Use of biofuel with turpentine oil additive in a compression ignition engine: a green initiative to fulfill sustainable development goals

Autor: Augustine B. V. Barboza, Sooraj Mohan, P. Dinesha
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Cogent Engineering, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 23311916
2331-1916
DOI: 10.1080/23311916.2024.2364840
Popis: United Nation’s sustainable goals place emphasis on renewable energy resources to transform the world into a sustainable one and enable it to have affordable energy. Of late alternative green fuels are becoming promising sources of fuel to address the energy crisis. Waste cooking oil (WCO) is the raw material used for biodiesel preparation, which can be employed as a fuel in compression ignition (CI) engines. This article investigates the dual impact of biodiesel, a green fuel and a renewable green additive (turpentine oil) on the performance and emissions of a CI engine. The studies were performed using a B20 (20% biodiesel + 80% diesel) WCO biodiesel fuel blend with 2.5% and 5% vol. of turpentine oil as an additive. The outcome of this research showed an improvement in brake thermal efficiency for the B20 biodiesel blend with a 5% turpentine oil additive. Turpentine oil additive promoted more complete combustion and produced lower carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and smoke emissions. However, the oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions increased as the turpentine oil composition increased from 2.5% to 5%, which is 4.5% more than B20. The outcome of this study can be extended to accomplish the objectives of sustainable development goal 7 (affordable and clean energy) and goal 13 (climate action) which are planned to be achieved by 2030.
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