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Effects of Super Heating of Heavy Fuels on Combustion and Performance in DI Diesel Engines
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This paper is concerned with the effects of temperature of heavy fuels on combustion and engine performance in a naturally aspirated DI diesel engine.
Engine performance and exhaust gas emissions were measured for rapeseed oil, B-heavy oil, and diesel fuel at fuel temperatures from 40°C to 400°C.
With increased fuel temperature, mainly from improved efficiency of combustion there were significant reductions in the specific energy consumption and smoke emissions. It was found that the improvements were mainly a function of the fuel viscosity, and it was independent of the kind of fuel. The optimum temperature of the fuels with regard to specific energy consumption and smoke emission is about 90°C for diesel fuel, 240°C for B-heavy oil, and 300°C for rapeseed oil. At these temperatures, the viscosities of the fuels show nearly identical value, 0.9 - 3 cst. The optimum viscosity tends to increase slightly with increases in the swirl ratio in the combustion chamber.
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Murayama, T., Oh, Y., Kido, A., Chikahisa, T. et al., "Effects of Super Heating of Heavy Fuels on Combustion and Performance in DI Diesel Engines," SAE Technical Paper 860306, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/860306.Also In
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