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Experimental Investigations on the Combustion of Ethanol in a Low Heat Rejection Engine Using Different Methods
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As alternate fuels, ethyl and methyl alcohols stand out because of the feasibility of producing them in bulk from plentifully available raw materials. In the present work, ethanol is used as the only fuel, in the standard and Low Heat Rejection(LHR) diesel engines by adopting three different methods. In the first method, ethanol as the sole fuel was used in the LHR engine with normal metal glowplug and in the second method spark plug assistance was used to initiate combustion. In the third method, ethanol was used as the sole fuel in a LHR engine and a ceramic glow plug was used to initiate combustion. The engine was tested for performance and emissions for the above three methods of 100% ethanol operation in both the standard and LHR diesel engine and the results are compared. The spark plug assisted ethanol operation in the LHR engine gave the highest brake thermal efficiency and the lowest emissions.
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Dhinagar, S., Nagalingam, B., and Gopalakrishnan, K., "Experimental Investigations on the Combustion of Ethanol in a Low Heat Rejection Engine Using Different Methods," SAE Technical Paper 930931, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/930931.Also In
New Developments in Alternative Fuels and Gasolines for SI and Ci Engines
Number: SP-0958; Published: 1993-03-01
Number: SP-0958; Published: 1993-03-01
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