Engine Combustion, performance and emission characteristics of gas to liquid (GTL) fuels and its blends with diesel and bio-diesel

Sajjad, H. and Masjuki, Haji Hassan and Varman, Mahendra and Kalam, Md. Abul and Arbab, M.I. and Imtenan, S. and Ashrafur Rahman, S.M. (2014) Engine Combustion, performance and emission characteristics of gas to liquid (GTL) fuels and its blends with diesel and bio-diesel. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 30. pp. 961-986. ISSN 1364-0321, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2013.11.039.

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Abstract

Crude oil price hikes, energy security concerns and environmental drivers have turned the focus to alternative fuels. Gas to liquid (GTL) diesel 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 or bio-diesel. GTL fuel derived from Fischer–Tropsch synthesis is of distinctly different characteristics than fossil diesel fuel due to its paraffinic nature, virtually zero sulfur, low aromatic contents and very high cetane number. GTL fuel is referred to as a “clean fuel” for its inherent ability to reduce engine exhaust emission even with blends of diesel and bio-diesel. This paper illustrates feasibility of GTL fuel in context of comparative fuel properties with conventional diesel and bio-diesels. This review also describes the technical attributes of GTL and its blends with diesel and bio-diesel focusing their impact on engine performance and emission characteristics on the basis of the previous research works. It can introduce an efficacious guideline to devise several blends of alternative fuels, further the development of engine performance and constrain exhaust emission to cope with the relentless efforts to manufacture efficient and environment friendly powertrains.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UM.C/HIR/MOHE/ENG/07
Uncontrolled Keywords: Gas to liquids (GTL); Fuel properties; Combustion; Engine performance; Exhaust emission
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Dr. Mahendra Varman Munusamy
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2015 00:53
Last Modified: 08 Nov 2019 08:31
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/13616

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