Performance analyses of a spark-ignition engine firing with gasoline–butanol blends at partial load operation

Galloni, Enzo; Fontana, G.; Staccone, S.

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2015.12.038

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“…However, a CFR engine is out of range when operating either with pure alcohols such as ethanol or n-butanol or with blends with high alcohol content. For this reason, ethanol and n-butanol values were taken from the literature [18].…”

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“…Some authors [3,[17][18][19] have reported studies using gasoline-butanol blends in SIEs. Costagliola et al [17] tested 10% n-butanol (as well as different ethanol contents) in a port-fuel injection (PFI) engine showing similar benefits in CO, HC, and PM emissions as with ethanol, but also similar increases in carbonyl emissions.…”

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“…Costagliola et al [17] tested 10% n-butanol (as well as different ethanol contents) in a port-fuel injection (PFI) engine showing similar benefits in CO, HC, and PM emissions as with ethanol, but also similar increases in carbonyl emissions. Galloni et al [18] tested gasoline and n-butanol (20% and 40% butanol mass percentage) also in PFI engine. When using a B40 blend, power delivered at same engine speed decreased about 13%, mainly due to the difference between heating values.…”

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Strategies to Introduce n-Butanol in Gasoline Blends

Lapuerta¹,

Ballesteros²,

Barba³

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The use of oxygenated fuels in spark ignition engines (SIEs) has gained increasing attention in the last few years, especially when coming from renewable sources, due to the shortage of fossil fuels and global warming concern. Currently, the main substitute of gasoline is ethanol, which helps to reduce CO and HC emissions but presents a series of drawbacks such as a low heating value and a high hygroscopic tendency, which cause higher fuel consumption and corrosion problems, respectively. This paper shows the most relevant properties when replacing ethanol by renewable n-butanol, which presents a higher heating value and a lower hygroscopic tendency compared to the former. The test matrix carried out for this experimental study includes, on the one hand, ethanol substitution by n-butanol in commercial blends and, on the other hand, either ethanol or gasoline substitution by n-butanol in E85 blends (85% ethanol-15% gasoline by volume). The results show that the substitution of n-butanol by ethanol presents a series of benefits such as a higher heating value and a greater interchangeability with gasoline compared to ethanol, which makes n-butanol a promising fuel for SIEs in commercial blends. However, the use of n-butanol in E85 blends substituting either gasoline or ethanol may cause cold-start problems due to the lower vapor pressure of n-butanol. For this reason, a combined substitution of n-butanol by both gasoline and ethanol is proposed so that n-butanol can be used without start problems.

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Strategies to Introduce n-Butanol in Gasoline Blends

Lapuerta¹,

Ballesteros²,

Barba³

2017

Sustainability

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“…Biofuels are the most widely used oxygenated additives due to the resulting reduction of particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), unburned hydrocarbon (UHC), sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in internal combustion engines [4][5][6]. Among biofuels, bio-butanol, which is considered to a promising alternative fuel, has recently attracted increased attention [7][8][9][10][11]. Bio-butanol offers a number of advantages over ethanol, which is currently one of the most widely used alternative fuels [12,13].…”

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Performance and Regulated/Unregulated Emission Evaluation of a Spark Ignition Engine Fueled with Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol and Gasoline Blends

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An experimental investigation was conducted on the effect of equivalence ratios and engine loads on performance and emission characteristics using acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) and gasoline blends. Gasoline blends with various ABE content (0 vol % to 80 vol % ABE, referred to as G100, ABE10, ABE20, ABE30, ABE60, and ABE80, respectively) were used as test fuels, where the volumetric concentration of A/B/E was 3:6:1. The experiments were conducted at engine loads of 3, 4, 5, and 6 bar brake mean effective pressure at an engine speed of 1200 rpm and under various equivalence ratios (ϕ = 0.83-1.25). The results showed that ABE addition in the fuel blends could increase brake thermal efficiency and decrease unburned hydrocarbon (UHC), carbon dioxide (CO), and oxynitride (NO x ). As for unregulated emissions, acetaldehyde and 1,3-budatiene emissions increased with the increased ABE content in blend fuels. Regarding the aromatic emissions, ABE addition led to a decrease in benzene, toluene, and xylene emissions. The study indicated that ABE could be used as a promising alternative fuel in spark ignition (SI) engines for enhancing the brake thermal efficiency and reducing regulated emissions and aromatic air toxics.

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“…Galloni et al [23] studied the effect of butanol and its blends by (20% and 40% of butanol volume) on engine performance and emissions by using port fuel injected turbocharged SI engine. The author found that the engine torque and thermal efficiency drop by approximately 4% for butanol-gasoline blends compared to the gasoline fuels.…”

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Investigation of emissions characteristics of secondary butyl alcohol-gasoline blends in a port fuel injection spark ignition engine

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Abstract. Exhaust emissions especially from light duty gasoline engine are a major contributor to air pollution due to the large number of vehicles on the road. The purpose of this study is to experimentally analyse the exhaust pollutant emissions of a four-stroke port fuel spark ignition engines operating using secondary butyl alcohol-gasoline blends by percentage volume of 5% (GBu5), 10% (GBu10) and 15% (GBu15) of secondary butyl-alcohol (2-butanol) additives in gasoline fuels at 50% of wide throttle open. The exhaust emissions characteristics of the engine using blended fuels was compared to the exhaust emissions of the engine with gasoline fuels (G100) as a reference fuels. Exhaust emissions analysis results show that all of the blended fuels produced lower CO by 8.6%, 11.6% and 24.8% for GBu5, GBu10 and GBu15 respectively from 2500 to 4000 RPM, while for HC, both GBu10 and GBu15 were lower than that G100 fuels at all engine speeds. In general, when the engine was operated using blended fuels, the engine produced lower CO and HC, but higher CO 2 .

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Performance analyses of a spark-ignition engine firing with gasoline–butanol blends at partial load operation

Cited by 69 publications

References 22 publications

Strategies to Introduce n-Butanol in Gasoline Blends

Strategies to Introduce n-Butanol in Gasoline Blends

Performance and Regulated/Unregulated Emission Evaluation of a Spark Ignition Engine Fueled with Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol and Gasoline Blends

Investigation of emissions characteristics of secondary butyl alcohol-gasoline blends in a port fuel injection spark ignition engine

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