Papers by Keyword: Fuel

Abstract: The objective of this work is a solution search to enhance the accuracy of explosive gas and vapor detection devices within explosion hazard monitoring systems for technogenic environments. The study employs analytical methods for investigating the operation of thermocatalytic sensors under various power supply modes of their sensitive thermoelements, based on classical principles of electrical engineering, thermodynamics, and catalysis, as well as experimental studies of sensor performance under different supply conditions, followed by evaluation and generalization of the theoretical and experimental results. It has been established that when the measuring bridge of thermocatalytic sensors is powered by a constant voltage supply, or under modes with voltage stabilization across the active or reference thermoelement, a stable thermal regime of the active thermoelement is not maintained. This leads to significant measurement errors in determining the concentration of flammable gases or vapors of volatile combustible liquids. Furthermore, under explosive concentrations of combustible components – such as those that may arise during emergency situations – voltage-stabilized power modes across the bridge or reference thermoelement may result in sensor damage due to overheating of the active thermoelement. It is shown that the risk of thermal overloads is eliminated, and minimum measurement errors are achieved when the power supply mode ensures a stable temperature of the active thermoelement. The optimal power supply mode for the thermocatalytic sensor has been substantiated. It is based on stabilizing the resistance of the active thermoelement, which ensures a stable thermal regime of operation, eliminates the risk of thermal overloads, and significantly reduces measurement errors in determining the concentration of combustible components caused by changes in working conditions. For the gas analyzer's that implements a procedure for checking and adjusting the temperature regime of the active thermoelement the operating mode algorithm has been proposed. The studies, that have been conducted, significantly enhances the reliability of explosion hazard monitoring systems at technogenic sites and reduces the risk of hazardous situations caused by leaks of flammable gases and the accumulation of vapors of volatile combustible substances that may lead to explosions.

Abstract: The main directions of the economic and social development of the Republic of Azerbaijan envisage technical re-equipment in the ferrous metallurgy industry based on the wide application of progressive scientific and technical achievements. Here, an important place is given to the creation of new resource-saving technological processes and highly efficient equipment. The most important task of increasing the efficiency of obtaining iron from ore materials is to reduce the consumption of metal and energy. It is important to significantly reduce waste and losses during iron ore production by improving the quality of iron ore logs. The task set in the work is related to the conditions of production and remelting of iron ore logs in an electric furnace. Instead of melting metal waste in metallurgical plants, the steels obtained from the melting of metal logs with 95-97% iron content obtained from iron ore by one end processing method are economically very efficient and important issue for the Republic. The implementation of these important national economic issues is possible by solving the processes of drying and burning of iron ore logs, complex optimization, taking into account the limiting factors of the process of choosing rational temperature regimes and the practical application of the obtained results in the industry. The article belongs to the section "Metallurgical Heat Engineering".

Abstract: Biodiesel tends to oxidation during the time of storage due to chemical structure, makes deterioration of fuel quality. Hence, the presence in feed stock required to gain standard quality for biodiesel commercialization. Natural antioxidant, mainly oryzanol found in rice bran feed stock, have been worked in biodiesel oxidation synergistic without any additional of synthetic antioxidant. In this work, the potential natural antioxidant has been evaluated by the oxidation stability. The biodiesel exhibited oxidation stability gained the induction period at 3 h by Rancimat method. It was found that the concentration of oryzanol above 300 ppm keep the biodiesel from oxidation. Even though very small amount 3 ppm oryzanol was obtained but contribute as cost implication due to antioxidants are costly chemicals. Otherwise adding synthetic antioxidant making high cost on biodiesel storage and utilization.

Abstract: The rapid advancement in the extraction method of metallic oxide nanoparticles from agricultural waste has led to the significant use of agriculture waste in the nanotechnology industry because the use of chemical procedures in the production of metallic oxide nanoparticles produces hazardous toxic compounds that are dangerous to the ecosystem. In particular, this article examines the creation of silicon dioxide (silica) nanoparticles from agricultural waste. Environmental cleanup and wastewater purification are only two examples of the many areas where sand-sized silica particles (SNPs) have shown promising results. rural, agricultural, etc. The lack of toxicity of these particles has been demonstrated, making them an excellent tool for biomedical study. Additionally, because of the particles' ability to mobilize molecules onto their interior and external surfaces, they constitute good transporters for both biotic and non-biotic substances. In this regard, the current paper provides a thorough assessment of the sources of agricultural waste used in producing silica nanoparticles as well as the processes used to create it. The report also examines SNPs' most recent applications in a number of fields and discusses the technology's potential for the future. Keywords: Fuel additives; ethanol; brake power; Internal combustion engine; fuel

Abstract: Global demand for efficient transportation and energy dissipation in industries that use engine-powered equipment is enormous and largely supplied by liquid fuels derived from petroleum that power internal combustion engines (ICEs). Since the demand for jet fuel and diesel is anticipated to surpass gasoline consumption in the near future, low-octane gasoline components will become more widely available. As a result, low-octane gasoline components are expected to become more readily available, as demand for jet fuel and diesel is expected to outpace gasoline consumption in the near future. Experimentally, the effects of organic fuel additives (OFAs) on the performance of internal combustion engines were investigated. The findings compare plain, commercially available, neat gasoline samples to pure ethanol and fuel samples injected with OFAs. The development of various fuel blends; the analysis and characterization of fuel samples, including blended fuel samples; and the experimental investigation and comparative analysis of the engine performance powered by the various samples and blends of gasoline on the TQ TD115 MK11 testbed for single-cylinder engines were carried out in the study. The study demonstrated that the nanoadditions were superior to pure ethanol and undiluted gasoline in terms of performance. and showed that pure ethanol has a high torque value at lower speeds, but at speeds greater than 3000 rpm, D-NA outperformed ethanol additives and neat gasoline in terms of torque. At lower speeds, pure ethanol also had a high brake power value, but as speeds increased, samples containing D-NA outperformed ethanol additive and neat gasoline in brake power. Pure ethanol in a concentration of more than 3 has a high brake thermal efficiency value at lower speeds, but as speeds increased, samples containing D-NA outperformed ethanol additive and neat gasoline in terms of brake thermal efficiency. Keywords: Fuel additives; ethanol; brake power; Internal combustion engine; fuel

