Experimental Investigation on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Compression Ignition Engine Using Waste-Based Tire Pyrolysis Fuel and Diesel Fuel Blends

Abstract

Due to the world’s growing population, the size of areas intended for food production in many countries of the world can only be achieved through severe environmental damage and deforestation, which has many other detrimental consequences in addition to accelerating global warming. By replacing the bio-content of fuels with other alternative fuels, land that is used for energy crops can also be used to grow food, thus mitigating the damaging effects of deforestation. Waste-based tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) can be a promising solution to replace the bio-proportion of diesel fuel. Since it is made from waste tires, it is also an optimal solution for recycling waste. This research shows the effect of different low-volume-percent tire pyrolyzed oil blended with diesel on the performance, fuel consumption, and emissions on a Mitsubishi S4S-DT industrial diesel engine. Four different premixed ratios of TPO were investigated (2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%) as well as pyrolysis oil and 100% diesel oil; however, the following studies will only include the data from the pure diesel and the 10% TPO measurements. The experimental investigations were in an AVL electric dynamometer, the soot measurements were in an AVL (Anstalt für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen List) Micro soot sensor (MSS), and the emission measurements were in a AVL Furier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) taken. The scope of research was to investigate the effect of low volume percentage TPO on performance and emissions on a light-duty diesel engine.

Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Heating Oil and Tyre Pyrolysis Oil Combustion in an Evaporative Combustion Chamber

“…The measurement results are presented for a fuel consumption value of 1 kg/h. The measurement protocol was compiled based on the experience of a previous measurement, in which the TPO was tested in a diesel engine [9]. Most of the measurement errors are normally distributed.…”

Predictive Assessment of Diesel Fuel Quality Based on Wavelet Transformations

“…To establish the possibility of determining the cetane numbers of fuels by the method of near-wave IR spectroscopy, the spectra of various DFs were recorded [9]. Infrared radiation spectrum data form the dependence of the light intensity on the cetane number and fractional composition of the fuel [2].…”

Development of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Prototype Vehicle Supported by Artificial Intelligence for Green Urban Transport

“…Transport, however, is responsible for about 22% of the CO 2 emissions, 30% of NO x emissions, and 12% of total particulate matter emissions; thus, this sector can be a strategic intervention point in climate politics [3,4]. Although replacement of diesel and gasoline in mobility is certainly challenging [5,6] due to the consumption of over 70% of the total oil quantity in this field and the low number of appropriate candidates, it has to be noted that fossil fuels are widely used in other sectors, too (33% in transport, 27% in electricity production, 26% in industry, 8% in residential applications, and 6% in commercial use (Figure 1a)), the conversion of which is also demanding [7]. In addition to the environmental and economic issues, the energy transition is a political topic, as the rapidly depleting fossil fuel reserves are located unevenly across the planet [8,9].…”