Calorific value enhancement of fusel oil by moisture removal and its effect on the performance and combustion of a spark ignition engine. (1st April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Awad, Omar I.; Mamat, R.; Ibrahim, Thamir K.; Hagos, Ftwi Y.; Noor, M.M.; Yusri, I.M.; Leman, A.M.
• Is Part Of: Energy conversion and management. Volume 137(2017)
• Page Start: 86
• Page End: 96
• Publication Date: 2017-04-01
• Subjects: Fusel oil -- Calorific value -- Spark-ignition engine -- Combustion characteristics -- Engine performance -- Moisture content; Direct energy conversion -- Periodicals; Energy storage -- Periodicals; Energy transfer -- Periodicals; Énergie -- Conversion directe -- Périodiques; Direct energy conversion; Periodicals; 621.3105
• DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2017.01.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0196-8904

Abstract

Highlights: Calorific value of fusel oil enhancement of by 13%. The oxygen content decreased by reduction moister content of fusel oil by 14%. The carbon content increased by reduction moister content of fusel oil by 7.9%. Effects of gasoline-fusel oil blends on of combustion and performance analyzed. Fusel oil-gasoline blends and pure gasoline have almost similar COVimep. Abstract: The major limitation in the usability of fusel oil as blend fuel in spark-ignition (SI) engine is the presence of moisture that plays a negative role in the calorific value (CV). The main objective of the current study is to improve the CV of fusel oil by the extraction of moisture content. In addition to this, it is aimed to conduct comparative study on the effect of the improvement of the CV of the blend fuel on the combustion and performance. The experiment is conducted in an SI engine under and engine speed of 4500 rpm, 60 throttle open and at different blending ratio of gasoline-fusel oil. The parameters examined in the current study are the effects of test fuels upon the brake power (BP), the brake thermal efficiency (BTE), the brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC), the in-cylinder pressure, the rate of heat release (ROHR), the rate of pressure rise (ROPR), the mass fraction burned (MFB), the combustion durations (CD), the indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) and the coefficient of variation of the indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) (COVimep ). With the reduction of the moisture content of the fusel oil from 13.5% to 6.5%, the improvement on the CV is reported to be by 13%. The BP, BSFC and BTE have slightly improved with the extraction of moisture. On the comparative study on the combustion and performance, the peak cylinder pressure, the maximum ROPR and the IMEP increased, and its corresponding COV reduced after reducing the moisture content at 10% concentration of fusel oil. CD has also reduced with the moisture extraction. As a conclusion, the moisture content of fusel oil has played negatively to limit the combustion and performance of the fuel blend despite the high oxygen content of fusel oil.