Investigation of 2-butoxyethanol as biodiesel additive on fuel property and combustion characteristics of two neat biodiesels

Masera, Kemal; Hossain, Abul Kalam; Davies, Philip A.; Doudin, Khalid

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2020.09.064

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“…Brake thermal efficiency Indicated power (IP) = p m LANK 60 ´1000 (kW ) (7) Friction power (FP) = IP -Bp(kW ) (…”

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“…Compared to nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels, biodiesels are generally made from vegetable oils or animal fats [5]. The various biodiesel fuels can be produced by recycling the waste and various natural materials, making them environmentally friendly and with fewer aromatic compounds and sulfur [6,7]. This kind of sustainable Article renewable fuel plays an important role in achieving world's carbon neutrality goals by significantly reducing exhaust emissions including particulate matter, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide [8].…”

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Online Big-Data Monitoring and Assessment Framework for Internal Combustion Engine with Various Biofuels

Zhang

Sharma

Wang

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Article Online Big-Data Monitoring and Assessment Framework for Internal Combustion Engine with Various Biofuels Ming Zhang 1,*, Vikas Sharma 2, Zezhong Wang 1, Yu Jia 1, Abul Kalam Hossain 1, and Yuchun Xu 1 1 College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK 2 School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK * Correspondence: m.zhang21@aston.ac.uk Received: 14 December 2022 Accepted: 26 April 2023 Published: 30 May 2023 Abstract: As the primary power source for automobiles, the internal combustion (IC) engines have been widely used and served millions of people worldwide. With increasingly stringent environmental regulations, biofuels have been obtained more attentions and are being used as alternative fuel to power IC engines. However, there are currently no standard solutions or well-established monitoring and assessment methods that can effectively evaluate the IC engine’s performance with biofuels. The expectation for biofuels is to keep the engine’s lifetime as long as the conventional fuels, or even longer. Otherwise, their usage would be unnecessary because they would reduce the lifecycle of the engine and also cause more waste and pollution. To address this challenge, we initially designed two biofuels: waste cooking oil biofuel (WCOB) and lamb fat biofuel (LFB). Then we proposed an online big-data monitoring and assessment framework for IC engines operating with various types of fuel. We conducted comprehensive experiments and comparisons based on the proposed framework. The results indicate that LFB performs best under all the performance indicators.

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“…Brake thermal efficiency Indicated power (IP) = p m LANK 60 ´1000 (kW ) (7) Friction power (FP) = IP -Bp(kW ) (…”

Section: Performance Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Online Big-Data Monitoring and Assessment Framework for Internal Combustion Engine with Various Biofuels

Zhang

Sharma

Wang

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“…Masera et al [19] investigated the effect of 15% by volume addition of 2-Butoxyethanol into biodiesel produced from waste frying oil and rapeseed oil to improve the high viscosity and combustion properties of biodiesel on fuel properties, engine performance and exhaust gas emissions. They stated that the addition of 2-Butoxyethanol increased combustion e ciency and reduced exhaust gas emissions.…”

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Effect of oxygen-containing chemical fuel additives on energy, emission and engine combustion parameters for reducing carbon footprint

OZER

2024

Interciencia

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There have been many research and development studies on the use of biodiesel fuels in compression ignition engines. In recent years, studies with ternary fuel blends formed with different additives to improve the performance characteristics of diesel/biodiesel fuel blends have gained importance. In this study, D80B20, D50B50, D30B50S20, and D30B50G20 fuel blends were formed by mixing biodiesel obtained from canola oil with pure diesel, solketal and butyl diglycol at different ratios. These fuel blends were tested in a compression ignition direct injection diesel engine at a constant engine speed of 3000 rpm and different engine load conditions and their engine performance, exhaust emission and combustion characteristics were investigated. In addition, the thermal and exergy efficiencies of these fuels were calculated as a result of thermodynamic analyses using the results obtained in experimental studies. Improvements in combustion performance (in-cylinder pressure, heat release rate, rate of pressure rise and cumulative heat release) and exhaust emissions (CO, HC and smoke) were observed with the addition of solketal and butyl diglycol to diesel-biodiesel binary fuel blends. Exhaust gas temperatures increased with the addition of solketal and butyl diglycol to the binary fuel blends. In the thermodynamic analysis, the lowest exergy destruction and total exergy losses were calculated for D30B50S20 fuel. Therefore, the highest thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency were realised in D30B50S20 fuel.

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“…Many studies assessing the effects of ethanol-diesel blends on exhaust emissions have reported reduced CO, NOx and PM [28,29]. The use of these blends also affects engine performance, leading to an increase in specific fuel consumption, a slight decrease in engine power and an increase in exhaust gas temperature [30,31].…”

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Visualisation Testing of the Vertex Angle of the Spray Formed by Injected Diesel–Ethanol Fuel Blends

Krzemiński,

Ustrzycki

2024

Energies

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The internal combustion engine continues to be the main source of power in various modes of transport and industrial machines. This is due to its numerous advantages, such as easy adaptability, high efficiency, reliability and low fuel consumption. Despite these beneficial qualities of internal combustion engines, growing concerns are related to their negative environmental impacts. As a result, environmental protection has become a major factor determining advancements in the automotive industry in recent years, with the search for alternative fuels being one of the priorities in research and development activities. Among these, fuels of plant origin, mainly alcohols, are attracting a lot of attention due to their high oxygen content (around 35%). These fuels differ from diesel oil, for instance, in kinematic viscosity and density, which can affect the formation of the fuel spray and, consequently, the proper functioning of the compression–ignition engine, as well as the performance and purity of the exhaust gases emitted into the environment. The process of spray formation in direct injection compression–ignition engines is extremely complicated and requires detailed analysis of the fast-changing variables. This explains the need for using complicated research equipment enabling visualisation tests and making it possible to gain a more accurate understanding of the processes that take place. The present article aims to present the methodology for alternative fuel visualisation tests. To achieve this purpose, sprays formed by diesel–ethanol blends were recorded. A visualisation chamber and a high-speed camera were used for this purpose. The acquired video provided the material for the analysis of the changes in the vertex angle of the spray formed by the fuel blends. The test was carried out under reproducible conditions in line with the test methodology. The shape of the fuel spray is impacted by an increase in the proportional content of ethanol in the diesel and dodecanol blend. Based on the present findings, it is possible to note that the values of the vertex angle in the spray produced by the diesel–ethanol blend with the addition of dodecanol are most similar to those produced by diesel oil at an injection pressure of 100 MPa. The proposed methodology enables an analysis of the injection process based on the spray macrostructure parameters, and it can be applied in the testing of alternative fuels.

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Investigation of 2-butoxyethanol as biodiesel additive on fuel property and combustion characteristics of two neat biodiesels

Cited by 27 publications

References 43 publications

Online Big-Data Monitoring and Assessment Framework for Internal Combustion Engine with Various Biofuels

Online Big-Data Monitoring and Assessment Framework for Internal Combustion Engine with Various Biofuels

Effect of oxygen-containing chemical fuel additives on energy, emission and engine combustion parameters for reducing carbon footprint

Visualisation Testing of the Vertex Angle of the Spray Formed by Injected Diesel–Ethanol Fuel Blends

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