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Combustion Characteristics of Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fueled with Dispersant-mixed Al2O3 Nanoparticle-added Biodiesel Blend

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The present work intends to know the nanoparticle stability in biodiesel blend (B20) and the combustion analysis of direct injection, single-cylinder, diesel engine. The aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanoparticle additive with QPAN 80 dispersant (DSP) was mixed in B20. The nanoparticle was added in B20 at a proportion of 50 ppm together with 100 ppm dispersant. The test fuels considered were as follows: D100 (pure diesel), B20, B20Al2O350, and B20Al2O350DSP100. The combustion parameters, namely, cylinder pressure, net heat release rate, and mean gas temperature, were assessed. The fine improvement in the combustion characteristics was observed upon nanoparticle (50 ppm) addition to B20. However, the dispersant (QPAN 80)-mixed nanoparticle in B20 revealed tremendous enhancement than base nanoparticle addition. The maximum improvement of cylinder pressure, net heat release rate, and mean gas temperature was noticed as 15.16 %, 17.87 %, and 21.5 %, respectively, for B20Al2O350DSP100.

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Abbreviations

Al2O3 :

Aluminum oxide

B100:

Mesua ferrea biodiesel (100%)

D100:

Pure diesel

B20:

20% Mesua ferrea biodiesel +80% Pure diesel

B20Al2O350:

20% Mesua ferrea biodiesel + 80% pure diesel + 50 ppm Al2O3

B20Al2O350DSP100:

20% Mesua ferrea biodiesel + 80% pure diesel + 50 ppm Al2O3+100 ppm dispersant

ppm:

Part per million

NaOH:

Sodium hydroxide

BTE:

Brake thermal efficiency

BSFC:

Brake-specific fuel consumption

HRR:

Heat release rate

CP:

Cylinder pressure

Cr2O3 :

Chromium oxide

ZnO:

Zinc oxide

CeO2 :

Cerium oxide

NaOH:

Sodium hydroxide

CNTs:

Carbon nanotubes

SEM:

Scanning electron microscope

FTIR:

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

DSC:

Differential scanning calorimetry

ADC:

Analog to digital converter

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam, India

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, India

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Jaikumar, S., Srinivas, V. & Meher, R.S. Combustion Characteristics of Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fueled with Dispersant-mixed Al2O3 Nanoparticle-added Biodiesel Blend. Int J Thermophys 42, 91 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-021-02842-9

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