Investigation of the effect of biodiesel blends on the performance of a fuel additive-assisted diesel filter system

Abstract

The results of full-scale regeneration tests with a unit silicon carbide diesel particulate filter installed on a single-cylinder diesel engine are presented. Two sets of transient regeneration experiments, one for each fuel used, with high level of exhaust gas flow rate (normalized per filter volume) and markedly different levels of soot loading were performed. The test fuels were conventional diesel (denoted as B0) and B20 biodiesel blend. The effect of the biodiesel on filter regeneration was further investigated by means of infrared thermography. The main objective was to investigate the catalytic soot ignition and regeneration propagation when the engine is fueled by biodiesel blends. Special focus was on the temperature distribution across the filter channels and the evolution of the regeneration at the central and peripheral part of the filter. The results indicated a faster evolution of the regeneration with lower overall filter wall temperatures with favorable effects on the filter durability, when the engine is fueled by B20.

Diesel-Injection Equipment Parts Deterioration after Prolonged Use of Biodiesel

“…DW10 engine operation points tested with B70 fuel (see Table 7). On the other hand, RF91 was subjected to steady-state testing with B20 and B50 fuels for a total of 50 and 50 h, respectively, in diesel filter loading and regeneration tests, in the period December 2011 to January 2013 (Table 7) [38][39][40]. The diesel particulate filter loading was mainly carried out at 3250 rpm and 16.2 N-m RF91 engine operation point.…”

A Review on Biodiesel Feedstocks and Production Technologies

“…Whereas, biodiesel is produced from its feedstock through a transesterification reaction that includes the exchanging of glycerides (the main component of feedstock) organic group with the organic group of an alcohol to produce biodiesel and glycerol as a co-product [4,5] . Table 1 shows the composition and properties of biodiesel as well as diesel [6,7] . Biodiesel is one of the common biofuels used in many countries as it is utilized in the US, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, France, Germany, and other European countries in large quantities.…”