Fleet Test, Performance and Emissions of Diesel Engines Using Different Alcohol-Diesel Fuel Blends

Weidmann, Kurt; Menrad, Holger

doi:10.4271/841331

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“…Weidman and Menard (1984) tested the performance and emissions characteristics of ethanol-diesel blends in diesel engines. In a dual-fuel diesel engine developed for use with ethanol as a secondary fuel, ethanol in directly introduced into the air intake (called ethanol fumigation) and the ethanol-air mixture transported into the engine cylinder.…”

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Emission characteristics of a converted diesel engine using ethanol as fuel

Çetin

Yüksel

Kuş

2009

Energy for Sustainable Development

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Emission characteristics of a converted diesel engine using ethanol as fuel

Çetin

Yüksel

Kuş

2009

Energy for Sustainable Development

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“…The initial investigations into the use of ethanol in diesel engines were carried out in South Africa in the 1970s and continued in Germany and the United States during the 1980s [8,28]. Most of these works indicate a reduction in the smoke and particulate levels emitted.…”

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An Experimental Investigation of Ethanol-Diesel Blends on Performance and Exhaust Emissions of Diesel Engines

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Karagöz

Orak

et al. 2014

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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Ethanol is a promising alternative fuel, due to its renewable biobased origin. Also, it has lower carbon content than diesel fuel and it is oxygenated. For this reason, ethanol is providing remarkable potential to reduce particulate emulsions in compression-ignition engines. In this study, performance of ethanol-diesel blends has been investigated experimentally. Tested fuels were mineral diesel fuel (E0D100), 15% (v/v) ethanol/diesel fuel blend (E15D85), and 30% (v/v) ethanol/diesel fuel blend (E30D70). Firstly, the solubility of ethanol and diesel was experienced. Engine tests were carried out to reveal the performance and emissions of the engine fuelled with the blends. Full load operating conditions at various engine speeds were investigated. Engine brake torque, brake power, brake specific fuel consumption, brake thermal efficiency, exhaust gas temperature, and finally exhaust emissions were measured. Performance of the tested engine decreased substantially while improvement on smoke and gaseous emissions makes ethanol blend favorable.

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“…Since using ethanol-blended diesel fuel can ease off the air pollution and depletion of petroleum fuels simultaneously, many researchers have been devoted to studying the influence of these alternative fuels on the engine performance and exhaust emissions of IC engines. Weidman and Menrad [8], for instance, studied the effect of 30% (volume) ethanol-blended diesel fuel on performance and emissions of an engine and found that the ethanol could reduce CO, HC and soot emission to some degree and increase moderately brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC).…”

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Influence of advanced injection timing on the performance and emissions of CI engine fueled with ethanol-blended diesel fuel

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Uslu²

2008

Int. J. Energy Res.

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SUMMARYEthanol has been considered as an alternative fuel for diesel engines. On the other hand, injection timing is a major parameter that sensitively affects the engine performance and emissions. Therefore, in this study, the influence of advanced injection timing on the engine performance and exhaust emissions of a single cylinder, naturally aspirated, four stroke, direct injection diesel engine has been experimentally investigated when using ethanol-blended diesel fuel from 0 to 15% with an increment of 5%. The original injection timing of the engine is 278 crank angle (CA) before top dead center (BTDC). The tests were conducted at three different injection timings (27, 30 and 338 CA BTDC) for 30 Nm constant load at 1800 rpm. The experimental results showed that brake-specific energy consumption (BSEC), brakespecific fuel consumption (BSFC), NO x and CO 2 emissions increased as brake-thermal efficiency (BTE), smoke, CO and HC emissions decreased with increasing amount of ethanol in the fuel mixture. Comparing the results with those of original injection timing, NO x emissions increased and smoke, HC and CO emissions decreased for all test fuels at the advanced injection timings. For BSEC, BSFC and BTE, advanced injection timings gave negative results for all test conditions.

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Fleet Test, Performance and Emissions of Diesel Engines Using Different Alcohol-Diesel Fuel Blends

Cited by 24 publications

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Emission characteristics of a converted diesel engine using ethanol as fuel

Emission characteristics of a converted diesel engine using ethanol as fuel

An Experimental Investigation of Ethanol-Diesel Blends on Performance and Exhaust Emissions of Diesel Engines

Influence of advanced injection timing on the performance and emissions of CI engine fueled with ethanol-blended diesel fuel

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