Gavhane, R. S. and Kate, A. M. and Soudagar, Manzoore Elahi M. and Wakchaure, V. D. and Balgude, Sagar and Rizwanul Fattah, I. M. and Nik-Ghazali, Nik-Nazri and Fayaz, H. and Khan, T. M. Yunus and Mujtaba, M. A. and Kumar, Ravinder and Shahabuddin, M. (2021) Influence of silica nano-additives on performance and emission characteristics of soybean biodiesel fuelled diesel engine. Energies, 14 (5). ISSN 1996-1073, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051489.
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The present study examines the effect of silicon dioxide (SiO2) nano-additives on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled with soybean biodiesel. Soybean biofuel was prepared using the transesterification process. The morphology of nano-additives was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The Ultrasonication process was used for the homogeneous blending of nano-additives with biodiesel, while surfactant was used for the stabilisation of nano-additives. The physicochemical properties of pure and blended fuel samples were measured as per ASTM standards. The performance and emissions characteristics of different fuel samples were measured at different loading conditions. It was found that the brake thermal efficiency (BTE) and brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) increased by 3.48-6.39% and 5.81-9.88%, respectively, with the addition of SiO2 nano-additives. The carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and smoke emissions for nano-additive added blends were decreased by 1.9-17.5%, 20.56-27.5% and 10.16-23.54% compared to SBME25 fuel blends.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University [R.G.P. 1/251/42] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | soybean biodiesel; engine performance; engine emission; nano-additives; SEM |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 31 May 2022 08:29 |
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2022 08:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/34507 |
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