Influence of Dual Fuel Twin Injection on Diesel Engine Combustion and Emission Characteristics

2013 ◽  
Vol 768 ◽  
pp. 206-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Senthil Kumar ◽  
R. Thundil Karuppa Raj

The objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of two-stage injection on combustion and exhaust emission characteristics in diesel (main fuel) ethanol (pilot fuel) fuelled single cylinder diesel engine. The pressure crank angle and net heat release rate diagrams revealed that increase in the ethanol pilot quantity causes an increase in the ignition delay in the pilot combustion and hence the main combustion due to diesel fuel is slightly influenced by the ethanol pilot fuel. The increase in the pilot injection decreases the NOx considerably. The concentration of soot emissions also decreases with increase in pilot injection. The CO emissions increases with increase in pilot injection and a slight increase in HC emission is observed.

Author(s):  
Yoichi Niki ◽  
Yoshifuru Nitta ◽  
Hidenori Sekiguchi ◽  
Koichi Hirata

This study focuses NH3 as an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines, because NH3 is known as a H2 carrier and its combustion does not produce CO2 causing global warming. On the other hand, some reports show that unburned NH3 and N2O appear in exhaust gas, when NH3 is used as fuel for compression ignition or spark ignition engines. NH3 is toxic and N2O is one of the greenhouse gases. These emissions should not be emitted. These reports point out that exhaust gas after treatments and/or injection strategies can be effective to reduce these emissions. From our previous investigations, it was confirmed that NH3 and N2O were contained in the exhaust gas of a conventional diesel engine with NH3 gas mixed into the engine intake. In this study, NH3 combustion processes in the diesel engine were investigated from the experimental results. Based on the investigations, a pilot or postinjection was conducted to reduce emissions of NH3 and N2O. In this paper, first the experimental results of the combustion and exhaust emission characteristics on the conventional diesel engine with NH3 gas mixed into the engine intake are shown. NH3 and N2O emissions are then verified by analyzing the exhaust gas. Next, NH3 combustion processes in the diesel engine are considered from the experimental results to report on the effects of a pilot and postdiesel fuel injection on NH3 and N2O production processes. The experimental results suggest that the multiple diesel fuel injections would be one of the effective measures to reduce N2O and NH3 emissions on NH3 and diesel dual-fueled engine.


2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 1528-1531
Author(s):  
Tie Min Xuan ◽  
Zhi Xia He ◽  
Zhao Chen Jiang ◽  
Yi Yan

Numerical Investigation of Effect Pilot Injection on Combustion Noise and Exhaust Emission of Diesel Engine The traditional mechanical fuel supply system has already been no way to satisfy the requirement of more stringent fuel consumption and emission legislation. For the past few years, it has been a hot topic to improve performance of diesel engine combustion and emission through optimizing the fuel injection strategy. All kinds of spray, combustion and emission models were studied and then the numerical models for the single-injection combustion of 1015 diesel engine were setup and validated through comparing with results from experimental data. With the above verified models, different injection strategies were further investigated to get the effect mechanism of pilot injection (PI) timing and quantity on combustion noise and exhaust emission.


2012 ◽  
Vol 06 ◽  
pp. 425-430
Author(s):  
HYUNG-GON KIM ◽  
SEUNG-HUN CHOI ◽  
YOUNG-TAIG OH

Effect of oxygen components of fuels on exhaust emissions has been investigated by applying an indirect injection (IDI) diesel engine. This research analyzed variation and/or difference of the engine performance and exhaust emission characteristics of the IDI diesel engine by fueling the commercial diesel fuel and four different mixed ratios of oxygenated blended fuels. Effect of the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) method was analyzed on the NOx emission characteristics. Ethylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether (EGBE) contains 27% of oxygen components in itself, and it is a kind of effective oxygenated fuel of mono-ether group. Smoke emission from the EGBE was reduced remarkably relative to the commercial diesel fuel. The EGBE can supply oxygen components sufficiently at higher diesel engine loads and speeds. It was found that a simultaneous reduction of the smoke and the NOx was achieved with the oxygenated fuel (10 vol-%) and the cooled EGR method (10%).


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nouri ◽  
Amir Homayoon Meghdadi Isfahani ◽  
Alireza Shirneshan

Abstract This research investigates the effects of the addition of Fe2O3 and Al2O3 nanoparticles (30, 60, and 90 ppm) and Fe2O3-Al2O3 hybrid nanoparticles to pure diesel fuel on the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine. The results indicated that fuel blends improved the combustion (in-cylinder pressure and heat release rate), performance (power, fuel consumption, and thermal and exergy efficiency), and emission characteristics of the engine. The results showed that the peak combustion pressure increased by 4% and the heat release rate was improved by 15% in comparison with pure diesel with the addition of the nanoparticles. Moreover, the rate of pressure rise increased by 18% compared to pure diesel with nanoparticle additives. Based on the results, the effects of Fe2O3 fuel blends on brake power, BTE, and CO emission were more than Al2O3 fuel blends, such that it increased power and thermal efficiency by 7.40 and 14%, respectively, and reduced CO emissions by 21.2%; moreover, the blends with Al2O3 nanoparticle additives in comparison with Fe2O3 nanoparticle blends showed a better performance in reducing BSFC (9%), NOx (23.9%), and SO2 (23.4%) emissions. Overall, the Fe2O3-Al2O3 hybrid fuel blend is the best alternative if the performance and emission characteristics of the engine are both considered.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1092-1093 ◽  
pp. 504-507
Author(s):  
Ya Chong Shen ◽  
Chun Hua Zhang ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Jia Wang Zhou

