Investigation of Engine Performance and Emission Characteristics of Si Engine Fuelled with Ethanol Blends by Numerical Simulation

Abstract:

In this study the influences of ethanol addition to gasoline on an spark ignition engine performance and emissions were explored. AVL BOOST software was used to simulate the performance and emission characteristics of different ethanol-gasoline blends. The blended fuels contain 5%, 10% and 15% of ethanol by volume, and indicated as B95E5, B90E10, and B85E15, respectively. The results showed that ethanol addition to gasoline fuel improve combustion process, decrease CO emissions and reduce BSFC of the SI engine.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1016)
• Pages: 597-601
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1016.597
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Ceyla Ozgur*, Erdi Tosun, Tayfun Ozgur, Gökhan Tuccar, Kadi̇r Aydin
• Keywords: AVL BOOST, Emission, Ethanol, Gasoline, Performance

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