This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Experimental Analysis of Diesel Engine Fueled with E-Diesel Produced from Madhuca Indica Flowers with the Addition of an Ignition Improver
Technical Paper
2013-01-1700
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
Experimental investigations were carried out to study the effect of the addition of an ignition improver with a bioethanol diesel emulsion, on the performance and emission behavior of a single-cylinder, 4-stroke, air-cooled, direct-injection (DI) diesel engine, with a rated power of 4.4 kW at a constant speed of 1500 rpm. Bioethanol was produced from the madhuca indica flower, which is proposed as a new feed stock. 15% bioethanol was emulsified with 84% diesel on a volume basis with the help of a surfactant of 1% to get the emulsion named as BDE15. The ignition improver used in the experimentation was diethyl ether (DEE) whose cetane number is greater than 125. 1% and 2% of DEE was added to the bioethanol diesel emulsion named as BDE+DEE1% and BDE+DEE2% respectively. The performance and emission results of the engine fueled with BDE15, with BDE+DEE1% and BDE+DEE2% were compared with those of diesel operation, and are presented in the paper. The results showed that BDE15 with or without the ignition improver, showed a lower thermal efficiency and higher brake specific energy consumption than that of diesel operation. The oxides of nitrogen (NO) emission was found to be lower for BDE15, but smoke was found to be higher compared to that of diesel and BDE15 with ignition improver throughout the engine operation. With the addition of the ignition improver, the NO emission decreased at full load compared to that of diesel. There is a reduction in smoke emission with addition of ignition improver compared to that of BDE15 and diesel operation in the entire engine operation.
Authors
Citation
Hansdah, D., Suna, B., and Sivalingam, M., "Experimental Analysis of Diesel Engine Fueled with E-Diesel Produced from Madhuca Indica Flowers with the Addition of an Ignition Improver," SAE Technical Paper 2013-01-1700, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4271/2013-01-1700.Also In
References
- Saitoh , H. and Uchida , K. On the Main Factors Governing Auto-Ignition Phenomenon of Alcohol Spray - A Study from the View Point of Fuel Properties - SAE Int. J. Fuels Lubr. 2 1 911 920 2009 10.4271/2009-01-1931
- Heywood , J.B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamental McGraw-Hill 2 nd 2003
- Ren , Y. , Huang , Z.H. , Jiang , D.M. , Li , W. et al. Effects of the Addition of Ethanol and Cetane Number Improver on the Combustion and Emission Characteristics of a Compression Ignition Engine Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 1077 1087 2008 10.1243/09544070JAUTO516
- Hardenberg , H. and Schaefer , A. The Use of Ethanol as a Fuel for Compression Ignition Engines SAE Technical Paper 811211 1981 10.4271/811211
- Holland , T. , Swain , M. , and Swain , M. Using Ethanol/Diesel Mixtures in a Compression Ignition Engine with Ignition Improver Additives SAE Technical Paper 922191 1992 10.4271/922191
- Schaefer , A. and Hardenberg , H. Ignition Improvers for Ethanol Fuels SAE Technical Paper 810249 1981 10.4271/810249
- Simonsen , H. and Chomiak , J. Testing and Evaluation of Ignition Improvers for Ethanol in a DI Diesel Engine SAE Technical Paper 952512 1995 10.4271/952512
- Munsin , R. , Laoonual , Y. , Jugjai , S. , Matsuki , M. et al. Investigation of Effects of Ignition Improvers on Ignition Delay Time of Ethanol Combustion with Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine SAE Technical Paper 2012-01-0854 2012 10.4271/2012-01-0854
- Swain , M.R. , Kar , S. , Sahoo , A.K. , Ray , R.C. Ethanol Fermentation of Madhuca Indica (Madhuca Latifolia L.) Flowers Using Free and Immobilized Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Microbiol Res. 162 93 8 2007
- Mohanty , S.K. , Behera , S. , Swain , M.R. , Ray , R.C. Bioethanol Production from Madhuca Indica (Madhuca Latifolia L.) Flowers by Solid-State Fermentation Applied Energy 86 640 644 2009