Pine oil-soapnut oil methyl ester blends: A hybrid biofuel approach to completely eliminate the use of diesel in a twin cylinder off-road tractor diesel engine

Venkatesan, V.; Nallusamy, N.

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116500

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“…Turpentine can also be blended with other biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, to increase the global incorporation of renewable fuels into engine fuel blends and thus reduce fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions. This is valid for both diesel and gasoline engine fuel blends [9][10][11][12].…”

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Turpentine as an Additive for Diesel Engines: Experimental Study on Pollutant Emissions and Engine Performance

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The need for reducing fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in internal combustion engines has raised the opportunity for the use of renewable energy sources. For the progressive replacement of fossil fuels like diesel, those derived from the sustainable management of forest resources may be a good option. In Portugal, pine trees (pinus pinaster) are among the most widely cultivated tree species. Turpentine can be extracted from their sap without harming the tree. Turpentine is known to be a good fuel with a lower viscosity than regular diesel but with a comparable caloric value, boiling point and ignition characteristics, although it is not widely used as a compression ignition fuel. Moreover, recent research has highlighted the possibility of substantially increasing the turpentine yield through biotechnology, bringing it closer to economic viability. The present study investigates the performance, pollutant emissions and fuel consumption of a 1.6 L four-cylinder direct-injection diesel engine operating with several blends of commercial diesel fuel and turpentine obtained from pine trees. The aim of this study was to assess whether it would be possible to maintain or even improve the performance, fuel consumption and GHG and pollutant emissions (HC, NOx, CO and PM) of the engine with the partial incorporation of this biofuel. Turpentine blends of up to 30% in substitution of regular diesel fuel were tested. The main novelties of the present work are related to (i) the careful testing of a still-insufficiently studied fuel that could gain economical attractiveness with the recent developments in yield improvement through biotechnology and (ii) the tests conducted under fixed engine load positions typical of road and highway conditions. The addition of this biofuel only slightly impacted the engine performance parameters. However, a slightly positive effect was observed in terms of torque, with an increase of up to 7.9% at low load for the 15T85D mixture and 6.8% at high load being observed. Power registered an increase of 9% for the 15T85D mixture at low speed and an increase of 5% for the 30T70D mixture at high speed when compared to the reference fuel (commercial diesel fuel). While the efficiency and fossil GHG emissions were improved with the incorporation of turpentine, it had a mixed effect on polluting emissions such as unburned hydrocarbons (HC) and smoke (PM) and a negative effect on nitrogen oxides (NOx). NOx emissions increased by 30% for high loads and 20% for low loads, mainly as an indirect effect of the improvement in the engine performance and not so much as a consequence of the marginally higher oxygen content of turpentine relative to commercial diesel fuel.

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Turpentine as an Additive for Diesel Engines: Experimental Study on Pollutant Emissions and Engine Performance

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“…Using the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and layer chromatography, they analyzed the radish seed oil biodiesels were analyzed. Venkatesan et al 22 presented their work on pine oil blended with methyl ester that was obtained from the soap nut oil. The characteristics of the emission, combustion, and performance are investigated by experiments with the engine of an agricultural tractor.…”

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“…Several drawbacks were found and they are discussed as follows. In Reference 22, the blends with pine oil 50% and 75% yield the output of 8% and 10% increase in brake thermal efficiency without affecting the characteristics of performance, emission, and combustion than the conventional engine while comparing with diesel at full loading condition. The drawback found in this article was not experimented on lean burn engines, low heat rejection engines, and homogeneous charge compression ignition engines.…”

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Experimental investigation of TBC coated piston with various blends of biodiesel

Karthikeyan

Harikrishna²,

Nallusamy

2023

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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One of the main motivations behind the development of alternative fuels is to protect the environment and advance sustainability. Biodiesel, a specific potential substitute, improves the overall performance of diesel engines. Therefore, this work examines how well biodiesel performs in terms of engine fuel consumption and emission efficiency. In the proposed work, diesel and soup nut oil are combined at B30, B60, and B90 ratios. To boost thermal stability, the TBC is also used over the piston.Additionally, Di-Tertiary Butyl Peroxide, an ignition promotor, is introduced. Different coatings, including yttria-stabilized zirconia (A2), magnesium-stabilized zirconia (A1), and gadolinium zirconate, were used in the experimental process (GD). The experimental process is performed with the help of an experimental setup. The results are showed the performance of the proposed biodiesel along with the ignition promoter. The validation of the proposed biodiesel is performed in terms of estimating the parameters such as indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP), brake thermal efficiency (BTE), and specific fuel consumption (SFC). Furthermore, the emission level of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and oxidization of nitrogen (NO x ) are also measured to validate the performance of the proposed bio-diesel.

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“…Biodiesel is an oxygenated fuel ( Ferreira et al., 2013 ; Szybist et al., 2007 ; Lin and Rong-Ji, 2009 ; Torkian Boldaji et al., 2011 ; Venkatesana and Nallusamy, 2019 ) that can be blended with diesel fuel. Therefore, a number of experimental studies have been presented to show the potential of biodiesel using in diesel engine ( Rangasamy et al., 2020 ) and to evaluate the performance and exhaust emission of diesel engines fueling by proportions of biodiesel fuel ( Abedin et al., 2014 ; Adaileh and AlQdah, 2012 ; Ahmed et al., 2014 ; Noorollahi et al., 2018 ; Najafi et al., 2007 ; Shirneshan et al., 2016 ).…”

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Acoustic analysis of a single-cylinder diesel engine using magnetized biodiesel-diesel fuel blends

Samadi

Heidarbeigi

2020

Heliyon

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Fuels have important effects on the quality parameters of engines such as noise pollution and vibration. Diesel fuel are used in wide range of applications especially in compression ignition engines. The objective of the present research is evaluation of the noise emitted from a single-cylinder diesel engine using magnetized biodiesel-diesel fuel blends. In general, samples were provided with different percentages of the biodiesel-diesel blends as diesel (100, 95, 90, and 80%) and biodiesel (0, 5, 10, and 20%) by applying magnetic field (0, 5300 and 7000 G) to fuel line known as DxByMz. The measurements were done on a power tiller engine at a 10 cm distance from driver ear with three replications. The statistical approach in time domain and signal processing in frequency domain were applied for data analysis. The results of the variance analysis approved significant differences between the studied fuel blends and magnetic levels at 1% probability level. The highest and lowest average value of sound pressure level was corresponded to D100B0M0 and D80B20M5300, respectively. The results in frequency domain showed that the maximum sound pressure level values were in the frequency range of 31.5–200 Hz for all fuel blends and magnetic levels. The frequencies related to the maximum sound values varied by changing biodiesel percent and magnetic level.

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Pine oil-soapnut oil methyl ester blends: A hybrid biofuel approach to completely eliminate the use of diesel in a twin cylinder off-road tractor diesel engine

Cited by 38 publications

References 16 publications

Turpentine as an Additive for Diesel Engines: Experimental Study on Pollutant Emissions and Engine Performance

Turpentine as an Additive for Diesel Engines: Experimental Study on Pollutant Emissions and Engine Performance

Experimental investigation of TBC coated piston with various blends of biodiesel

Acoustic analysis of a single-cylinder diesel engine using magnetized biodiesel-diesel fuel blends

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