Complete heat balance, performance, and emission evaluation of a CI engine fueled with Mesua ferrea methyl and ethyl ester’s blends with petrodiesel

Singh, Neetu; Kumar, Himansh; Jha, Mithilesh Kumar; Sarma, Anil Kumar

doi:10.1007/s10973-015-4777-8

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“…According to literature reports on the thermal balance of diesel engines (Ajav et al 2000;Jadhao and Thombare 2013;Singh et al 2015), only approx. 30% of the fuel energy is converted into useful energy, with approx.…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of Intentional Reduction in Moisture Content of Forest Wood Chips during Transport on Truckload Price

2018

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Wood chip transportation is a widespread practice in Poland, with distances between forest sites and power or heating plants reaching 300 km and truck transport times of up to 6 h. Because the basic parameter affecting biomass quality for energy production is moisture content, the objective of the presented economic analysis was to determine its effect on the price of wood chips transported by semi-trailer trucks. This paper considered the possibility of drying biomass in the semi-trailer. No external energy consumption was envisioned; the heat needed for drying was obtained from the truck cooling or exhaust systems via heat exchangers. The moisture content of transported biomass had a dual effect on the final truckload price. While it increased biomass amount by adding to its weight, it decreased its price by lowering its calorific value. Mathematical analysis showed that a decrease in wood chip moisture content increased truckload price, justifying research on technological improvements of this process. Simulations indicated that by reducing moisture content during transportation, biomass suppliers increased their revenues approximately € 3.6 to € 30.0 per truckload, which translates into annual financial profit ranging from tens of thousands of euros (EUR) to more than € 23,810.

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Effects of Intentional Reduction in Moisture Content of Forest Wood Chips during Transport on Truckload Price

2018

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“…The mathematical expressions used by the software are given in supporting equations that were used to measure the CI engine test rig performance parameters and heat release rate (Eqs. 3 to 10) (Kumar et al 2016;Singh et al 2015).…”

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Experimental investigation of 2-EHN effects upon CI engine attributes fuelled with used cooking oil-based hybrid microemulsion biofuel

Kumar

Sarma

Kumar

2021

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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In recent years, disposal of used cooking oil has drawn everyone attention due to its detrimental and hazardous effects upon health and environment. However, used cooking oil has great potential to be a fuel supplement after its appropriate processing for biofuel formulation, globally. Attributed to the various advantages of microemulsion-based hybrid biofuel (MHBF) technique, the present experimental investigation has focused to investigate the effects of used cooking oil (UCO)-based hybrid microemulsion biofuel (UCOMHBF), added with 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (2-EHN) (cetane enhancer) upon performance, combustion and emission characteristics of a 4-stroke single-cylinder CI engine. 2-EHN was added in UCOMHBF (UCO (55%) (vol.%), anhydrous ethanol (E) (28%) (vol.%) and 2-butanol (B) (17%)) in proportion of 500 (UCOMHBF500), 1000 (UCOMHBF1000) and 1500 (UCOMHBF1500) ppm, respectively. The brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) of CI engine test rig for UCOMHBF1000 was found 8% lower than UCOMHBF and B100 and 2.5% higher for UCOMHBF1500, respectively. Combustion delay was observed with MHBFs w.r.t petrodiesel, but improved combustion was observed with up to 1000 ppm addition of 2-EHN in UCOMHBF at full load condition. Addition of 1500 ppm 2-EHN in UCOMHBF showed uncontrolled flame propagation at the end of the compression stroke which resulted in incomplete combustion during power stroke. 2-EHN addition in UCOMHBF has also lowered the mean of nitrogen (NO x ) in the range of 2.06-33.33% w.r.t petrodiesel. Hence, it can be concluded that UCOMHBF1000 has shown the superior characteristics from all other UCOMHBFs.

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“…Despite their superiority and aforementioned advantages, published research studies concerning ethyl esters in terms of their use in diesel engines are limited compared to that of methyl esters. However, when considering performance and emission analysis according to existing research [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38], ethyl esters could be considered as clear alternatives. Table 1 shows the existing literature studies, where the performance and emission characteristics of ethyl esters are compared with that of methyl esters.…”

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Experimental investigation of spray characteristics of ethyl esters in a constant volume chamber

Ulu

Yıldız

Özkol

et al. 2022

Biomass Conv. Bioref.

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In contrast, ethanol is produced from biogenic resources like maize, sugarcane, etc. Thus, biodiesel can be fully renewable if ethanol is used instead of methanol in the biodiesel production process.Besides, ethyl esters have extra advantages over methyl esters such that they can have better performances in cold weather. However, studies considering the characteristics of ethyl esters are limited in the literature, and these papers have fully focused on performance and emission characteristics. Any published paper investigating the spray characteristics of ethyl esters is not yet available. This paper brings a certain novelty by investigating the spray characteristics of various ethyl ester type biodiesels.

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Complete heat balance, performance, and emission evaluation of a CI engine fueled with Mesua ferrea methyl and ethyl ester’s blends with petrodiesel

Cited by 44 publications

References 19 publications

Effects of Intentional Reduction in Moisture Content of Forest Wood Chips during Transport on Truckload Price

Effects of Intentional Reduction in Moisture Content of Forest Wood Chips during Transport on Truckload Price

Experimental investigation of 2-EHN effects upon CI engine attributes fuelled with used cooking oil-based hybrid microemulsion biofuel

Experimental investigation of spray characteristics of ethyl esters in a constant volume chamber

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