The effects of turbocharger on the performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel

Murat Karabektas

Renewable Energy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 4, 989-993

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of turbocharger on the performance of a diesel engine using diesel fuel and biodiesel in terms of brake power, torque, brake specific consumption and thermal efficiency, as well as CO and NOx emissions. For this aim, a naturally aspirated four-stroke direct injection diesel engine was tested with diesel fuel and neat biodiesel, which is rapeseed oil methyl ester, at full load conditions at the speeds between 1200 and 2400rpm with intervals of 200rpm. Then, a turbocharger system was installed on the engine and the tests were repeated for both fuel cases. The evaluation of experimental data showed that the brake thermal efficiency of biodiesel was slightly higher than that of diesel fuel in both naturally aspirated and turbocharged conditions, while biodiesel yielded slightly lower brake power and torque along with higher fuel consumption values. It was also observed that emissions of CO in the operations with biodiesel were lower than those in the operations with diesel fuel, whereas NOx emission in biodiesel operation was higher. This study reveals that the use of biodiesel improves the performance parameters and decreases CO emissions of the turbocharged engine compared to diesel fuel.

Keywords: Alternative fuel; Biodiesel; Turbocharger; Engine performance; Exhaust emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.08.010

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