IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v57y2013icp434-442.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Experimental studies on spray and gas entrainment characteristics of biodiesel fuel: Implications of gas entrained and fuel oxygen content on soot formation

Author

Listed:
  • Kuti, Olawole Abiola
  • Nishida, Keiya
  • Zhu, Jingyu

Abstract

Experiments were performed inside the constant volume vessel to simulate the real diesel engine conditions. The LIF–PIV (Laser Induced Florescence – Particulate Image Velocimetry) technique was used to characterize the spray and gas entrainment characteristics of the fuels while the OH-chemiluminescence and two color pyrometry were applied to obtain information about the combustion processes. Biodiesel from palm oil (BDF (Biodiesel Fuel)) and the JIS #2 diesel fuel were utilized. It was observed that the SMD (Sauter mean diameter) obtained through an empirical equation decreased by increasing the injection pressure from 100 to 300 MPa and reducing the nozzle diameter from 0.16 to 0.08 mm. BDF has higher SMD values compared to diesel thus signifying inferior atomization. By increasing the injection pressure up to 300 MPa and reducing the nozzle diameter to 0.08 mm, the normal velocity and total mass flow rate of the entrained gas by the fuels increased. Due to higher viscosity and density properties, BDF possessed inferior atomization characteristics which made the normal velocity and total mass flow rate of the entrained gas lower compared to diesel. Due to inferior atomization which led to less gas being entrained upstream of the lift-off flame, the fuel oxygen content in BDF played a significant role in soot formation processes.

