TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of diethyl ether on the performance and emissions of a compression ignition engine fuelled with biodiesel
AU - Kapilan, N.
AU - Sadashiva Prabhu, S.
AU - Vasudeva, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the management of NCET for providing necessary facilities to carryout biodiesel production and fuel testing.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 PENERBIT AKADEMIA BARU - All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - India is one of the major importers of petroleum products and hence government of India has taken several steps to find suitable alternative fuels to the fossil fuels. The biodiesel derived from non-edible oils is considered as an immediate substitute for the fossil diesel. In this work, biodiesel was produced from non-edible honge oil and used as substitute for the diesel. The engine tests were carried out on a diesel engine which is most widely used for agricultural purpose. From the engine tests, we observed that the diesel engine performance with biodiesel is lower than the diesel due to lower volatility and slightly higher viscosity of the biodiesel. Hence, the objective of this work is to study the impact of diethyl ether (DEE) on the performance of the engine. The engine tests were conducted on a single cylinder, water cooled, compression ignition engine at steady state condition. The engine test results showed an increase in brake thermal efficiency and reduction in engine exhaust emissions such as CO, HC and smoke with the addition of DEE as an additive. From this work we conclude that the DEE can be used as an ignition improver for the honge oil biodiesel.
AB - India is one of the major importers of petroleum products and hence government of India has taken several steps to find suitable alternative fuels to the fossil fuels. The biodiesel derived from non-edible oils is considered as an immediate substitute for the fossil diesel. In this work, biodiesel was produced from non-edible honge oil and used as substitute for the diesel. The engine tests were carried out on a diesel engine which is most widely used for agricultural purpose. From the engine tests, we observed that the diesel engine performance with biodiesel is lower than the diesel due to lower volatility and slightly higher viscosity of the biodiesel. Hence, the objective of this work is to study the impact of diethyl ether (DEE) on the performance of the engine. The engine tests were conducted on a single cylinder, water cooled, compression ignition engine at steady state condition. The engine test results showed an increase in brake thermal efficiency and reduction in engine exhaust emissions such as CO, HC and smoke with the addition of DEE as an additive. From this work we conclude that the DEE can be used as an ignition improver for the honge oil biodiesel.
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U2 - 10.37934/ARFMTS.74.1.4556
DO - 10.37934/ARFMTS.74.1.4556
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090779396
SN - 2289-7879
VL - 74
SP - 45
EP - 56
JO - Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
JF - Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
IS - 1
ER -