This paper presents performance study of Peugeot MM540 diesel engine using biodiesel prepared from used cooking oil. Transesterification process is followed to produce bio diesel and is blended with diesel in different proportion of 22:78 and 24:76 by volume and named as blend B22 and B24 respectively. Engine was run at different loads (0, 15, 30, 35, and 40kg) with constant speed of 1000rpm se...

To examine the effects of using synthetic Fischer-Tropsch (FT) diesel fuel in a modern compression ignition engine, experiments were conducted on a MY 2002 Cummins 5.9 L diesel engine outfitted with high pressure, common rail fuel injection, a variable geometry turbo charger, cooled EGR and a fully configurable engine management computer. Additionally, the effect of varied injection timing and ...

In this paper, the effects of carbonation on pore structure of blended pozzolan cement pastes were investigated. Ordinary Portland cement OPC was partially replaced with ground palm oil fuel ash POA , ground rice husk ash RHA and classified fine fly ash FA . The strength, total porosity, specific surface area, and pore size distribution were tested. In general, incorporation of pozzolans increa...

This study analyzed factors that influence the ignition delay characteristics of n-heptane/methane-blended fuel. The effects chemical species, exhaust gas recirculation rate, compression ratio, cool/hot flames, and combustion chamber conditions (temperature, pressure, O2 concentration) were determined using CHEMKIN Pro. experiment for verification 550–1000 K at 15 bar with 50% H2/50% CH4 main r...

Background Biomass-derived jet fuel is an alternative jet fuel (AJF) showing promise of reducing the dependence on fossil fuel and greenhouse gas emissions. Hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) concept is also known as one of the pathways for producing bio jet fuel. HEFA fuel was approved by the American Society for Testing and Materials in 2011, and can be blended up to 50% with conven...

The University of Idaho’s entry into the 2015 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge is a 2014 Ski-Doo MXZ-TNT chassis with a reduced-speed 797 cc direct injected two-stroke engine, modified for flex fuel use with blended isobutanol/gasoline fuel. A battery-less direct injection system was used to improve fuel economy and decrease emissions while maintaining a high power-to-weight ratio. Noise was redu...

Coal and biomass are abundant in supply but contain carbon which, to avoid greenhouse gas emissions, needs to be sequestered after the primary energy conversion. A comparison is reported here of the performance of four different coals and biomass in an iron oxide-based direct chemical looping combustion system. The principal aim is to identify the coal and biomass with the highest H2 to CO2 rat...

Fuel properties of loofah oil and its ethyl ester blended with diesel were experimentally determined. Biodiesel blends (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100%) of loofah oil and its ethyl ester by volume with diesel was used. The fuel properties of the biodiesel blends were determined according to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. Pure Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) wa...