A comparative study of combustion performance and emission of biodiesel blends and diesel in an experimental boiler

Afshin Ghorbani, Bahamin Bazooyar, Ahmad Shariati, Seyyed Mohammad Jokar, Hadi Ajami and Ali Naderi

Applied Energy, 2011, vol. 88, issue 12, 4725-4732

Abstract: Recently, biodiesel has become more attractive since it is made from renewable resources and also for the fact that the resources of fossil fuels are diminishing day by day. This study compares combustion of B5, B10, B20, B50, B80 and B100 with petroleum diesel over wide input air flows at two energy levels in an experimental boiler. The comparison is made in terms of combustion efficiency and flue gas emissions (CO, CO2, NOX, and SO2) and influence of air flow at two energy levels 219kJ/h and 249kJ/h is studied. The findings show that at higher level energy diesel efficiency was a little higher than that of biodiesel, but at lower level biodiesels are efficient than diesel. Except B10, Biodiesel and other blends emitted less pollutant CO, SO2 and CO2 than diesel. B10 emitted lower CO2 and NOX, but emitted higher SO2 than diesel. Despite studies reporting an increase in the NOX level resulting from burning of biodiesel over conventional petroleum diesel fuels in engines, our findings indicated at the second energy level a reduction in the NOX level in the flue gases resulting from burning of biodiesel.

Keywords: Biodiesel; Combustion; Boiler emission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.06.016

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