Investigations of combustion, performance, and emission characteristics in a diesel engine fueled with <i>Prunus domestica</i> methyl ester and n‐butanol blends

Nalla, Bhanu Teja; Devarajan, Yuvarajan; Ganesan, S.; Sharma, Dilip Kumar; Vybhav, K; Mishra, Ruby

doi:10.1002/ep.13811

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“…Since water does not conduct electricity, researchers have identified stainless steel 316 L as an electrode and added salt as the electrolyte (potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide). Patel et al 11 experimented with a four‐cylinder SI engine. The authors used hydrogen as fuel.…”

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Detailed analysis on engine operating in dual fuel mode with different energy fractions of sustainable HHO gas

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Lakshmaiya

Dhivagar³

et al. 2022

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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Carbon emission and problems associated with the world have been the major concerns for the past few decades. The world governments have implemented stringent emission norms to reduce the pollution created by hydrocarbon combustion in automobiles. The use of gaseous fuels in IC engines has gained interest among the research community. In the present research work, hydrogen, and oxygen (HHO gas) are produced together in an electrolyzer unit and is fed into the engine intake manifold before the carburetor. The electrolyzer consists of an anode, cathode and five neutral plates made of 316 L SS. Electrolyser production rate was tested with four different molarity conditions of NaOH electrolyte solution ranging from 0.24 to 1 N. It was noted that a maximum of 2 LPM of HHO gas was produced with the supply of 90 A‐h current at 1 N solution concentration. The performance and emission characters of the SI engine were conducted at six different load conditions and four flow rates of HHO gas. HHO gas induction has significantly increased the thermal brake efficiency by 8% and decreased the specific fuel consumption by 20%. With the supply of 2 LPM of HHO gas, CO2, HC, and NOx emissions were reduced by 67%, 59%, and 34%, respectively.

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Detailed analysis on engine operating in dual fuel mode with different energy fractions of sustainable HHO gas

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Dhivagar³

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“…Lower O 2 content in EGR at various percentages forms a heterogeneous and rich air-fuel mixture and causes low CO emissions for all test fuel and EGR rates. The work performed Ravikumar et al, 13 Banerji et al 28 and Nalla et al 30 using miscellaneous biofuel documented a similar trend.…”

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Detailed studies on employing fish canning waste as a partial alternative in a research diesel engine: Waste to energy initiation

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Munuswamy²,

Ganesan

et al. 2023

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This research aims to utilize the energy available from fish canning waste (FCW) as a partial alternative. The fuel is chemically modified to fish canning waste methyl ester (FCWME) by acid‐catalytic transesterification process and blended with diesel at 10%, 20% and 30% volume. The engine utilized in this study is slightly modified by engaging exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to lower the nitrous oxide (NO) emission of oxygen‐rich fuel blends. Performance tests demonstrated that the FCW/diesel blends show similar patterns to diesel. Higher fuel consumption of 0.01, 0.03 and 0.04 kg/kWh was noted by including FCWME by 10%, 20% and 30% by volume. Power losses of about 1.4%, 1.9% and 2.1% were experienced by blending 10%, 20% and 30% volumes of FCWME with diesel. Conversely, the tailpipe emissions, namely smoke, CO and HC emissions, lowered by 3.7%, 0.017% and 21 ppm, with 117 ppm elevated NO emissions for the FCWME/diesel blends than diesel. The test results revealed that the NO emissions from all test fuels lowered drastically during 10%–30% EGR; 91 ppm reduction in NO emissions was observed at a 30% EGR rate, with a slight increase in other regulated emissions. Considering the encouraging impacts on the environment and improved fuel combustion pattern, FCW biofuel shall be employed as a likely and fractional alternative to diesel fuel.

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“…Although biodiesel blend in diesel engines has many advantages, the main disadvantage is low oxidative stability, generating peroxides and hydroperoxides and monomeric, oligomeric, and short-chain compounds formed via rearrangement, fission, and dimerization reactions [ 311 ]. Although the IC engine guarantees low fuel consumption and low carbon dioxide emissions, this engine is a source of particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions, with unfavorable effects on human health and the environment [ 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 ]. Therefore, studies on fuel mixtures and new engine designs are essential for expanding the use of biofuels.…”

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Biofuels and Nanocatalysts: Python Boosting Visualization of Similarities

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Among the most relevant themes of modernity, using renewable resources to produce biofuels attracts several countries’ attention, constituting a vital part of the global geopolitical chessboard since humanity’s energy needs will grow faster and faster. Fortunately, advances in personal computing associated with free and open-source software production facilitate this work of prospecting and understanding complex scenarios. Thus, for the development of this work, the keywords “biofuel” and “nanocatalyst” were delivered to the Scopus database, which returned 1071 scientific articles. The titles and abstracts of these papers were saved in Research Information Systems (RIS) format and submitted to automatic analysis via the Visualization of Similarities Method implemented in VOSviewer 1.6.18 software. Then, the data extracted from the VOSviewer were processed by software written in Python, which allowed the use of the network data generated by the Visualization of Similarities Method. Thus, it was possible to establish the relationships for the pair between the nodes of all clusters classified by Link Strength Between Items or Terms (LSBI) or by year. Indeed, other associations should arouse particular interest in the readers. However, here, the option was for a numerical criterion. However, all data are freely available, and stakeholders can infer other specific connections directly. Therefore, this innovative approach allowed inferring that the most recent pairs of terms associate the need to produce biofuels from microorganisms’ oils besides cerium oxide nanoparticles to improve the performance of fuel mixtures by reducing the emission of hydrocarbons (HC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx).

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Investigations of combustion, performance, and emission characteristics in a diesel engine fueled with Prunus domestica methyl ester and n‐butanol blends

Cited by 16 publications

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Detailed analysis on engine operating in dual fuel mode with different energy fractions of sustainable HHO gas

Detailed analysis on engine operating in dual fuel mode with different energy fractions of sustainable HHO gas

Detailed studies on employing fish canning waste as a partial alternative in a research diesel engine: Waste to energy initiation

Biofuels and Nanocatalysts: Python Boosting Visualization of Similarities

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