Experimental Investigation on Ethanol-Petrol Blends Operating with a Petrol Engine: An Overview

Abstract:

The use of biopetrol fuel as alternative fuels in gasoline engine has been around for many years and Ethanol-petrol has the potential to be used as alternative fuel that can reduce the total CO₂ emission from internal petrol engine. However, the changes of bio-petrol is a very complex and need further understanding for researchers due to the relevance of the increase in the petroleum price and the future environmental regulation. This review paper focuses to ascertain a new approach in potential on ethanol-petrol blends operating with a petrol engine especially the effects of ethanol gas petrol blending ratio and variant types of ethanol on performance and emissions of petrol engine. It is shown that the variant in biopetrol blending ratio and engine operational condition are reduced engine-out emissions and increased efficiency. This paper presents on a review on three different types of ethanol like sugar cane, wheat and corn with various blended rates. Investigation framework study on how to complete the research is also included in this paper.Keywords: biopetrol, petrol engine, performance, emissions, biopetrol fuel properties

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 773-774)
• Pages: 465-469
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.465
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Nazrul Atan*, Azizul Mokhtar, Najib Rahman, Amir Khalid
• Keywords: Biopetrol, Biopetrol Fuel Properties, Emission, Performance, Petrol Engine

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