesel/DMM fuel blends, and a simultaneous reduction in both NO x and smoke can be realized at large DMM addition. Thermal efficiency and NO x give the highest value at 2 per cent oxygen mass fraction (or 5 per cent DMM volume fraction) for the combustion of diesel/DMM blends.

Analysis of Variable Intake Runner Lengths and Intake Valve Open Timings on Engine Performances

2014 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
pp. 336-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Farid Muhamad Said ◽  
Zulkarnain Abdul Latiff ◽  
Aminuddin Saat ◽  
Mazlan Said ◽  
Shaiful Fadzil Zainal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Engine Performance ◽  
Intake Manifold ◽  
Intake Valve ◽  
Si Engine ◽  
Engine Simulation ◽  
Engine Model ◽  
Optimum Parameters ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
Variable Valve ◽  
Engine Development

In this paper, engine simulation tool is used to investigate the effect of variable intake manifold and variable valve timing technologies on the engine performance at full load engine conditions. Here, an engine model of 1.6 litre four cylinders, four stroke spark ignition (SI) engine is constructed using GT-Power software to represent the real engine conditions. This constructed model is then correlated to the experimental data to make sure the accuracy of this model. The comparison results of volumetric efficiency (VE), intake manifold air pressure (MAP), exhaust manifold back pressure (BckPress) and brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) show very well agreement with the differences of less than 4%. Then this correlated model is used to predict the engine performance at various intake runner lengths (IRL) and various intake valve open (IVO) timings. Design of experiment and optimisation tool are applied to obtain optimum parameters. Here, several configurations of IRL and IVO timing are proposed to give several options during the engine development work. A significant improvement is found at configuration of variable IVO timing and variable IRL compared to fixed IVO timing and fixed IRL.

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