IJIRST –International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology| Volume 4 | Issue 3 | August 2017 ISSN (online): 2349-6010
Effect of Rapeseed Oil Methyl Ester-Butanol Blend at Various EGR and VCR on Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Pratik V. Swami PG Student Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. J. J. Magdum College of Engineering Jaysingpur
S. M. Shaikh Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. J. J. Magdum College of Engineering Jaysingpur
R. H. Yadav Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. J. J. Magdum College of Engineering Jaysingpur
Abstract The main aim of these work is to investigate the effect butanol blending at various EGR and VCR at full load condition, On the emission and performance characteristics the testing results are compared with the pure diesel and rapeseed oil methyl ester (B100). The rapeseed oil methyl ester-butanol blend were 20% butanol by volume basis at EGR rate 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and VCR 14, 16, 18. The blending result shows that the viscosity and density is decreased and close to the diesel fuel. As compared to biodiesel the butanol blending fuels are showing less nitrogen oxide(NOx) Emission. On the other hand high carbon monoxide(CO) and unburned hydrocarbon emissions. The 20% butanol is a highest concentration of blend in biodiesel causes higher CO and HC emission and lower the NOx emission than biodiesel. The EGR achieves lower NOx as the percentage of EGR is increased. The performance diesel engine increases with the increase in compression ratio. Keywords: VCR, EGR, Biodiesel, Butanol _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABBREVIATIONS CR VCR EGR ROME
Compression ratio Variable compression ratio Exhaust gas recirculation rapeseed oil methyl ester
HC NOX Bu
Hydrocarbons Nitrogen Oxides butanol
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B CO2 CO
Biodiesel carbon dioxide carbon monoxide
INTRODUCTION
Diesel engines is commonly used as a prime movers in transportation, construction machinery, industrial and agriculture sector because of its reliability, durability and high efficiency. But the emission of the nitrogen oxide is high in diesel engine. It is a big challenge to meet the stringent emission regulations of diesel engines. Therefore, to reduce the NOX emission a number of technologies have been studied and developed.[1]. Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is an effective technology to reduce NOx emissions [2–3]. There are two types of EGR that is internal EGR and external EGR. Internal EGR uses variable valve timings or other devices to retain a certain fraction of exhaust from a preceding cycle. In external EGR system piping is used to route the exhaust gas to the intake system, where it is inducted into the succeeding cycles and that type is used in this study. While EGR is effective in reducing NOx, it also has adverse effects on the engine efficiency and may cause pollution of lubricating oil and corrosion of inlet manifold and moving parts, as exhaust gas contains a lot of particulate matter[4] the objective of these work was to quantify the efficiency of exhaust gas recirculation when butanol is used as an additive in rapeseed oil methyl ester at various compression ratio for NOX reduction.
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