Experimental and Theoretical Aspects of Fuelling a Diesel Engine with Liquefied Petroleum Gases

2014 ◽  
Vol 659 ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Cristian Nutu ◽  
Constantin Pana ◽  
Alexandru Dobre ◽  
Niculae Negurescu ◽  
Alexandru Cernat
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Smoke Emission ◽  
Full Load ◽  
Auto Ignition ◽  
Alternative Solutions

The severe legislation regarding pollution from actual time determine us to find new alternative solutions for diesel engine fuelling. This paper objective is the use of LPG as alternative fuel at a diesel engine in the purpose of pollutant emissions level decreasing in general and especially of NOx and smoke emissions. Is difficult to use LPG as single fuel at the diesel engine because it has an high auto ignition endurance (CN = -3). There are many fuelling methods of the diesel engine with LPG, but the authors of this paper used the diesel-gas method for a 1,5 l engine fuelling. The research followed the establishment of the optimal LPG cyclic dose and the diesel engine adjustments for different engine operating regimen. The paper presents results of some theoretical and experimental investigations of the LPG fuelled diesel engine. Three substitute ratios of diesel fuel with LPG were taken into account for full load and 2000 rpm engine speed. Thus, the NOx emissions decreased with 20-28 % for different substitute ratios of diesel fuel with LPG. The smoke emission decreased with 35-47% for same substitute ratios. LPG fuelling represents a very good solution for a cleaner environment.

The performance and emission characteristics of emulsified fuel in a direct injection diesel engine

2007 ◽  
Vol 221 (7) ◽  
pp. 893-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
M P Ashok ◽  
C G Saravanan
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Maximum Speed ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Emulsified Fuel

Diesel engines are employed as the major propulsion power sources because of their simple, robust structure and high fuel economy. It is expected that diesel engines will be widely used in the foreseeable future. However, an increase in the use of diesel engines causes a shortage of fossil fuel and results in a greater degree of pollution. To regulate the above, identifying an alternative fuel to the diesel engine with less pollution is essential. Ethanol–diesel emulsion is one such method, used for the preparation of an alternative fuel for the diesel engine. Experimental investigations were carried out to compare the performance of diesel fuel with different ratios 50D: 50E (50 per cent diesel No: 2: 50 per cent ethanol –100 per cent proof) and 60D: 40E emulsified fuels. In the next phase, experiments were conducted for the selected emulsified fuel ratio 50D: 50E for different high injection pressures and the results are compared. The results show that for the emulsified fuel ratios, there is a marginal increase in torque, power, NO x, emissions, and decreasing values of carbon monoxide (CO), sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions at the maximum speed conditions, compared with diesel fuel. Also, it is found that an increase in injection pressure of the engine running with emulsified fuel decreases CO and smoke emissions especially between 1500 to 2000 r/min with respect to the diesel fuel.

scholarly journals Some aspects of cycle variability at the Diesel engine fuelled with animal fats

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Adrian Nicolici ◽  
Constantin Pană ◽  
Niculae Negurescu ◽  
Alexandru Cernat ◽  
Cristian Nuţu
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Content Increase ◽  
Animal Fats ◽  
Viable Solution

The progressive diminution of the oil reserves all over the world highlights the necessity of using alternative fuels derived from durable renewable resource. The use of the alternative fuels represents a viable solution to reduce the pollutant emissions and to replace fossil fuels. Thus, a viable solution is the use of the animal fats in mixture with the diesel fuel at the diesel engines. A D2156 MTN8 diesel engine was firstly fuelled with diesel fuel and then with different blends of diesel fuel-animal fats (5% and 10% animal fats content). In the paper are presented some results of the experimental investigations of engine fuelled with preheated animal fats. The raw animal fats effects on the combustion process and on the pollutant emissions at different engine loads and 1450 rev/min engine speed are showed. The engine cycle variability increases at the animal fats content increase. The cycle variability for maximum pressure, maximum pressure angle and indicated mean effective pressure is analysed. The cycle variability coefficients values don’t exceed the recommended values of the standard diesel engine.

