Performance of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Nanoparticle Blended Biodiesel

Abstract:

Efficient use of depleting petroleum fuel and stringent environmental policy drives the researchers to unveil the alternative fuel to run the diesel engines. Biodiesel has come out to be the immediate alternative due to its properties, but the problem of higher NOx emission is still an issue. With the development of nanotechnology, efforts are made to explore the performance of different nanoadditives with diesel-biodiesel blends. In line with this, it is intended to find the performance of a diesel engine fuelled with diesel-biodiesel blend (B20) with iron nanoparticle (INP). Tranesterified soapnut oil biodiesel is used in the blend. Results reveal that dosing level of 75 ppm of INP with B20 results in an increase in BTE by 3.2% and reduce SFC by 4% than that of diesel. This may be due to additional surface energy provided by the INP which lead to a reduction of ignition delay and thus the better combustion. While the emission of HC and NO_x is found to reduce by 7.3% and 8.5%, respectively.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 821)
• Pages: 189-194
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.821.189
• Online since: September 2019
• Authors: Surya Kanth, Sumita Debbarma*, Biplab Das
• Keywords: Biodiesel, Combustion, Emissions, Iron Nano Particle, SFC

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