Experimental Investigation of the Use of Waste Mineral Oils as a Fuel with Organic-Based Mn Additive

Abstract

The heat values of waste mineral oils are equal to the heat value of the fuel oil. However, heat value alone is not sufficient for the use of waste minerals oils as fuel. However, the critical physical properties of fuels such as density and viscosity need to be adapted to the system in order to be used. In this study, the engine oils used in the first 10,000 km of the vehicles were used as waste mineral oil. An organic-based Mn additive was synthesized to improve the properties of the waste mineral oil. It was observed that mixing the Mn additive with the waste mineral oil at different doses (4, 8, 12, and 16 ppm) improves the viscosity of the waste oil and the flash point. The resulting fuel was evaluated for emission using different loads in a 5 kW capacity generator to compare the fuel with standard diesel fuel and to determine the effect of Mn addition. In the experimental study, it was observed that the emission characteristics of the fuel obtained from waste mineral oil were worse than diesel fuel, but some improvement was observed with Mn addition. As a result, we found that the use of waste mineral oils in engines in fuel standards was not appropriate, but may be improved with additives.

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“…Experimental data, and measurements confirming data (such as weather conditions, engine speed, electrical data of the alternator) were transferred to the datalogger made with the LattePanda development board (Figure 1). For the experimental procedure, conditions and calculations in the TS 1231 (ISO 3046 equivalent) standard were applied 39 …”

“…In this study, the first method was applied. In previous studies, metallic additives for fuels are used in the range of 4–20 μmol/L 39‐42 . Fuel properties can be improved by using these additives in such a small amount.…”

“…However, increasing the amount of additive does not improve fuel properties less than expected. In studies on the use of Mn additive in waste engine oil, 39 it has been stated that in the use of 16 μmol/L Mn additive, there was a significant improvement in kinematic viscosity and flash point properties for waste engine oil. Therefore, considering the previous studies, it was preferred to use 16 μmol/L (=16 ppm) Mn additive.…”

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“…Studied the catalytic conversion of waste engine oil to diesel engines in the presence of the nano-CeO2/SiO2 catalyst synthesized by different analytical methods and examined the physical and thermal properties of the fuel. Bülent Özdalyan and Recep (2018) found that the availability of waste mineral oils as a direct fuel in diesel engines was investigated firstly, and then the degree of improvement with organic-based Mn additive material was investigated experimentally using a diesel engine with a power of 6.4 kW. Characteristic measurements were made for a constant speed (3000 rpm) and a variable load (750 W-4.5 kW) with an alternator rated at 5 kW.…”