The Emission Performance Research and Analysis of Diesel Engine Fueled with Biodiesel Hybrid Fuel

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 1501-1504
Author(s):  
Gui Fu Wu ◽  
Ji Yi Luan ◽  
Yuan Hua Jia ◽  
Dong Hua Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Load Condition ◽  
Biodiesel Fuel ◽  
Smoke Emission ◽  
Emission Performance ◽  
Full Load ◽  
Consumption Ratio ◽  
Performance Research

Biodiesel can be made from the esterification with plant or animal fat.It has been being paid more and more attention for its characteristics of non-sulphur, non-arene,higher hexadecane and biodegradablity and renewablity Biodiesel is similar to No.0 diesel in characteristics,so it can be applied to engines directly without changing the structure.This article shows the emission performance of diesel mixed with biodiesel fuel which in different proportion,and its CO, HC and smoking exhaust have been decreased greatly,then NOx increase slightly,while the fuel-consumption ratio remains stable(when on full load condition,5%, 15% and25% of hybrid fuel compared with pure diesel fuel,HC emission decreases by 15%,33.3% and 83.3%,and carbon smoke emission decreases by 16.25%,51.8% and 63.6%).

scholarly journals Diesel Engine Performance Operating with Tire Derived Fuel

2018 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 04025
Author(s):  
Mohd. Herzwan Hamzah ◽  
Azri Alias ◽  
Rizalman Mamat ◽  
Abdul Adam Abdullah ◽  
Agung Sudrajad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Natural Sources

Fossil fuel is non-renewable energy. This type of energy sources are widely used in many critical areas such as industrial application and vehicle application. Realizing this fact, many researches are conducted to produce alternative energy sources to reduce the dependence to fossil fuel for energy generation. As for example, fuels that produced from natural sources such as palm, rapeseed and jathropa are commonly used as alternative fuel especially for transportation purpose. Apart from natural sources, waste source such as used tires also can be utilized to produce alternative fuel. In this paper, the engine performance of diesel engine operating with unblended tire derived fuel (TDF) are analyzed and compared to diesel fuel. The experiment is conducted using a single cylinder, direct injection diesel engine. The engine operates at variable engine speed while constant load exerted to the engine. The performance parameters that are analyzed in the experiment includes engine power, engine torque, combustion pressure and exhaust gas temperature. Results from the experiment shows that diesel engine can operate with unblended TDF. However, TDF is not suitable for high engine speed applications. Furthermore, TDF produce lower performance output compared to diesel fuel.

scholarly journals A research on fuelling a truck diesel engine with hydrogen

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 01011
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Cristian Nutu ◽  
Constantin Pana ◽  
Niculae Negurescu ◽  
Alexandru Cernat ◽  
Dinu Fuiorescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Nitrogen Oxides ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Nitrogen Monoxide ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Smoke Emission ◽  
Emission Level ◽  
Theoretical Investigations ◽  
Semi Empirical

The paper presents experimental and theoretical investigations results of a truck diesel engine fuelled with diesel fuel and hydrogen by diesel-gas method. The purpose of the paper is to reduce the level of the nitrogen oxides emission level and to improve the overall performances of the engine. The use of hydrogen represents a suitable method to reduce the classic fuels consumption, maintaining the energetic performances of the engine. The test bed situated in the Thermotechnics, Engines, Thermal Equipments and Refrigeration Instalations Department of University Politechnica of Bucharest was adapted for hydrogen fuelling of the truck diesel engine. The engine used for investigations is a turbocharged 10.2 l truck diesel engine which run at 1450 rpm and 40% engine load. By hydrogen fuelling if the investigated diesel engine a decrease has been achieved in the nitrogen oxides emission level and in the smoke emission level. Also the break energetic specific consumption decreased compared to the standard diesel engine. The theoretical investigations presented in tha paper are based on a semi-empirical corellation, used to simulate the nitrogen monoxide emission formation. The results of the experimental investigations confirm de viability of hydrogen as an alternative fuel for the diesel engine.

Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Di Diesel Engine Fuelled with Cashew Nut Shell Oil (CNSO)-Diesel Blends with Diethyl Ether as Additive

2015 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 746-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Kumar ◽  
K. Rajan ◽  
M. Rajaram Naraynan ◽  
K.R. Senthil Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diethyl Ether ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Smoke Emission ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Cashew Nut ◽  
Di Diesel Engine ◽  
Cashew Nut Shell

Cashew nut shell oil (CNSO) is potential alternative fuel for diesel engine. Its drawback is incomplete combustion and low brake thermal efficiency (BTE) due to high viscosity. To overcome this problem the CNSO was blended with diethyl ether (DEE) which is less viscous and burns easily. The influence of blends on CO, NOx and smoke emission is investigated by emission tests. The fuel containing 20% CNSO and 80% diesel fuel (B20), 95% B20 and 5% DEE by volume (B20D5), 90% B20 and 10%DEE by volume (B20D10) 85% and B20 and 15% DEE by volume (B20D15) are tested. Initially the experiment was conducted with different blends of CNSO-diesel blends like 10%, 20%, & 30% by volume basis in a diesel engine.The aim for the research of alternative fuel is to replace the sufficient amount of diesel fuel without affecting the existing engine performances. Increasing CNSO diesel blends performances reduces marginally. B10 shows more closer performances to diesel fuel, but replacement of 10% only diesel is not much. Using B30 and higher blends gives poor result. Hence it was decided to be B20. In the second stage B20 as a base fuel and it is blended with DEE 5%, 10% & 15% by volume basis at different load conditions. The result shows that B20D15 has BTE 26.50% which is very close to the base diesel fuel. The B20D15 emits 1200 PPM of NOx while diesel emits 1195 PPM but B20 emits 1450 PPM of Nox. Carbon monoxide (CO) emission also reduces for different blends of DEE. The smoke emission is 3.96, 3.38, 3.15 FSN of B20, B20 D15 and diesel respectively.

Effects of Load Ratio on Dual-Fuel Engine Operated with Pilot Diesel Fuel and Liquefied Natural Gas

2014 ◽  
Vol 960-961 ◽  
pp. 1389-1393
Author(s):  
Qiang Shi ◽  
Chun Hua Zhang ◽  
Yan Chao Cai ◽  
Ju Xiang Fang
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Load Ratio ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Turbocharged Diesel Engine ◽  
Full Load ◽  
Co Emission

In order to study the application of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) on diesel engine, a turbocharged diesel engine was converted into a dual-fuel engine ignited by diesel fuel. The effects of load ratio on fuel economy and emissions of dual-fuel engine were compared and analyzed at engine speed of 1200 r/min, 1600 r/min and 2200 r/min. The experimental results show that, the specific fuel consumption is reduced with the increase of load ratio at different speeds. As the load ratio increases, CO emission of dual-fuel reduces, but it increases slightly at high loads and full load. When the load ratio is less than 40%, HC emission of dual-fuel is reduced significantly with the increase of load, but increases when the load ratio continues to increase, and finally HC emission is stable. When the load ratio is less than 40 %, NOx emission is relatively low, as the load ratio increases, increases sharply, but at high loads and full load, reduces slightly.

Experimental Studies on a DI Diesel Engine Using Tire Pyrolysis Oil Diethyl Ether Blends

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Murugan ◽  
G. Nagarajan
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diethyl Ether ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Pyrolysis Oil ◽  
Full Load ◽  
Di Diesel Engine

