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: Received: 6 June 2018 / Approved: 7 June 2018 / Online: 7 June 2018 (08:32:07 CEST)
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Semakula, M.; Inambao, F. Cetane Improvers and Ethanol Performance and Emissions Characteristics Using Pyrorated Biodiesel. Preprints2018, 2018060106. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0106.v1
Semakula, M.; Inambao, F. Cetane Improvers and Ethanol Performance and Emissions Characteristics Using Pyrorated Biodiesel. Preprints 2018, 2018060106. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0106.v1
Semakula, M.; Inambao, F. Cetane Improvers and Ethanol Performance and Emissions Characteristics Using Pyrorated Biodiesel. Preprints2018, 2018060106. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0106.v1
APA Style
Semakula, M., & Inambao, F. (2018). Cetane Improvers and Ethanol Performance and Emissions Characteristics Using Pyrorated Biodiesel. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0106.v1
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Semakula, M. and Freddie Inambao. 2018 "Cetane Improvers and Ethanol Performance and Emissions Characteristics Using Pyrorated Biodiesel" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0106.v1
Abstract
Alternative fuels available at low cost, friendly to natural environments and meet the energy needs and demands, have witnessed a growing demand and use today. Ethanol is an attractive renewable energy source with a high content of oxygen. Ethanol can be produced through ethanolisis, however for this work direct blending of conventional diesel, waste plastic pyrolysis oil and ethanol with commercial fuel improver CI-0808 purchased from Innospec company was attempted. The primary purpose of adding a cetane improver was to improve the combustion characteristics of the blends by at least 1- 3 ignition quality points. Five mixing ratios were chosen in the following order, 50:25:25, 60: 20:20, 70: 15:15, 80: 10:10 and 90: 5:5 for Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Oil (WPPO), ethanol and conventional diesel (CD) respectively. However, for the fuel additive mixing ratio the total volume percentage was considered and the ratio put at 0.01% of the total quantity of blended fuel. In this work WPPO, diesel blends and fuel additives improvers were used as alternative fuel. This was to evaluate their performance and emission characteristics in a stationary single cylinder water cooled experimental diesel engine. The CI-0808 was added due to its potential power to reduce emissions of CO, UHC, NOX, PM and improved engine performance. The results obtained were compared carefully to ASTM standards and discussed using graph curves figures and tabulated values. The conclusion was that ethanol and WPPO blends can be used in diesel engines as alternative fuel without modification. Used in combination with cetane improvers the emissions reduce significantly and performance improved equalling that of conventional diesel fuel.
Keywords
carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; cetane improver; ethanol; high content of oxygen; ignition quality; waste plastic pyrolysis oil
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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