Substitution ratio is an important parameter influencing on the performance of dual-fuel engine. In order to study the effects of substitution ratio on the emission characteristics of diesel/ methanol dual-fuel engine, a 6-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine was converted into a dual-fuel engine fueled with pilot diesel fuel and methanol. Methanol was injected into the intake pipe and ignited by pilot diesel fuel. Experiments were performed at a constant speed of 1400 r/min, and at three different engine loads of 40%, 60% and 100%. The experimental results indicate that CO and HC emissions of dual-fuel mode both increase significantly with the increase of substitution ratio, and are higher than those of diesel mode. Compared to diesel mode, dual-fuel mode generates lower NOx and smoke emissions. In addition, as substitution ratio increases, NOx and smoke emissions are decreased.


Author(s):  
Bobbili Prasadarao ◽  
Aditya Kolakoti ◽  
Pudi Sekhar

: This paper presents the production of biodiesel from three different non edible oils of Pongamia, Mahua and Jatropha as an alternative fuel for diesel engine. Biodiesel is produced by followed transesterification process, using catalyst sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and methyl alcohol (CH3OH). A single cylinder four stroke three-wheeler auto diesel engine is used to evaluate the exhaust emission characteristics at a constant speed of 1500rpm with varying loads. Diesel as a reference fuel and cent percent of Pongamia Methyl Ester (PME), Mahua Methyl Ester (MME) and Jatropha Methyl Ester (JME) are used as an alternative fuel. The physicochemical properties of biodiesels are within the limits of international standards (ASTM D6751) noticeably. The results of tested biodiesels offer low exhaust emissions compared to diesel fuel, owing to presence of molecular oxygen and high cetane number. At maximum load the NOx emission reduced by 18.41% for JME, 17.46% for MME and 7.61% for PME. Low levels of CO emissions are recorded for JME (66%) followed by MME (33%) and PME (22%). Unburnt hydrocarbon emissions were reduced by 85.75% for JME and MME, for PME 14.28% reduction is observed. Exhaust smoke emissions are also reduced for PME and MME by 18.84%, for JME 14.49%. As a conclusion, it is observed that all the methyl esters exhibit significant reduction in harmful exhaust emissions compared to diesel fuel and JME is noted as a better choice.


2014 ◽  
Vol 492 ◽  
pp. 335-340
Author(s):  
Jian Wu ◽  
Li Li Zhu ◽  
Zhan Cheng Wang ◽  
Bin Xu ◽  
Hong Ming Wang

Experiment of fuel combustion and emission characteristics was carried on a turbocharged intercooled electronically controlled high pressure common rail diesel engine with n-butanol/diesel blends, then the results of experiment were compared and analyzed. The results show that with the adding of n-butanol, the maximum combustion pressure gradually increases and the maximum heat release rate gradually reduces; compared with diesel, CO emissions of the blends are slightly lower and decrease with the increasing load; HC emissions of the mixture fuel are higher and decrease first then increase with the increasing load; at 2000rpm, NOX emissions of the blends are a little lower than the pure diesel in small loads but higher in other loads, and increase with the adding of the load.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
R. Sundara Raman ◽  
G. Sankara Narayanan ◽  
N. Manoharan ◽  
S. Sendilvelan

The rapid depletion in world petroleum reserves and uncertainty in petroleum supply due to political and economical reasons along with the sharp escalation in the petroleum prices have simulated the search for alternatives to petroleum based fuels especially diesel and gasoline. Moreover, bulks of petroleum fuels are being consumed by agriculture and transport sector for which diesel engine happens to be the prime mover. Though there are wide varieties of alternative fuels available the research has not yet provided the right renewable fuel to replace diesel. Vegetable oil due to their properties being close to diesel fuel may be a promising alternative for diesel engines. Due to their high viscosity, they cannot be directly used in a diesel engine. Transesterification is one method by which viscosity could be drastically reduced and the fuel could be adopted for use in diesel engine. Present investigation focuses on use of Rice Bran Oil in Diesel engine. Performance and exhaust emission characteristics of the engine have been evaluated. Esterified Rice Bran Oil has exhibited performance very close to that of diesel fuel. In the present work it is observed that, the NOX and unburned hydrocarbon emission decreases and carbon monoxide, particulate emission and smoke intensity increases with the use of biodiesel in diesel engine. When compared to non-esterified Rice Bran Oil, esterified Rice Bran Oil emits less smoke and therefore be regarded as an environment friendly fuel.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
Avinash MUTLURI ◽  
Radha Krishna GOPIDESI ◽  
Srinivas Viswanath VALETI

In the present research a diesel engine has been converted to dual fuel mode, injecting hydrogen and biogas as secondary fuel and the tests were conducted in dual fuel mode to evaluate the performance, emissions and combustion parameters of the engine. Diesel as a pilot fuel, hydrogen and biogas as a secondary fuel were injected from the inlet manifold. The hydrogen and the biogas which is a gaseous fuel were injected at 5 liters per minute (lpm) and the tests were conducted separately. From these tests, it was noted that there is an enhancement of 27.28% in brake thermal efficiency (BTE) and increment of 10.70% in NOX emissions for diesel with 5 lpm hydrogen compared with diesel fuel under single fuel mode. Also, it was noted that the reduction in BTE was around 36.50% and NOX emissions about 15.68 % for diesel with 5 lpm biogas when compared with diesel fuel under single fuel mode.


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