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Effect of carbon coated aluminum nanoparticles as additive to biodiesel-diesel blends on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine

Wu, Qibai; Xie, Xialin; Wang, Yaodong; Roskilly, Tony

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Qibai Wu

Xialin Xie

Tony Roskilly



Abstract

This study investigates the effects of carbon coated aluminum (Al@C) nanoparticles added to diesel-biodiesel blends as additives on engine performance and emissions. The Al@C nanoparticles are added into the diesel-biodiesel fuel in the mass fractions of 30 ppm under ultrasonic mixing. The experimental tests are conducted using a Cummins diesel engine. For comparison, three kinds of fuels including diesel-biodiesel blend (B10), B10 with 4% ethanol (B10E4), and B10 with 4% ethanol and 30-ppm nanoparticles (B10E4N30) are used for the tests under the European Stationary Cycle (ESC). The results show clearly that adding Al@C nanoparticles can reduce brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) by 6% on average; along with a drop of 6% in NOX emission and CO emission is reduced by 19%, comparing with B10. However, the presence of ethanol in fuel blend increases THC emission. Nevertheless, addition of Al@C nanoparticles reduces THC emission by 14.5% compared with B10E4. The emission of particles number (PN) is increased by 2.2 times for B10E4N30 on average but is reduced by 11.8% for B10E4 (adding ethanol only) on the contrary, compared to B10. The studies on morphology and phase structure of nanoparticles after combustion indicate that Al@C nanoparticles have been transformed into alumina nanoparticles.

Citation

Wu, Q., Xie, X., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, T. (2018). Effect of carbon coated aluminum nanoparticles as additive to biodiesel-diesel blends on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine. Applied Energy, 221, 597-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.157

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 30, 2018
Online Publication Date Apr 17, 2018
Publication Date Jul 1, 2018
Deposit Date Nov 4, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Applied Energy
Print ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 221
Pages 597-604
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.157
Related Public URLs https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/247460

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