This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Research on Applying Butanol-Gasoline Blend Fuel on Scooter Engine
Technical Paper
2016-32-0056
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
Butanol is deemed as a potential alternative fuel for vehicle, but there are few studies about applying butanol in engine combustion. This paper focuses on application of butanol-gasoline blend fuel on scooter engine. In this research, different volume percentage of butanol-gasoline blend fuel, B10, B20, B40, B60, B80 and B100 are applied on 125cc scooter engine to conduct engine experiment, and higher than B60 blend fuel is declared as high butanol concentration blend fuel. The test conditions are set at 4000 and 6000rpm under partial load and full load. After executing engine experiment, engine performance, brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC), emissions and combustion analysis are discussed. Furthermore, viscosity and fuel spray are tested with high butanol concentration blend fuel.
The engine experimental result shows that B100 fuels can increase engine performance under engine 4000 and 6000rpm. In addition, B10 and B20 fuels can improve not only BSFC but also emissions under stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. However, engine runs unsteadily due to high butanol concentration blend fuel, which might be caused by bad spray atomization due to high viscosity under ambient temperature. Under LBT (Leanest mixture for Best Torque) condition, engine operates more steadily with smaller coefficient of variation of indicated mean effective pressure (COV of IMEP) than gasoline. Especially for high butanol concentration blend fuel, lower COV of IMEP, shorter ignition delay, and shorter burn duration can be realized.
Authors
Topic
Citation
Huang, Q., Chung, C., Syu, Y., Wu, Y. et al., "Research on Applying Butanol-Gasoline Blend Fuel on Scooter Engine," SAE Technical Paper 2016-32-0056, 2016, https://doi.org/10.4271/2016-32-0056.Also In
References
- Irimescu A. Performance and fuel conversion efficiency of a spark ignition engine fueled with iso-butanol Applied Energy 96 477 483 2012
- Harvey Enjamin G. and Meylemans Heather A. The role of butanol in the development of sustainable fuel technologies Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 86 1 2 9 January 2011
- Jyuo-Min S. 2013 ITRI Forum : New Opportunities for Eco-Innovation 4 75 2013
- Pechout , M. , Mazac , M. , and Vojtisek-Lom , M. Effect of Higher Content N-Butanol Blends on Combustion, Exhaust Emissions and Catalyst Performance of an Unmodified SI Vehicle Engine SAE Technical Paper 2012-01-1594 2012 10.4271/2012-01-1594
- Schwarz W.H. , and Gapes R. Butanol-rediscovering a renewable fuel BioWorld Europe 1 16 19 2006
- Szwaja S. , and Naber J. Combustion of n-butanol in a spark-ignition IC engine Fuel 89 1573 82 2010
- Deng B. , Fu J. , Zhang D. , Yang J. , Feng R. , and Liu J. The heat release analysis of bio-butanol/gasoline blends on a high speed SI (spark ignition) engine Energy 60 230 41 2013
- Wigg , B. , Coverdill , R. , Lee , C. , and Kyritsis , D. Emissions Characteristics of Neat Butanol Fuel Using a Port Fuel-Injected, Spark-Ignition Engine SAE Technical Paper 2011-01-0902 2011 10.4271/2011-01-0902
- Yang , J. , Wang , Y. , and Feng , R. The Performance Analysis of an Engine Fueled with Butanol-Gasoline Blend SAE Technical Paper 2011-01-1191 2011 10.4271/2011-01-1191
- Merola , S. , Tornatore , C. , Valentino , G. , Marchitto , L. et al. Optical Investigation of the Effect on the Combustion Process of Butanol-Gasoline Blend in a PFI SI Boosted Engine SAE Technical Paper 2011-24-0057 2011 10.4271/2011-24-0057
- BENJAMIN R. W. A study on the emissions of butane using a spark ignition engine and their reduction using electrostatically assisted injection University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2011
- Pechout , M. , Mazac , M. , and Vojtisek-Lom , M. Effect of Higher Content N-Butanol Blends on Combustion, Exhaust Emissions and Catalyst Performance of an Unmodified SI Vehicle Engine SAE Technical Paper 2012-01-1594 2012 10.4271/2012-01-1594
- Turns S. An Introduction to Combustion McGRAW-HILL INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
- NOX EMISSION FROM A SPARK IGNITION ENGINE USING 30% ISO-BUTANOL±GASOLINE BLEND: PART 1Ð PREHEATING INLET AIR Journal of Thermal Engineering 18 5 245 256 January 1998
- Venugopal , T. , and Ramesh , A. Experimental studies on the effect of injection timing in a SI engine using dual injection of n-butanol and gasoline in the intake port Fuel 115 295 305 2014
- Feng , R. , Fu , J. , Yang , J. , Wang , Y. , Li , Y. , Deng , B. , Liu , J. , and Zhang , D. Combustion and emissions study on motorcycle engine fueled with butanol-gasoline blend Renewable Energy 81 113 122 2015
- Wigg B. A study on the emissions of butane using a spark ignition engine and their reduction using electrostatically assisted injection University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2011
- Serras-Pereira , J. , Aleiferis , P. , Richardson , D. , and Wallace , S. Characteristics of Ethanol, Butanol, Iso-Octane and Gasoline Sprays and Combustion from a Multi-Hole Injector in a DISI Engine SAE Int. J. Fuels Lubr. 1 1 893 909 2009 10.4271/2008-01-1591
- Pechout , M. , Mazac , M. , and Vojtisek-Lom , M. Effect of Higher Content N-Butanol Blends on Combustion, Exhaust Emissions and Catalyst Performance of an Unmodified SI Vehicle Engine SAE Technical Paper 2012-01-1594 2012 10.4271/2012-01-1594
- Yang , J. , Yang , X. , Liu , J. , Han , Z. et al. Dyno Test Investigations of Gasoline Engine Fueled with Butanol-Gasoline Blends SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-1891 2009 10.4271/2009-01-1891
- Broustail G. , Seers P. , Halter F. , Moréac G. and Mounaim-Rousselle C. Experimental determination of laminar burning velocity for butanol and ethanol iso-octane blends Journal of FUEL 90 1 1 6 January 2011
- Dernotte J. , Mounaim-Rousselle C. , Halter F. and Seers P. Evaluation of Butanol-Gasoline Blends in a Port Fuel-injection, Spark-Ignition Engine Journal of Oil - Gas Science and Technology 65 2 345 351 January 2010
- Liu , T. , Lin , Z. , Yeh , C. , and Chen , Y. The Feasibility Study of Low-Concentration Butanol as Fuel on Motorcycle SAE Technical Paper 2013-32-9134 2013
- Kobayashi , A. , Satou , T. , Isaji , H. , Takahashi , S. et al. Development of New I3 1.2L Supercharged Gasoline Engine SAE Technical Paper 2012-01-0415 2012 10.4271/2012-01-0415
- Yuh-Yih W. , Bo-Chiuan C. , Feng-Chi H. , Cheng-Ting K. Heat transfer model for small-scale air-cooled spark ignition four-stroke engines Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 49 21-22 2006 3895 3905
- Heywood J.B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals McGraw-Hill New York 1988
- Brunt , M. , Rai , H. , and Emtage , A. The Calculation of Heat Release Energy from Engine Cylinder Pressure Data SAE Technical Paper 981052 1998 10.4271/981052
- Venugopal , T. , and Ramesh , A. Effective utilisation of butanol along with gasoline in a spark ignition engine through a dual injection system Journal of Thermal Engineering 59 550 558 2013