Sensitivity analyses of biodiesel thermo-physical properties under diesel engine conditions

Energy and Exergy Analyses of a Diesel Engine Running on Biodiesel Fuel

Availability analysis is an effective approach to studying energy conversion in systems and identifying inefficiency. In the present study, a single-zone model was used to examine energy performance parameters and heat release rates. The governing equation of availability analysis was applied in the model, and the possibility of using biodiesel produced from sunflower oil as diesel engine was i...

Energy and Exergy Analyses of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Biodiesel-Diesel Blends Containing 5% Bioethanol

In this study, energy and exergy analysis were performed for a single cylinder, water-cooled diesel engine using biodiesel, diesel and bioethanol blends. Each experiment was performed at twelve different engine speeds between 1000 and 3000 rev/min at intervals of 200 rev/min for four different fuel blends. The fuel blends, prepared by mixing biodiesel and diesel in different proportions fuel wi...

Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Life Assessment of a Diesel Engine Piston

Mutagenicity of biodiesel or diesel exhaust particles and the effect of engine operating conditions

BACKGROUND Changing the fuel supply from petroleum based ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) to biodiesel and its blends is considered by many to be a viable option for controlling exposures to particulate material (PM). This is critical in the mining industry where approximately 28,000 underground miners are potentially exposed to relatively high concentrations of diesel particulate matter (DPM). T...

Utilization of Biodiesel-Diesel-Ethanol Blends in CI Engine