The Influence of Butanol Use on the Diesel Engine’s Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 822 ◽  
pp. 183-189
Author(s):  
Alexandru Dobre ◽  
Constantin Pană ◽  
Nikolaos Cristian Nuțu ◽  
Niculae Negurescu ◽  
Alexandru Cernat
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Numerical Modelling ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Primary Alcohols ◽  
Maximum Torque ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Compression Ignition Engines

Alcohols begin to show a real interest for their use as fuel at compression ignition engines due to require reducing the pollutants emissions, especially NOx emission. 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. It is miscible with the diesel fuel and the achieved blend is stable. In paper are presented some aspects regarding the diesel engine’s fuelling with butanol and diesel fuel blends using the experimental research and numerical modelling. The use of the butanol as a fuel for diesel engine has led to the reducing NOx emissions with about 25% and the Brake Specific Energetic Consumption (BSEC) with about 5% at the full load and the maximum torque engine speed.

Role of Additives on Emission Characteristics of Methyl Ester in Constant Speed Diesel Engine

2016 ◽  
Vol 852 ◽  
pp. 729-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Yuvarajan ◽  
R. Surendran ◽  
V. Vinoth Kumar ◽  
R. Devanathan
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Compression Ignition Engines ◽  
Rate Of Combustion ◽  
Hydro Carbon ◽  
Engine Components

In this study, the outcome of adding n-butyl alcohol to jatropha methyl ester on the emissions characteristics of compression ignition engines is investigated. Single cylinder diesel engine was fuelled with n-butyl alcohol / jatropha methyl ester blends. The doping volume of n-butyl alcohol to jatropha methyl ester blends was in the range of 10, 20 and 30%. Emission parameters such as Hydro carbon (HC), Carbon monoxide (CO), Nitrogen oxides (NOX) and Smoke emissions were examined at different load conditions. The engine speed was maintained constant throughout the trail. This work resulted in a significant reduction in reduction in all the emissions. Addition of n-butyl alcohol as additive improves the rate of combustion, mixing and vaporization of the blends with air and reduces the emissions associated with it. Further, it can be used in the existing engine with any modification. This also results that the addition of n-butyl alcohol to jatropha methyl ester reduces the emissions associated with it. Further, no damage to engine components was observed during the trail.

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 Influence of Short Carbon-Chain Alcohol (Ethanol and 1-Propanol)/Diesel Fuel Blends over Diesel Engine Emissions

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1309
Author(s):  
María D. Redel-Macías ◽  
David E. Leiva-Candia ◽  
José A. Soriano ◽  
José M. Herreros ◽  
Antonio J. Cubero-Atienza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Sound Quality ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Carbon Chain ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Compression Ignition Engines ◽  
Alcohol Fuels ◽  
Short Carbon

Oxygenated fuels, in this case short carbon-chain alcohols, have been investigated as alternative fuels to power compression ignition engines. A major advantage of short-chain alcohols is that they can be produced from renewable resources, i.e., cultivated commodities or biomass-based biorefineries. However, before entering the market, the effects of short-chain alcohols on engine performance, exhaust emissions, noise and sound quality need to be understood. This work sheds light on the relationship between the physicochemical properties of the alcohol/diesel fuel blends (ethanol and 1-propanol) on engine performance, exhaust emissions and, for the first time, on noise and sound quality. It has been demonstrated that when the content of alcohol in blends increased, soot and soluble organic material emissions drastically decreased, mainly due to the increase of oxygen content in the fuel. Reduction in soot emissions combined with higher thermodynamic efficiency of alcohol fuels, with respect to diesel fuel, enable their utilization on compression ignition engines. There is also an improvement in the soot-NOx trade off, leading to large reductions on soot with a small effect on NOx emissions. The oxygen content within the fuel reduces CO and THC emissions at extra-urban driving operation conditions. However, hydrocarbons and CO emissions increased at urban driving conditions, due to the high heat of vaporization of the alcohol fuels which reduces cylinder temperature worsening fuel atomization, vaporization and mixing with air being more significant at lower cylinder temperature conditions (low engine loads and speeds). Similarly, the higher the presence of alcohol in the blend, the higher the noise emitted by the engine due to their low tendency to auto-ignition. The optimization of alcohol quantity and the calibration of engine control parameters (e.g., injection settings) which is out of the scope of this work, will be required to overcome noise emission penalty. Furthermore, under similar alcohol content in the blend (10% v/v), the use of propanol is preferred over ethanol, as it exhibits lower exhaust emissions and better sound quality than ethanol.

scholarly journals Experimental investigation on cyclic variability, engine performance and exhaust emissions in a diesel engine using alcohol-diesel fuel blends

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1 Part B) ◽  
pp. 581-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samet Gurgen ◽  
Bedir Unver ◽  
İsmail Altin
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Load Condition ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Exhaust Emission ◽  
Cyclic Variability ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Indicated Mean Effective Pressure ◽  
Cycle Variation

This paper investigates the impacts of using n-butanol-diesel fuel and ethanol-diesel fuel blends on engine performance, exhaust emission, and cycle-by-cycle variation in a Diesel engine. The engine was operated at two different engine speed and full load condition with pure diesel fuel, 5% and 10% (by vol.) ethanol and n-butanol fuel blends. The coefficient of variation of indicated mean effective pressure was used to evaluate the cyclic variability of n-butanol-diesel fuel and ethanol-diesel fuel blends. The results obtained in this study showed that effective efficiency and brake specific fuel consumption generally increased with the use of the n-butanol-diesel fuel or ethanol-diesel fuel blends with respect to that of the neat diesel fuel. The addition of ethanol or n-butanol to diesel fuel caused a decrement in CO and NOx emissions. Also, the results indicated that cycle-by-cycle variation has an increasing trend with the increase of alcohol-diesel blending ratio for all engine speed. An increase in cyclic variability of alcohol-diesel fuel blends at low engine speed is higher than that of high engine speed.

