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Optical diagnostics of low-temperature ignition and combustion characteristics of diesel/kerosene blends under cold-start conditions

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  • Shi, Zhicheng
  • Lee, Chia-fon
  • Wu, Han
  • Wu, Yang
  • Zhang, Lu
  • Liu, Fushui

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Diesel engine plays a vital role in various fields, but it does suffer from the cold-start issue when operating in low-temperature environment. As an alternative fuel or emergency back-up fuel for diesel engine, kerosene was investigated to reveal the influences of its difference on physical and chemical properties from diesel on low-temperature ignition characteristics. In this work, the spray and ignition characteristics of diesel/kerosene blends were investigated at ambient temperatures of 653–733 K and ambient densities of 10–22 kg/m3. Experiments were conducted in an optical constant volume combustion chamber using Mie-scattering and direct photography methods. The results show that under cold-start conditions, although kerosene has lower cetane number than diesel, its strong volatility significantly promotes the atomization and evaporation of the blends. The addition of 15% volumetric kerosene to diesel effectively shortens the ignition delay. In addition, the low-temperature ignition starts with a blue flame and further formaldehyde signal identification indicates that the blue flame is a cool flame. Kerosene addition enhances the cool flame intensity, which is conducive to the transformation to a high-temperature hot flame. Thus, adding a small proportion of kerosene to the diesel fuel contributes to a rapid cold-start at low temperatures.

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  • Shi, Zhicheng & Lee, Chia-fon & Wu, Han & Wu, Yang & Zhang, Lu & Liu, Fushui, 2019. "Optical diagnostics of low-temperature ignition and combustion characteristics of diesel/kerosene blends under cold-start conditions," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 251(C), pages 1-1.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:251:y:2019:i:c:51
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113307
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