Experimental Studies on n-Butanol/Gasoline Fuel Blends in Passenger Car for Performance and Emission

Kalita, Mrinmoy; Muralidharan, M. R.; Subramanian, Muthiah; Sithananthan, M.; Yadav, Anil; Kagdiyal, Vivekanand; Sehgal, Ajay Kumar; Suresh, R.

doi:10.4271/2016-01-2264

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“…Kalita et al [37] used commercial gasoline with EURO-IV as the main fuel with 5%, 10% and 20% of n-butanol being utilized as the mixing element. The passenger car in this study was tested on chassis dynamometer so that the fuel consumption, both regulated and un-regulated emissions could be evaluated at standard driving cycle of NEDC.…”

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A Review of automotive green technology: Potential of butanol as biofuel in gasoline engine

Rahaju

Hananto

Herawan

et al. 2022

Mech. Eng. for Soc. and Ind.

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In comparison to ethanol biofuel, butanol is considerably less corrosive, permitting the utilization of existing infrastructures used to ship gasoline or diesel for its distribution. Less corrosive also means that butanol can be utilized with no engine alteration. If butanol is mixed with water, it is less likely to split from the main fuel, thus facilitating the storage and distribution of blended fuels. Butanol also comprises a comparable energy content to petrol fuel, with 25% more energy density/liter as opposed to ethanol. All these excellent qualities have led to higher engine performance, enabling the vehicles to achieve higher mileage using butanol with no significant issue. Several challenges and future research directions are discussed and in the last section of this review article, we emphasize the importance of an optical engine to diagnose engine combustion in more detail. The consequence of using butanol on spark ignition engine on cold start and knock phenomena are also worth investigating. Results on the spray, the pressure inside the cylinder, rate of heat release, and detonation are thus required.

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Section: Performance and Emissionsmentioning

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A Review of automotive green technology: Potential of butanol as biofuel in gasoline engine

Rahaju

Hananto

Herawan

et al. 2022

Mech. Eng. for Soc. and Ind.

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“…To make that comparison, the fuel consumption for alternative fuel blends with gasoline at various concentrations was taken into analysis. The FC data for regular SI LDvs were taken from the following three sources; X [89] (blends of n-butanol with gasoline), Y [90] (blends of ethanol and isobutanol with gasoline), Z [91] (blends of ethanol with gasoline), where in all cases end-use performance was tested over the NEDC. The fuel properties (S, LHVvol, Density, and VP) of tested blends were taken as inputs to the FFV-FC model to simulate their performance in flex-fuel vehicles.…”

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Modelling the end-use performance of alternative fuel properties in flex-fuel vehicles

Kroyan

Wojcieszyk

Kaario

et al. 2022

Energy Conversion and Management

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“…The methodology requires modeling based on driving cycles data, thus all chosen sources have outcomes from experimental tests. Table 2 contains collective information about selected sources, test SI engine characteristics, applied driving cycles and tested fuels Two SAE publications ( [9] and [10]) tested gasoline blends with alcohols (ethanol (E), n-butanol (nBu), and iso-butanol (iBu)) under NEDC. Whereas the third source [11] focuses on ethanol and methanol blends with gasoline under the WLTP cycle.…”

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Modeling the Impact of Alternative Fuel Properties on Light Vehicle Engine Performance and Greenhouse Gases Emissions

Kroyan

Wojcieszyk

Larmi

et al. 2019

SAE Technical Paper Series

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T he present-day transport sector needs sustainable energy solutions. Substitution of fossil-fuels with fuels produced from biomass is one of the most relevant solutions for the sector. Nevertheless, bringing biofuels into the market is associated with many challenges that policymakers, feedstock suppliers, fuel producers, and engine manufacturers need to overcome.The main objective of this research is an investigation of the impact of alternative fuel properties on light vehicle engine performance and greenhouse gases (GHG). The purpose of the present study is to provide decision-makers with tools that will accelerate the implementation of biofuels into the market. As a result, two models were developed, that represent the impact of fuel properties on engine performance in a uniform and reliable way but also with very high accuracy (coefficients of determination over 0.95) and from the end-user point of view. The inputs of the model are represented by fuel properties, whereas output by fuel consumption (FC). The parameters are represented as percentage changes relative to standard fossil fuel, which is gasoline for spark ignition (SI) engines and diesel for compression ignition (CI) engines. The methodology is based on data-driven black-box modeling (input-output relation). The multilinear regression was performed using the data from driving cycles such as the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Cycle (WLTC) and New European Driving Conditions (NEDC). The FC of SI engines proved to be dependent on mass-based Net Calorific Value (NCV), Research Octane Number (RON), oxygen content and density. However, CI engines performance is affected by NCV, density and Cetane Number (CN). The models were additionally subject to quantitative analysis, where input parameters in both models turned out to be statistically significant (p-value below 5%). Additionally, the validation stage consisted of residual analysis confirmed the accuracy of both models. The GHG part estimates the change of carbon dioxide emissions based on fuel consumption, which represents the tailpipe emissions. FIGURE 13 The impact of mass-based NCV on fuel consumption (CI case).

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Experimental Studies on n-Butanol/Gasoline Fuel Blends in Passenger Car for Performance and Emission

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

A Review of automotive green technology: Potential of butanol as biofuel in gasoline engine

A Review of automotive green technology: Potential of butanol as biofuel in gasoline engine

Modelling the end-use performance of alternative fuel properties in flex-fuel vehicles

Modeling the Impact of Alternative Fuel Properties on Light Vehicle Engine Performance and Greenhouse Gases Emissions

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