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Performance Improvement of a Portable Electric Generator Using an Optimized Bio-Fuel Ratio in a Single Cylinder Two-Stroke Engine

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  • Norhisam Misron

    (Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia)

  • Suhairi Rizuan

    (Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia)

  • Aravind Vaithilingam

    (Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia)

  • Nashiren Farzilah Mailah

    (Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia)

  • Hanamoto Tsuyoshi

    (Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kyushu 804-8550, Japan)

  • Yamada Hiroaki

    (Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kyushu 804-8550, Japan)

  • Shirai Yoshihito

    (Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kyushu 804-8550, Japan)

Abstract

The performance of an electrical generator using bio-fuel and gasoline blends of different composition as fuel in a single cylinder engine is presented. The effect of an optimized blend ratio of bio-fuel with gasoline on engine performance improvement and thereby on the electrical generator output is studied. Bio-fuels such as ethanol, butanol and methanol are blended with gasoline in different proportions and evaluated for performance. The effects of different bio-fuel/gasoline blending ratios are compared experimentally with that of the gasoline alone using the output power developed by the electric generator as the evaluation parameter. With a composition of 10% ethanol–gasoline, the engine performance is increased up to 6% and with a blending ratio of 20% butanol–gasoline the performance is increased up to 8% compared to the use of 100% gasoline. The investigations are performed on a portable generator used in palm tree harvesting applications.

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  • Norhisam Misron & Suhairi Rizuan & Aravind Vaithilingam & Nashiren Farzilah Mailah & Hanamoto Tsuyoshi & Yamada Hiroaki & Shirai Yoshihito, 2011. "Performance Improvement of a Portable Electric Generator Using an Optimized Bio-Fuel Ratio in a Single Cylinder Two-Stroke Engine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 4(11), pages 1-13, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:4:y:2011:i:11:p:1937-1949:d:14757
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