The Influence of Butanol Use on the Diesel Engine’s Performance

Abstract:

Alcohols begin to show a real interest for their use as fuel at compression ignition engines due to require reducing the pollutants emissions, especially NOx emission. Among the primary alcohols, butyl alcohol (butanol) is considered to be of great perspective in its use as fuel in diesel engines due to its properties close to those of diesel fuel. It is miscible with the diesel fuel and the achieved blend is stable. In paper are presented some aspects regarding the diesel engine’s fuelling with butanol and diesel fuel blends using the experimental research and numerical modelling. The use of the butanol as a fuel for diesel engine has led to the reducing NO_x emissions with about 25% and the Brake Specific Energetic Consumption (BSEC) with about 5% at the full load and the maximum torque engine speed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 822)
• Pages: 183-189
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.822.183
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Alexandru Dobre*, Constantin Pană, Nikolaos Cristian Nuțu, Niculae Negurescu, Alexandru Cernat
• Keywords: Blends, Butanol, Cylinder Temperature, Diesel Engine, Heat, NO_x

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