A Review Study on the Using of Diethyl Ether in Diesel Engines: Effects on Fuel Properties and Engine Performance

Abstract

This study was compiled from the results of various researches performed on using diethyl ether as a fuel or fuel additive in diesel engines. Three different techniques are used the reduction of the harmful exhaust emissions of diesel engines. The first technique for the reduction of harmful emissions is improved the combustion by modification of engine design and fuel injection system, but this process is expensive and time consuming. The second technique is the using various exhaust gas devices like catalytic converter and diesel particulate filter. However, the use of these devices affects negatively diesel engine performance. The final technique to reduce emissions and also improve diesel engine performance is the use of various alternative fuels or fuel additives. The major pollutants of diesel engines are oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM). It is very difficult to reduce NOx and PM simultaneously in practice. The most researches declare that the best way to reduce is the use of various alternative fuels i. e. natural gas, biogas, biodiesel or using the additives with alternative fuels or conventional diesel fuel. Therefore, it is very important that the results of various studies on alternative fuels or fuel additives are evaluated together to practice applications. Especially, this study focus on the use diethyl ether in diesel engines as fuel or fuel additive in various diesel engine fuels. This review study investigates the effects of diethyl ether addition on the fuel properties and performance characteristics.

Long term endurance analysis of the effects on ring wear and lubrication oil of biofuel used in a DI diesel engine

“…Bioethanol blend which has a low heating value cause to decrease in maximum temperature and pressure. 33–38 The heat release rates are also seen in Figure 5(b). It is seen that they are parallel with the in-cylinder pressure distributions.…”

“…The low calorific value and low cetane number of bioethanol blends compared to diesel fuel cause the combustion parameters to change. 33 For this reason, it has been interpreted as less wear on the mechanical parts in the combustion zone.…”

Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Using Ether Additives: A Review

“…In addition, the cetane number of biodiesel fuels has been reported to be lower than pure diesel fuel. That means finding an additive or chemical that can be mixed in small proportions with diesel or biodiesel fuels to give beneficial properties to the blended fuels and boost biofuel efficiency (Sezer, 2018). Current studies often classify diesel additives into two categories including organic and inorganic additives.…”

Selected physicochemical properties of water-fuel microemulsion as an alternative fuel for diesel engine

“…Research in this area suggests that so called oxygenated fuels such as alcohols and fatty acid methyl esters can have important influence on reduction of harmful engine gases. Also selected ethers such as ethyl tert-butyl (ETBE) as well diethyl ether (DEE) are considered as favourable component of the diesel fuel combustion system [6,22]. In case of self-ignition engines, the main environmental problem is emission of soot particles and nitrogen oxides.…”