Suggested Citation

  • Kuti, Olawole Abiola & Nishida, Keiya & Zhu, Jingyu, 2013. "Experimental studies on spray and gas entrainment characteristics of biodiesel fuel: Implications of gas entrained and fuel oxygen content on soot formation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 434-442.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:57:y:2013:i:c:p:434-442
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.05.006
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544213003903
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2013.05.006?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Shahid, Ejaz M. & Jamal, Younis, 2008. "A review of biodiesel as vehicular fuel," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 12(9), pages 2484-2494, December.
    2. Carraretto, C. & Macor, A. & Mirandola, A. & Stoppato, A. & Tonon, S., 2004. "Biodiesel as alternative fuel: Experimental analysis and energetic evaluations," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 29(12), pages 2195-2211.
    3. Jaichandar, S. & Annamalai, K., 2012. "Influences of re-entrant combustion chamber geometry on the performance of Pongamia biodiesel in a DI diesel engine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 44(1), pages 633-640.
    4. Basha, Syed Ameer & Gopal, K. Raja & Jebaraj, S., 2009. "A review on biodiesel production, combustion, emissions and performance," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 13(6-7), pages 1628-1634, August.
    5. Valentino, Gerardo & Allocca, Luigi & Iannuzzi, Stefano & Montanaro, Alessandro, 2011. "Biodiesel/mineral diesel fuel mixtures: Spray evolution and engine performance and emissions characterization," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(6), pages 3924-3932.
    6. Ramadhas, A.S & Jayaraj, S & Muraleedharan, C, 2004. "Use of vegetable oils as I.C. engine fuels—A review," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 727-742.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Moon, Seoksu, 2016. "Novel insights into the dynamic structure of biodiesel and conventional fuel sprays from high-pressure diesel injectors," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(P1), pages 615-625.
    2. Pourhoseini, S.H. & Namvar-Mahboub, M. & Hosseini, Ebrahim & Alimoradi, Ashkan, 2021. "A comparative exploration of thermal, radiative and pollutant emission characteristics of oil burner flame using palm oil biodiesel-diesel blend fuel and diesel fuel," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 217(C).
    3. Han, Dong & Wang, Chunhai & Duan, Yaozong & Tian, Zhisong & Huang, Zhen, 2014. "An experimental study of injection and spray characteristics of diesel and gasoline blends on a common rail injection system," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 513-519.
    4. Liu, Haifeng & Wang, Xin & Zheng, Zunqing & Gu, Jingbo & Wang, Hu & Yao, Mingfa, 2014. "Experimental and simulation investigation of the combustion characteristics and emissions using n-butanol/biodiesel dual-fuel injection on a diesel engine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 741-752.
    5. Miliauskas, G. & Maziukienė, M. & Jouhara, H. & Poškas, R., 2019. "Investigation of mass and heat transfer transitional processes of water droplets in wet gas flow in the framework of energy recovery technologies for biofuel combustion and flue gas removal," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 173(C), pages 740-754.
    6. Huang, Weidi & Wu, Zhijun & Gao, Ya & Zhang, Lin, 2015. "Effect of shock waves on the evolution of high-pressure fuel jets," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 442-448.
    7. Fu, Wei & Li, Fengyu & Meng, Kesheng & Liu, Yanju & Shi, Weidong & Lin, Qizhao, 2019. "Experiment and analysis of spray characteristics of biodiesel blending with di-n-butyl ether in a direct injection combustion chamber," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 77-89.
    8. Tian, Junjian & Liu, Yu & Bi, Haobo & Li, Fengyu & Bao, Lin & Han, Kai & Zhou, Wenliang & Ni, Zhanshi & Lin, Qizhao, 2022. "Experimental study on the spray characteristics of octanol diesel and prediction of spray tip penetration by ANN model," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 239(PA).
    9. Hongzhan Xie & Lanbo Song & Yizhi Xie & Dong Pi & Chunyu Shao & Qizhao Lin, 2015. "An Experimental Study on the Macroscopic Spray Characteristics of Biodiesel and Diesel in a Constant Volume Chamber," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(6), pages 1-21, June.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Tsai, Wen-Tien & Lin, Chih-Chung & Yeh, Ching-Wei, 2007. "An analysis of biodiesel fuel from waste edible oil in Taiwan," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 11(5), pages 838-857, June.
    2. Aytav, Emre & Kocar, Günnur, 2013. "Biodiesel from the perspective of Turkey: Past, present and future," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 25(C), pages 335-350.
    3. Dwivedi, Gaurav & Sharma, M.P., 2014. "Impact of cold flow properties of biodiesel on engine performance," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 650-656.
    4. Charlotte Stead & Zia Wadud & Chris Nash & Hu Li, 2019. "Introduction of Biodiesel to Rail Transport: Lessons from the Road Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-20, February.
    5. Mahlia, T.M.I. & Syazmi, Z.A.H.S. & Mofijur, M. & Abas, A.E. Pg & Bilad, M.R. & Ong, Hwai Chyuan & Silitonga, A.S., 2020. "Patent landscape review on biodiesel production: Technology updates," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    6. Sukkasi, Sittha & Chollacoop, Nuwong & Ellis, Wyn & Grimley, Simon & Jai-In, Samai, 2010. "Challenges and considerations for planning toward sustainable biodiesel development in developing countries: Lessons from the Greater Mekong Subregion," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 14(9), pages 3100-3107, December.
    7. Goel, Varun & Kumar, Naresh & Singh, Paramvir, 2018. "Impact of modified parameters on diesel engine characteristics using biodiesel: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 82(P3), pages 2716-2729.
    8. Boopathi, D. & Thiyagarajan, S. & Edwin Geo, V. & Madhankumar, S. & Gheith, R., 2018. "Effect of geraniol on performance, emission and combustion characteristics of CI engine fuelled with gutter oil obtained from different sources," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 391-401.
    9. Azad, A.K. & Rasul, M.G. & Khan, M.M.K. & Sharma, Subhash C. & Mofijur, M. & Bhuiya, M.M.K., 2016. "Prospects, feedstocks and challenges of biodiesel production from beauty leaf oil and castor oil: A nonedible oil sources in Australia," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 302-318.
    10. Yapicioglu, Arda & Dincer, Ibrahim, 2019. "A review on clean ammonia as a potential fuel for power generators," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 96-108.
    11. Altarazi, Yazan S.M. & Abu Talib, Abd Rahim & Yu, Jianglong & Gires, Ezanee & Abdul Ghafir, Mohd Fahmi & Lucas, John & Yusaf, Talal, 2022. "Effects of biofuel on engines performance and emission characteristics: A review," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 238(PC).
    12. Malça, João & Freire, Fausto, 2011. "Life-cycle studies of biodiesel in Europe: A review addressing the variability of results and modeling issues," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 338-351, January.
    13. Arbab, M.I. & Masjuki, H.H. & Varman, M. & Kalam, M.A. & Imtenan, S. & Sajjad, H., 2013. "Fuel properties, engine performance and emission characteristic of common biodiesels as a renewable and sustainable source of fuel," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 133-147.
    14. Borugadda, Venu Babu & Goud, Vaibhav V., 2012. "Biodiesel production from renewable feedstocks: Status and opportunities," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(7), pages 4763-4784.
    15. Xue, Jinlin & Grift, Tony E. & Hansen, Alan C., 2011. "Effect of biodiesel on engine performances and emissions," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(2), pages 1098-1116, February.
    16. Sanjid, A. & Masjuki, H.H. & Kalam, M.A. & Rahman, S.M. Ashrafur & Abedin, M.J. & Palash, S.M., 2013. "Impact of palm, mustard, waste cooking oil and Calophyllum inophyllum biofuels on performance and emission of CI engine," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 664-682.
    17. Fazal, M.A. & Haseeb, A.S.M.A. & Masjuki, H.H., 2011. "Biodiesel feasibility study: An evaluation of material compatibility; performance; emission and engine durability," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(2), pages 1314-1324, February.
    18. Hosseini, Seyed Ehsan & Wahid, Mazlan Abdul, 2012. "Necessity of biodiesel utilization as a source of renewable energy in Malaysia," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(8), pages 5732-5740.
    19. Bhuiya, M.M.K. & Rasul, M.G. & Khan, M.M.K. & Ashwath, N. & Azad, A.K. & Hazrat, M.A., 2016. "Prospects of 2nd generation biodiesel as a sustainable fuel – Part 2: Properties, performance and emission characteristics," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 1129-1146.
    20. Habibullah, M. & Masjuki, H.H. & Kalam, M.A. & Rahman, S.M. Ashrafur & Mofijur, M. & Mobarak, H.M. & Ashraful, A.M., 2015. "Potential of biodiesel as a renewable energy source in Bangladesh," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 819-834.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:57:y:2013:i:c:p:434-442. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.