Performance and emissions of diesel-biodiesel-ethanol blends in a light duty compression ignition engine
(2018) In Applied Thermal Engineering 145. p.444-452- Abstract
An approach to reduce CO2 emissions while simultaneously keeping the soot emissions down from compression ignition (CI) engines is to blend in short chained oxygenates into the fuel. In this work, two oxygenated fuel blends consisting of diesel, biodiesel and EtOH in the ratio of 68:17:15 and 58:14:30 has been utilized and studied in a single cylinder light duty (LD) CI engine in terms of efficiency and emissions. The reasons of utilizing biodiesel in the fuel blend is due to the emulsifying properties it has while the origin of the fuel is biomass. When performing the experiments, the control parameters were set as close as possible to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) EU5 calibration of the multi-cylinder engine to... (More)
An approach to reduce CO2 emissions while simultaneously keeping the soot emissions down from compression ignition (CI) engines is to blend in short chained oxygenates into the fuel. In this work, two oxygenated fuel blends consisting of diesel, biodiesel and EtOH in the ratio of 68:17:15 and 58:14:30 has been utilized and studied in a single cylinder light duty (LD) CI engine in terms of efficiency and emissions. The reasons of utilizing biodiesel in the fuel blend is due to the emulsifying properties it has while the origin of the fuel is biomass. When performing the experiments, the control parameters were set as close as possible to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) EU5 calibration of the multi-cylinder engine to study the possibility of using such blends in close to stock LD CI engines. The oxygenates, in particular the fuel with the higher concentration of EtOH, showed an net indicated efficiency of ∼52% at high load in comparison to diesel which never exceeded ∼48%. Regarding the emissions, several trends were observed; the soot-NOX trade-off diminished significantly when utilizing the fuel with the highest concentration of EtOH. The charge cooling effect reduces the NOX emissions while the exhaust particles are reduced both in terms of mean diameter and quantity. At lower loads, the THC and CO emissions were higher for the oxygenated blends than for the diesel due to the earlier mentioned charge cooling negatively affecting the combustion process. However, this trend seized at the higher loads when the in-cylinder temperature is higher and oxidation of the fuel is enhanced.
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- author
- Shamun, Sam LU ; Belgiorno, Giacomo LU ; Di Blasio, Gabriele ; Beatrice, Carlo ; Tunér, Martin LU and Tunestål, Per LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018-12-25
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Diesel, Efficiency, Emissions, Ethanol, FAME, LD engine
- in
- Applied Thermal Engineering
- volume
- 145
- pages
- 9 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:85053800183
- ISSN
- 1359-4311
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.09.067
- project
- Characterization of the Combustion of Light Alcohols in CI Engines: Performance, Combustion Characteristics and Emissions
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 4aed794b-ae5c-4088-8163-07ef69345a66
- date added to LUP
- 2018-10-08 10:29:43
- date last changed
- 2022-03-02 08:22:01
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title = {{Performance and emissions of diesel-biodiesel-ethanol blends in a light duty compression ignition engine}},
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