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Operational Parameters of a Diesel Engine Running on Diesel−Rapeseed Oil−Methanol−Iso-Butanol Blends
Jakub Čedík, Martin Pexa, Michal Holúbek, Jaroslav Mrázek, Hardikk Valera, Avinash Kumar Agarwal
March 9, 2023
This contribution focuses on utilizing blended biofuels of rapeseed oil and methanol with diesel. Rapeseed is one of the most cultivated energy crops in Europe, and its purpose in the blends is to increase the bio-content in test fuels. The purpose of methanol in the blends is to increase bio-content and compensate for the higher viscosity of the rapeseed oil. As methanol is almost insoluble in diesel and rapeseed oil, iso-butanol is used as a co-solvent. The fuel blends were tested in volumetric concentrations of diesel/rapeseed oil/methanol/iso-butanol 60/30/5/5, 50/30/10/10, and 50/10/20/20. Diesel was used as a reference. The measurements were performed on a turbocharged diesel engine Zetor 1204, loaded using the power-takeoff shaft of the Zetor Forterra 8641 tractor. In this paper, the effect of the blended fuels on performance parameters, engine efficiency, production of soot particles, and regulated and unregulated emissions are monitored and analyzed. It was found that engine power decreased by up to 27%, efficiency decreased by up to 5.5% at full engine load, emissions of NOX increased by up to 21.9% at 50% engine load, and production of soot particles decreased; however, the mean size of the particles was smaller.
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Biofuels, Diesel, diesel engine, fuel consumption, harmful emissions, iso-butanol, Methanol, rapeseed oil
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Čedík J, Pexa M, Holúbek M, Mrázek J, Valera H, Agarwal AK. Operational Parameters of a Diesel Engine Running on Diesel−Rapeseed Oil−Methanol−Iso-Butanol Blends. (2023). LAPSE:2023.18978
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Čedík J: Department for Quality and Dependability of Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic [ORCID]
Pexa M: Department for Quality and Dependability of Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic [ORCID]
Holúbek M: Department for Quality and Dependability of Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Mrázek J: Department for Quality and Dependability of Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Valera H: Engine Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
Agarwal AK: Engine Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Energies
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14
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19
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6173
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2021
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2021-09-27
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1996-1073
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