Hydrogen Injection in a Dual Fuel Engine Fueled with Low-Pressure Injection of Methyl Ester of Thevetia Peruviana (METP) for Diesel Engine Maintenance Application

Mahantesh Marikatti, N. R. Banapurmath, V. S. Yaliwal, Y.H. Basavarajappa, Manzoore Elahi M Soudagar, Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Mujtaba Ma, H. Fayaz, Bharat Naik, T.M. Yunus Khan, Asif Afzal and Ahmed I. EL-Seesy
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Mahantesh Marikatti: Department of Mechanical Engineering, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka 580002, India
N. R. Banapurmath: Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.V.B. College of Engineering and Technology KLE Technological University, BVB College Campus, Hubli, Karnataka 580021, India
V. S. Yaliwal: Department of Mechanical Engineering, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka 580002, India
Y.H. Basavarajappa: Department of Mechanical Engineering, P.E.S. Institute of Technology and Management, Shivamogga 577204, India
Manzoore Elahi M Soudagar: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Fausto Pedro García Márquez: Ingenium Research Group, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain
Mujtaba Ma: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
H. Fayaz: Modeling Evolutionary Algorithms Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 758307, Vietnam
Bharat Naik: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jain College of Engineering, Belagavi Karnataka 590014, India
T.M. Yunus Khan: Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Asir, Saudi Arabia
Asif Afzal: P. A. College of Engineering (Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi), Mangalore 574153, India
Ahmed I. EL-Seesy: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, 13512 Benha, Qalubia, Egypt

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-27

Abstract: The present work is mapped to scrutinize the consequence of biodiesel and gaseous fuel properties, and their impact on compression-ignition (CI) engine combustion and emission characteristics in single and dual fuel operation. Biodiesel prepared from non-edible oil source derived from Thevetia peruviana belonging to the plant family of Apocynaceaeis. The fuel has been referred as methyl ester of Thevetia peruviana (METP) and adopted as pilot fuel for the effective combustion of compressed gaseous fuel of hydrogen. This investigation is an effort to augment the engine performance of a biodiesel-gaseous fueled diesel engine operated under varied engine parameters. Subsequently, consequences of gas flow rate, injection timing, gas entry type, and manifold gas injection on the modified dual-fuel engine using conventional mechanical fuel injections (CMFIS) for optimum engine performance were investigated. Fuel consumption, CO, UHC, and smoke formations are spotted to be less besides higher NOx emissions compared to CMFIS operation. The fuel burning features such as ignition delay, burning interval, and variation of pressure and heat release rates with crank angle are scrutinized and compared with base fuel. Sustained research in this direction can convey practical engine technology, concerning fuel combinations in the dual fuel mode, paving the way to alternatives which counter the continued fossil fuel utilization that has detrimental impacts on the climate.

Keywords: methyl ester Thevetia peruviana (METP) biodiesel; manifold injection; combustion parameters; hydrogen injection; electronic control unit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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