Comparative study of biodiesel, GTL fuel and their blends in context of engine performance and exhaust emission

Sajjad, H. and Masjuki, Haji Hassan and Varman, Mahendra and Khan, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman and Arbab, M.I. and Imtenan, S. and Sanjid, A. (2014) Comparative study of biodiesel, GTL fuel and their blends in context of engine performance and exhaust emission. Procedia Engineering, 90. 466 - 471. ISSN 1877-7058, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.758.

[img]
Preview
 PDF (open access)
sajjad_procedia.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives.
Download (498kB)
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.758

Abstract

Abstract Crude oil price hikes, energy security concerns and environmental drivers have turned the focus on alternative fuels. Gas to liquid fuel (GTL) derived from Fisher-Tropsch synthesis, is regarded as a promising alternative diesel fuel, considering the adeptness to use directly as a diesel fuel or in blends with petroleum-derived diesel in {CI} engines. {GTL} has distinctly different characteristics than fossil diesel fuel due to its paraffinic nature, virtually zero sulphur, low aromatic contents and very high cetane number. In this study, an unmodified single cylinder 4 �stroke diesel engine was used to investigate diesel, {GTL} fuel and their blends in terms of engine performance and exhaust emission characteristics. {GTL} and its blends demonstrated improved engine performance increasing maximum power 9.1, brake thermal efficiency 20 and lowering {BSFC} 9.1 than diesel. Exhaust emissions also showed diminutions in {CO} (22�25), {HC} (30�40) and {NO} (6�8). These improvements ensure the potential for the application of {GTL} diesel blends.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information: 10th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, {ICME} 2013
Uncontrolled Keywords: GTL; Biodiesel; Fuel-blends; Engine Performance; Exhaust Emission
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Dr. Mahendra Varman Munusamy
Date Deposited: 05 Feb 2015 01:54
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2018 02:55
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/12558

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item
UM Research Repository is powered by EPrints 3 which is developed by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. More information and software credits.