Many alternative fuels have been introduced in the fuel market in the recent years. But, still there is a lot of research work going on around the world in the conversion of waste substances into useful energy. Some of the researchers show a remarkable interest in using pyrolysis oil as an alternative fuel for diesel engines. Tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) from waste automobile tires has been found to be an energy source. It could be blended with diesel fuel and used as an alternative fuel for diesel engines. But, it cannot be used as the sole fuel in diesel engines due to its poor ignition quality. Diethyl ether (DEE) is a good ignition improver having a cetane number of more than 125. In the present investigation, two different blends of Tire pyrolysis oil and DEE (with addition of DEE at 0.5 and 1%) were used in a single cylinder four stroke water cooled direct injection diesel engine developing a rated power of 3.7 kW at 1500 rpm. The engine was able to run with 100% Tire pyrolysis oil with a maximum DEE addition of 1%. Results indicated that nitric oxide emission reduced by about 4% with an 8% increase in smoke emission at full load when the engine was fueled with TPO and 1% of DEE compared to that of diesel fuel operation. The brake thermal efficiency of the engine fueled with TPO-DEE blends was found to be lesser than that of diesel operation at full load. Brake specific energy consumption was also found to be higher with TPO DEE blends compared to that of diesel fuel operation. The results of the performance and emissions of the DI diesel engine are presented in this paper.

Theoretical and Experimental Researches Regarding the Use of Butanol at Diesel Engine

2014 ◽  
Vol 659 ◽  
pp. 183-188
Author(s):  
Alexandru Dobre ◽  
Constantin Pana ◽  
Nikolaos Cristian Nutu ◽  
Niculae Negurescu ◽  
Alexandru Cernat
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Primary Alcohols ◽  
Compression Ignition Engines ◽  
New Information

Due to the increasing growth of fuel consumption and also its price, alcohols begin to show a real interest for their use as fuel at compression ignition engines. Tightening the requirements on reducing the level of pollutant emissions and greenhouse effect gases has led to the increasing of research on using alcohols as alternative fuel for diesel engine. Among the primary alcohols, butyl alcohol (butanol) is considered to be of great perspective in its use as fuel in diesel engines, due to its properties close to those of diesel fuel. The overall objective of the paper represents using butanol at an automotive diesel engine in order to reduce BSFC, to reduce engine emissions and replace fossil fuels. This paper presents some aspects of the operation of diesel engine fuelled with blends of diesel fuel and butanol. Results of theoretical and experimental investigations done on a 1.5 L diesel engine fuelled with butanol are presented. At the use of butanol in mixture with diesel fuel in different proportions (10% and 20% butanol vol.), brake specific energetic consumption of the engine was reduced by about 2.5% and respectively 5%, NOx emissions decreased by about 15% and respectively 20%, CO2 emission by about 5% for 20% butanol, at the engine running at full load and maximum torque engine speed. The results of experimental investigations have validated the physical-mathematical model used for the simulation of thermo-gas-dynamics processes from the inside engine cylinder. The paper brings real contributions in the field making available to specialists new information related to the use of butanol at the diesel engines.

scholarly journals Experimental investigations on diesel engine using alumina nanoparticle fuel additive

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 168781402098840
Author(s):  
Mohammed S Gad ◽  
Sayed M Abdel Razek ◽  
PV Manu ◽  
Simon Jayaraj
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Alumina Nanoparticles ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Fuel Additive ◽  
Alumina Nanoparticle ◽  
Fuel Injectors ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Experimental work was done to examine the impact of diesel fuel with alumina nanoparticles on combustion characteristics, emissions and performance of diesel engine. Alumina nanoparticles were mixed with crude diesel in various weight fractions of 20, 30, and 40 mg/L. The engine tests showed that nano alumina addition of 40 ppm to pure diesel led to thermal efficiency enhancement up to 5.5% related to the pure diesel fuel. The average specific fuel consumption decrease about neat diesel fuel was found to be 3.5%, 4.5%, and 5.5% at dosing levels of 20, 30, and 40 ppm, respectively at full load. Emissions of smoke, HC, CO, and NOX were found to get diminished by about 17%, 25%, 30%, and 33%, respectively with 40 ppm nano-additive about diesel operation. The smaller size of nanoparticles produce fuel stability enhancement and prevents the fuel atomization problems and the clogging in fuel injectors. The increase of alumina nanoparticle percentage in diesel fuel produced the increases in cylinder pressure, cylinder temperature, heat release rate but the decreases in ignition delay and combustion duration were shown. The concentration of 40 ppm alumina nanoparticle is recommended for achieving the optimum improvements in the engine’s combustion, performance and emission characteristics.

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