Feasibility of diesel–biodiesel–ethanol/bioethanol blend as existing CI engine fuel: An assessment of properties, material compatibility, safety and combustion

Shahir, S.A.; Masjuki, H.H.; Kalam, M.A.; Imran, A.; Fattah, I.M. Rizwanul; Ahmed, Shamsuddin

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.01.029

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“…Therefore, it may lead to inferior fuel injection 11) . Meanwhile, GB00 at the injection periods of T2 and T3 shows the smallest spray cone angle due to its low density and viscosity value.…”

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The effects of Gasoline-Biodiesel Blended Fuels on Spray Characteristics

Thongchai¹

2015

Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society

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>> The current study has investigated the effects of biodiesel blended with gasoline on the spray characteristics in a Constant Volume Combustion Chamber (CVCC). With the concentration of 5, 10, 15 and 20% by volume, biodiesel was blended with commercial gasoline and performed on the macroscopic visualization test. Pure gasoline and biodiesel were also tested as the reference. The shadowgraph technique was conducted in the constant volume chamber. The spray images were recorded by a high speed video camera with frame speed 10,000 frame per second. Fuel injection was set at 800, 1000 and 1,350 bar with the simulated speed 1,500 and 2,000 rpm. The back pressure was controlled at 20 bar. The spray angle and penetration tip were measured and analyzed by using the image processing. At the high injection pressure, the spray penetration length with the simulated speed 1,500 rpm showed that B100 was lower than GB00-20 whereas the spray penetration length with the simulated speed 2,000 rpm exhibited that GB blends and B100 were insignificantly different. Due to biodiesel concentration, its effects on spray angles were observed throughout injection periods (T1, T2 and T3). At the simulated speed 1,500 rpm, the spray angle of GB blends and B100 presented the same pattern following injection timing. In addition, when the simulated speed increased to 2,000 rpm the different spray angle of all blends disappeared at main injection (T3).

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The effects of Gasoline-Biodiesel Blended Fuels on Spray Characteristics

Thongchai¹

2015

Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society

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“…The carbon steel specimen of size 40 mm length, 25 mm width and 3 mm thickness was made from long flat plate by machining and grinding. The density of carbon steel (0.2% C, 0.4% Mn and 99.4% Fe) used in this study is 7.85 g/cm 3 . To suspend the specimen into test fuel blends in the glass screw bottle, a hole of 3 mm diameter was drilled on the edge of the specimens.…”

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“…biodiesel and 10% (Vol.) ethanol can be used in diesel engine for better engine performance and emissions [3]. The BDE blend represents an important alternative fuel for diesel engines; however, changes in the fuel composition and the introduction of new alternative fuel often results in corrosion and degradation of the automobile fuel system parts.…”

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Corrosion Behaviour of Carbon Steel in Biodiesel–Diesel–Ethanol (BDE) Fuel Blend

Thangavelu

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Ani

2015

MATEC Web of Conferences

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Abstract. The biodiesel-diesel-ethanol blend represents an important alternative fuel for diesel engines; however, changes in the fuel composition and the introduction of new alternative fuel often results in corrosion and degradation of the automobile fuel system parts. In this present study, the corrosion behavior of carbon steel in B20D70E10 (biodiesel 20%, diesel 70% and ethanol 10%) fuel blend was studied by static immersion at room temperature and 60 °C. The effect of B20D70E10 fuel blend on corrosion rate, morphology of corrosion products, and chemical structure of carbon steel were studied. In addition, the change of fuel properties, namely, total acid number, density, viscosity, calorific value, flash point, and color changes were also investigated. Moreover, fuel compositional changes, such as water content and oxidation product level in the fuel blends were examined. The results showed that the degradation of fuel properties and corrosion rate of carbon steel in B20D70E10 are lower than neat biodiesel (B100), whereas slightly higher than petro-diesel (B0) .

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“…The specification of viscometer used in this experiment was described in table 4. All this specification are used in finding the kinematic viscosity based on the traveling time of stainless steel ball by using the equation (4). Travelling time of the steel ball was recorded from the top to the bottom of the glass which marked with a red line and was repeated for 3 times for better accuracy.…”

Section: Viscositymentioning

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“…Ethanol can be blended with diesel in the tank or injected into the cylinder to reduce the exhausted pollution [3]. Ethanol is easy to produce because it is produced from the fermentation of sugar such as sugar cane, grass, corn, barley sugar, etc [4]. Besides, it is capable of reducing the harmful exhaust emission such as CO, CO2, SOx, smoke opacity and particulate matter [5].…”

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Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer

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Abstract. Diesel engine is known as the most efficient engine with high efficiency and power but always reported as high fuel emission. Malaysia National Automotive Policy (NAP) was targeting to improve competitive regional focusing on green technology development in reducing the emission of the engine. Therefore, ethanol was introduced to reduce the emission of the engine and while increasing its performance, Palm methyl ester was introduced as blend enhancer to improve engine performance and improve diesel-ethanol blends stability. This paper aimed to study the characteristics of the blends and to prove the ability of palm-methyl-ester as co-solvent in ethanol-diesel blends. Stability and thermophysical test were carried out for different fuel compositions. The stability of dieselethanol blended was proved to be improved with the addition of PME at the longer period and the stability of the blends changed depending on temperature and ethanol content. Density and viscosity of diesel-ethanol-PME blends also give higher result than diesel-ethanol blends and it's proved that PME is able to increase density and viscosity of blends. Besides, heating value of the blends also increases with the increasing PME in diesel-ethanol blends.

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Feasibility of diesel–biodiesel–ethanol/bioethanol blend as existing CI engine fuel: An assessment of properties, material compatibility, safety and combustion

Cited by 239 publications

References 87 publications

The effects of Gasoline-Biodiesel Blended Fuels on Spray Characteristics

The effects of Gasoline-Biodiesel Blended Fuels on Spray Characteristics

Corrosion Behaviour of Carbon Steel in Biodiesel–Diesel–Ethanol (BDE) Fuel Blend

Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer

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