Abstract: The use of biomass as fuel might solve several technological and environmental issues and overcome certain challenges of sinter production. In particular, as revealed by comprehensive analyses, biomass can be used as fuel for iron ore sintering. In this study, we investigate the use of some raw and pyrolysis-processed biomass pellet types, namely wood, sunflower husks (SFH), and straw, for iron ore sintering. In the experiments, the pyrolysis temperature was set to 673, 873, 1073, and 1273 K, and the proportion of biomass in the fuel composition was set to 25%. It was established that the addition of biofuels to the sintering blend leads to an increase in the gas permeability of the sintered layer. The analysis of the complex characteristics of the sintering process and the sinter strength showed the high potential of wood and sunflower husk pellets pyrolyzed at 1073 and 873 K, respectively, for iron ore sintering. The analysis of the macrostructure of the sinter samples obtained using biomaterials revealed that with higher pyrolysis temperatures; the materials tend to have greater sizes and higher amounts of pores and cracks. The composition analyses of the resultant sinters revealed that with higher temperature, the FeO content of the sinters tends to increase.

Abstract: The 2 stroke single cylinder (63 cc) engine of 750 watt electric generator is very popular in the application because providing enough amount of electricity for small house hold with compact size, light weight with reasonable price. Usually this type of electric generator is fuelled with gasoline that mixed with oil as lubricant. The cylinder volume of the engine is usually around 63 cc. This type of engine can be fuelled with biogas with addition component to mix biogas together with air and lubricant, and set the compression pressure at 10 bar. Biogas mainly contain methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), moisture (H2O), and hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The CH4 is combustible gas and can be used as a fuel for internal combustion engine. Moisture and H2S are easily removed from biogas. To remove CO2 from biogas is about difficult and costly, therefore acceptable content of CO2 in the biogas should be investigate related with the fuel consumption. This research is conducted to understand the influent of ratio CH4 and CO2 in the biogas to fuel consumption of the 2 stroke single cylinder engine of 750 watt electric generator. The variations ratio of CH4 and CO2 were obtained from anaerobic digester with batch system. The results indicate that the CH4 and CO2 ration in the range 1.667-1.967 will yield optimum efficiency that reach biogas consumption in the range of 9.1-9.8 liter/minute.

Abstract: Biogas quality in many installation of anaerobic digester for processing organic waste are found not optimum, especially in developing country where understanding of anaerobic processing is not well known. The methane content in the biogas are usually low that make it not possible to be utilized as a fuel of the engine. Biogas Purification usually will be introduced as a solution. But this idea is about complicated for simple or small anaerobic digester. Other solution is suggested by using enrichment of biogas by using other fuel such as hydrogen or blended with city gas such as LPG gas. But for preparing hydrogen gas or commercial will also costly. This research introduces simple technique for biogas enrichment by using denatured alcohol. The biogas contents were found around 30% vol. methane (CH₄) and around 2% Carbon dioxide (CO₂). The price of denatured alcohol is relative cheap because the selling tax is not as much as drinking alcohol. Engine with bigger combustion (420 cc) chamber was prepared for this purpose to make possible to be fueled with biogas. The compression was set to reach 10 bar. The clearance of the both intake and exhaust valve was set in order to be possible to be running by using biogas. The biogas-air mixer was design for this purpose. The carburetor was set for use of denatured alcohol. It is found that the engine is running well by using biogas fuel that is enriched by using denatured alcohol. The emission was found better comparing using gasoline for the same engine. The fuel consumption is reported for future economic analyses.

Abstract: The available of conventional fuels are fluctuating depend on distribution from the source production to consumer. The availability of biogas as renewable energy is increasing due to establishments of many organic wastes processing worldwide. The need of electricity to support daily life activity is a must, but the availability of electric source in remote area is limited especially for a farm that far away from commercial line distribution of electricity. This work is dedicated to solve this problem. The single cylinder 4 stroke spark ignition engine (83 cc) was designed to be able to be fuelled flexibly by using biogas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), or gasoline if sometime the biogas not available during initiation of the process or during maintenance of anaerobic digester. The engine is still can be run to provide electricity by using conventional fuel such as LPG or gasoline. The full consumption as well as emission of this flexible fuel engine was investigated. It is found that the fuel consumption is 9.97 L/mint for Biogas, 0.004 L/mint for gasoline and 2.24 L/mint for LPG. Surprisingly by using biogas the emission of carbon monoxide (CO) was down to almost zero (0.02 ppm), comparing gasoline 0.32 ppm, and LPG 0.4 ppm.

Abstract: The contact between fuels and various metals used in vehicles make them susceptible to corrosion. Aluminum is a metal widely used in automotive components owing to its corrosion resistance as well as mechanical properties. The ABNT 14359 standard establishes a method for determining fuel corrosion; however, it is restricted to copper and fossil fuels. In this standard, corrosion is assessed qualitatively by visual comparison of patterns, which can lead to uncertain results. The methodology used in this study involves the immersion of metallic materials in fuels for a specific period of time for further analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and electrochemical analysis by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and anodic potentiodynamic polarization (APP). The results indicated that aluminum alloy AA 3003 is suitable for use in the production of vehicle components that will be in contact with biodiesel, diesel, ethanol, or gasoline, since no serious case of corrosion occurred.