Numerical Simulation of the Performance and Emission of a Diesel Engine with Diesel-biodiesel Mixture

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• S. R. Mousavi Seyedi ¹
• S. M. R. Miri ²

¹ Department of Mechanics of Biosystem Engineering, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran

² PhD Student, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/jam.2021.69149.1023

Abstract

Introduction
Increasing industrialization, growing energy demand, limited reserves of fossil fuels, and increasing environmental pollution have jointly necessitated for exploration of a substitute for conventional liquid fuels. Vegetable oils can be used as alternatives to petroleum fuels for engine operation. These oils are mixtures of free-fatty acid molecules to contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. The ability to simulate the process of converting chemical energy to heat, energy users of computational fluid dynamics software in the design, analysis, and optimization of high-tech tools. Also, simulation saves time and reduces costs, workforce, and the space required.
Materials and Methods
In this research, a one-dimensional computational fluid dynamics solution with GT-Power software was used to simulate a four-cylinder, four-stroke, direct injection diesel engine to study the performance and exhaust emissions characteristics with different speeds and blends at full load. The engine speeds were chosen to be 1100 to 1400 rpm at an interval of 100 rpm. Also, fuel blends such as diesel (as a base), B5, and B10 biodiesel were selected for engine testing. To model a engine, we should have the dimensions of the engine, input air collection, output gases collection, the amount of sprinkled fuel, valves properties, combustion, and some of the estimates corresponding to the cylinder’s thermodynamic parameters when opening the output and input gate and to exchange the heat inside the cylinder as the input data. The model mainly consisted of an air cleaner, intake valve, exhaust valve, intake and exhaust port, injection nozzle, engine cylinder, and engine. Engine cylinder’s intake and exhaust ports are modeled geometrically with pipes. Before this investigation was carried out, a validation model for evaluation was done by experimental and simulation data. The validation results showed that the software model error is acceptable.
Results and Discussion
The engine performance and emissions were evaluated in terms of engine torque, specific fuel consumption, NOx, and CO emission at different engine speeds and fuels at full load. The results showed that with increasing the engine speeds, torque increased. On the other hand, the maximum engine torque for the diesel engine is slightly lower than the biodiesel-blended that increased by 4.4% because of the higher density and viscosity of biodiesel than diesel. Specific Fuel Consumption (SFC) is a measure of the fuel efficiency of any prime mover that burns fuel and produces rotation, or shaft, power. The results indicated that by increasing engine speeds, the SFC increased. A fuel with a lower heating value should be injected with more mass into the engine. This will increase the SFC. So, the maximum engine SFC for the diesel engine is more than the biodiesel-blended that decreased by 4.45% because of better fuel combustion and more power generation of biodiesel than diesel. The only nitrogen oxide that can be formed in an engine combustion temperature is nitrogen monoxide (NO). This pollutant factor can be converted to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over the time of exhaust gas. The results showed that with increasing the engine speeds, the NOX emissions decrease steadily and then increases, which is due to the high temperature in the cylinder. The viscosity and density of fuels have an effect on NOX emission, and because of the larger droplets of the fuel, it released NOX. The highest NOx emissions belong B10 biodiesel in 1400 rpm, due to the high oxygen content of this fuel and the lowest NOx emissions belong B10 biodiesel in 1300 rpm, due to the low density of the fuel compared to diesel. CO is a colorless and odorless gas, whose even very low concentrations are dangerous for humans and animals. The results showed that with increasing the engine speeds, the CO emission decreased and the minimum CO emission for diesel engine is more than the biodiesel-blended that decreased by 37.61% because of excess oxygen availability and complete combustion in biodiesel than diesel.
Conclusion
The results of this study showed that the B10 blend in high engine speeds, generally had the best performance and emissions characteristics among the three fuels used in this study. Also, this investigation will assist in the development of WCO biodiesel as a viable sustainable fuel source through the use of a CFD model, optimized engine configuration, and technical report.

Keywords

• Engine characteristics
• GT-Power Software
• Thermodynamic model
• Waste cooking oil

20.1001.1.22286829.1401.12.4.8.4

Main Subjects

• Bioenergy

Open Access

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