Study of performance and emission characteristics of a single cylinder CI engine using diethyl ether and ethanol blends. Issue 1 (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Paul, Abhishek; Bose, Probir Kumar; Panua, RajSekhar; Debroy, Durbadal
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Energy Institute. Volume 88:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 10
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Power (Mechanics) -- Periodicals; Power resources -- Periodicals; Fuel -- Periodicals; 621.04205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.joei.2014.07.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9671

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author" id="abs0010"> <title id="sectitle0010">Abstract</title> <sec> <p id="abspara0010">In this paper, the performance and emission of a single cylinder Diesel engine has been studied by using the blends of Diesel–diethyl ether (DEE) and Diesel–diethyl ether–ethanol. The used blends are D95DEE5 (5% DEE, 95% Diesel by volume), D90DEE10 (10% DEE, 90% Diesel by volume), D90DEE5E5 (5% ethanol, 5% DEE and 90% Diesel by volume), D85DEE5E10 (10% ethanol, 5% DEE and 85% Diesel by volume), D85DEE10E5 (5% ethanol, 10% DEE and 85% Diesel by volume) and D80DEE10E10 (10% ethanol, 10% DEE and 80% Diesel by volume). The thermal efficiency of the engine increased with the blend of 5% DEE blend whereas, decreased with 10% DEE blend. Ethanol addition to Diesel–DEE blends increased the efficiency of the engine for both the cases. Use of ethanol along with DEE reduced CO, NO_{<italic>x</italic>}, hydrocarbon and particulate matters remarkably. Blend D80DEE10E10 showed the best potential of achieving the paradoxical objective of high performance with low emission among the tested fuel samples.</p> </sec> </abstract>