Evaluation, characterization, and engine performance of complementary fuel blends of butanol-biodiesel-diesel fromAleurites moluccanusas potential alternative fuels for CI engines

ATABANI A., Mekaoussi M., Uğuz G., ARPA O., AYANOĞLU A., Shobana S.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, cilt.31, sa.5, ss.755-784, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0958305x18790953
  • Dergi Adı: ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.755-784
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aleurites moluccanus, biodiesel-diesel-butanol blends, FT-IR, UV-vis, TGA, DSC, NMR, engine and emission analyses, METHYL-ESTERS, EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS, EXHAUST EMISSIONS, NONEDIBLE OIL
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Biodiesel has gained worldwide attention due to its renewable aspects. However, it needs more quality improvement. Recently, butanol has been considered as a favorable alternative fuel or additive over methanol and ethanol in compression ignition (CI) engines. In this regard, the present work deals with the evaluation of butanol-diesel-biodiesel blends as potential alternative fuels. In this work, biodiesel has been produced fromAleurites moluccanusoil followed by blending with Euro-diesel and butanol. Important characteristics such as kinematic viscosity, density and cloud point besides FT-IR, UV-vis spectra, TGA, DSC and NMR (C-13 and(1)H) were analyzed. Some important engine and emission performance parameters, such as BP, BSFC, CO, HC, NO(x)and EGT were also studied in this work. Results revealed that blending butanol and Euro-diesel with biodiesel improves the properties of pure biodiesel such as kinematic viscosity (2.41-3.55 mm(2)/s) and density (841.8-884.6 kg/m(3)), while maintaining an acceptable range for cold flow properties that are analogous to Euro-diesel. In addition, reduction in BP (24.65-26.35%), HC (52.57-38.71%), and CO (39.18-30.4%) was observed for all the blends at full load compared to Euro-diesel. However, increases in both BSFC (38.17-41.14%) and NOx(24.18-8.35%) were observed. Overall, the blends appear to be good alternatives to biodiesel-diesel blends. Thus, butanol-biodiesel-diesel blends can be considered as potential sustainable fuels for fossil diesel.