scholarly journals Comparative studies of exhaust emission from diesel engine fuelled with diesel fuel and B100 fuel

2017 ◽  
Vol 170 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-130
Author(s):  
Stanisław KRUCZYNSKI ◽  
Marcin ŚLĘZAK ◽  
Wojciech GIS ◽  
Andrzej ŻÓŁTOWSKI ◽  
Maciej GIS
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Vegetable Oils ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Exhaust Emission ◽  
Chemical Characteristics ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Compression Ignition Engines ◽  
Physical Chemical

The article presents a comparative study of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and the mass and number of particulate of diesel engine fulled with diesel and B100. B100 is a biofuel produced from vegetable oils for vehicles with compression-ignition engines. B100 fuel and diesel have similar physical-chemical characteristics which have been analyzed. The research was carried out on an engine dynamometer in four cycles: ESC, ETC, WHSC and WHTC. The article provides an analysis of the research results, preceded by a discussion of the test cycles used.

An Experimental Investigation of Diesel Engine Fuelled with MgO Nano Additive Biodiesel - Diesel Blends

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Vijayakumar C ◽  
Murugesan A ◽  
Subramaniam D ◽  
Panneerselvam N
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Compression Ignition Engine ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Compression Ignition Engines ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Nano Additives ◽  
Blended Fuels

In this experimental investigation compacts the performance and emissions of compression ignition engines fuelled with MgO nano additive, maducaindica bio diesel blends were examined. Based upon the previous literatures only 20% mahuca methyl ester fuel blends without nano additives is suitable for compression ignition engine without affecting engine efficiency and its characteristics. In this paper magnesium oxide nano additives are added into the 40% Mahucaindica biodiesel- diesel blends at the rate of 50ppm for developing the test fuels. In this nano additives improve the properties of diesel fuel like viscosity, calorific value and decreased the flash point and fire point. Then compared the performance and emissions differences of all blended fuels used as a fuel in a diesel engine. The observation of results, 40MgO + 50ppm blended fuels brake thermal efficiency is improved then CO, HC, CO2and smoke decreased compared to other fuel blends. The results are taken into account, a blend of 40MgO+ Mgo50ppm is the best blend ratio compared than other blends with nano additives.

scholarly journals Reduction a Particulate Matter of Diesel Emission by the Use of Several Oxygenated Diesel Blend Fuels

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Emission Characteristics ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Oxygenated Additives ◽  
Diesel Emission ◽  
Blended Fuels ◽  
Four Cylinders

Oxygenated diesel fuel blends have a prospective effectiveness to reduce a particulate matter (PM) emissions and powerfully to be an effective alternative instead of diesel fuel. This manuscript investigates the emission characteristics of four combinations of oxygenated diesel fuel blends in terms of ethanol, TGME, Glyme and Diglyme. Two blended fuels containing 5% and 15 % by volume for each oxygenated additives was prepared. Pure diesel fuel was used as a base fuel for all oxygenated diesel blends. The experiments were conducted using four cylinders, four stroke compression ignition Toyota Hilux Pickup of engine capacity (2494 cc) model 2006, inline DOHC 16 Valve. The experimental results showed that (i) the higher engine speed is produced lower PM emissions; (ii) the PM emitted by all the oxygenated diesel blends is significantly lower than of the corresponding pure diesel fuel; (iii) the increase of oxygenated percentage in the diesel blends, the PM emission decreases; (iv) A maximum and minimum of PM reduction was occurred when the engine fueled by 15 % by volume for ethanol and by 5 % by volume for TGME respectively.

scholarly journals A Multicomponent Blend as a Diesel Fuel Surrogate for Compression Ignition Engine Applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanjiang Pei ◽  
Marco Mehl ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Tianfeng Lu ◽  
William J. Pitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Flow Reactor ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Combustion Model ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Compression Ignition Engine ◽  
Combined Mechanism ◽  
Fuel Surrogate ◽  
Skeletal Mechanism

A mixture of n-dodecane and m-xylene is investigated as a diesel fuel surrogate for compression ignition (CI) engine applications. Compared to neat n-dodecane, this binary mixture is more representative of diesel fuel because it contains an alkyl-benzene which represents an important chemical class present in diesel fuels. A detailed multicomponent mechanism for n-dodecane and m-xylene was developed by combining a previously developed n-dodecane mechanism with a recently developed mechanism for xylenes. The xylene mechanism is shown to reproduce experimental ignition data from a rapid compression machine (RCM) and shock tube (ST), speciation data from the jet stirred reactor and flame speed data. This combined mechanism was validated by comparing predictions from the model with experimental data for ignition in STs and for reactivity in a flow reactor. The combined mechanism, consisting of 2885 species and 11,754 reactions, was reduced to a skeletal mechanism consisting 163 species and 887 reactions for 3D diesel engine simulations. The mechanism reduction was performed using directed relation graph (DRG) with expert knowledge (DRG-X) and DRG-aided sensitivity analysis (DRGASA) at a fixed fuel composition of 77% of n-dodecane and 23% m-xylene by volume. The sample space for the reduction covered pressure of 1–80 bar, equivalence ratio of 0.5–2.0, and initial temperature of 700–1600 K for ignition. The skeletal mechanism was compared with the detailed mechanism for ignition and flow reactor predictions. Finally, the skeletal mechanism was validated against a spray flame dataset under diesel engine conditions documented on the engine combustion network (ECN) website. These multidimensional simulations were performed using a representative interactive flame (RIF) turbulent combustion model. Encouraging results were obtained compared to the experiments with regard to the predictions of ignition delay and lift-off length at different ambient temperatures.

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