Ignition Delay and Soot Oxidative Reactivity of MTBE Blended Diesel Fuel

2014-01-1266

04/01/2014

Event
SAE 2014 World Congress & Exhibition
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Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was added to diesel fuel to investigate the effect on ignition delay and soot oxidative reactivity.
An ignition quality tester (IQT) was used to study the ignition propensity of MTBE blended diesel fuels in a reactive spray environment. The IQT data showed that ignition delay increases linearly as the MTBE fraction increases in the fuel.
A four-stroke single cylinder diesel engine was used to generate soot samples for a soot oxidation study. Soot samples were pre-treated using a tube furnace in a nitrogen environment to remove any soluble organic fractions and moisture content. Non-isothermal oxidation of soot samples was conducted using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA).
It was observed that oxidation of ‘MTBE soot’ started began at a lower temperature and had higher reaction rate than ‘diesel soot’ across a range of temperatures. Several kinetic analyses including an isoconversional method and a combined model fitting method were carried out to evaluate kinetic parameters.
The results showed that Diesel and MTBE soot samples had similar activation energy but the pre-exponential factor of MTBE soot was much higher than that of the Diesel soot. This may explain why MTBE soot was more reactive than Diesel soot.
It is suggested that adding MTBE to diesel fuel is better for DPF regeneration since an MTBE blend can significantly influence the ignition characteristics and, consequently, the oxidative reactivity of soot.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-1266
Pages
7
Citation
Yang, S., Naser, N., Chung, S., and Al-Qurashi, K., "Ignition Delay and Soot Oxidative Reactivity of MTBE Blended Diesel Fuel," SAE Technical Paper 2014-01-1266, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-1266.
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Apr 1, 2014
Product Code
2014-01-1266
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English