Effects of EGR on performance and emissions of a diesel engine fuelled with balanites aegyptiaca/diesel blends

Autor: N. Sunil Naik, B. Balakrishna
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 150-158 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1939-7038
1939-7046
19397038
DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2017.1386246
Popis: In this study, balanites Aegyptiaca (L.) Del biodiesel was blended in proportions of 10% and 20% on the volume basis with diesel fuel and tested in a single cylinder, VCR diesel engine under measured load conditions with varied EGR rates (0, 10 and 20%). The results showed that B10 and B20 blends shown a significant reduction rate in terms of NOx emissions that were familiar with biodiesel blends. At peak load conditions, BTE increased slightly for test fuel blends compared with pure diesel fuel while the BSFC rate and EGT suffered from increasing and decreasing nature with respect to blending percentage. From the emissions point of view, with the increase in blends percentage, a significant reduction rate is observed in terms of CO and HC concentrations (up to 12.34 and 17.5%, respectively) while NOx emissions decreased at peak load conditions (up to 24.34%). HC and CO emissions decreased with increase in blends percentage. However, lower levels of NOx and EGT (up to 21.37 and 8.47%, respectively) and the average increase in terms of BTE and BSFC (up to 2.83 and 2.9%, respectively) can be realised with B20 test fuel blend under 20% EGR rate.
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