Study the fuel characteristics of ethanol and waste engine oil pyrolytic oil blends

Abstract

This study shows the application of pyrolytic oil derived from Waste Engine oil (WEOPO) as an alternative fuel by blending with Ethanol. For this, the effect of blending of ethanol at 5 %, 10 %, 15 %, 20 %, 25 %, and 30 % on the compositions and fuel properties were analyzed. The utmost blending was established based on the higher heating value. The pyrolytic oil used for this study was produced at 550 °C which was the optimum pyrolytic temperature. A comparison study of the blended oil was done with commercially available gasoline to observe the similarities in their fuel properties and composition. The study con rmed that ethanol can be blended with WEOPO at 20% by volume to obtain a fuel of a higher heating value of about 44.24 MJ/kg that can be used as fuel. Since, WEOPO contains 65.80% of C4-C12 (gasoline range) hydrocarbon compounds and the rest 31.48 % C11-C15, 11.84 % C15-C19, and 6.94 % >C19 compounds it can be used as a future fuel.Availability of data and materials: Not applicable (This is an experimental research done by us) Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.