An investigation of diesel-ethanol-biodiesel blends for diesel engine: Part 2-emission and engine performance of a light-duty truck
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Author list: Cheenkachorn K., Fungtammasan B.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
Publication year: 2010
Journal: Energy Sources Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects (1556-7036)
Volume number: 32
Issue number: 10
Start page: 894
End page: 900
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 1556-7036
eISSN: 1556-7230
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
In this experimental study, the performance of a selected diesohol-biodiesel blend consisting of 84.00% (vol.) diesel, 0.25% hydrous ethanol, 4.75% anhydrous ethanol, and 11.00% biodiesel was tested on a light-duty truck with a 2.5L inter-cooled direct injection diesel engine. Emission and engine performance tests for the diesohol-biodiesel blend and regular diesel were conducted on a chassis dynamometer using a Bangkok Driving Cycle. It was found that the two fuels show no significant difference on the emissions of CO2 and NOx. However, running the test engine on diesohol-biodiesel blend resulted in lower particulate matter and CO emissions compared to regular diesel. It also yielded a lower maximum power output due to its lower heating value. There was no significant difference in the fuel consumption of the two fuels.
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Diesohol-biodiesel blend, Regular diesel
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