Experimental study on diesel engine coupled with a catalytic converter run on dual-fuel mode using biogas produced from agricultural waste

This work studied experimentally the performance and exhaust gas emission of a diesel engine coupled with a catalytic converter run on dual-fuel mode using refined biogas resulted from agricultural waste. The content of methane on the biogas is 70%. The experiments were carried out at constant load...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 523; no. 1; pp. 12064 - 12071
Main Author Ambarita, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2019
Subjects
Agricultural wastes
Automotive parts
Biogas
Catalytic converters
Diesel engines
Dual fuel
Emission analysis
Exhaust gases
Exhaust systems
Flow velocity
Fuel consumption
Thermodynamic efficiency
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Summary:This work studied experimentally the performance and exhaust gas emission of a diesel engine coupled with a catalytic converter run on dual-fuel mode using refined biogas resulted from agricultural waste. The content of methane on the biogas is 70%. The experiments were carried out at constant load 1500 kW. The engine rotation varies from 1000 rpm to 1500 rpm. The biogas flow rate varies from 0 to 6 L/min. The output power of the engine operated on dual-fuel mode is better than the engine operated with pure diesel. The brake thermal efficiency of the diesel engine with flow rate of 2 L/min and 4 L/min is better than diesel only. The specific fuel consumption of the diesel engine operated on dual-fuel mode is higher than pure diesel mode. The opacity number of the engine operated on dual-fuel mode is better than pure diesel mode. However, the CO number and HC number of the engine operated on dual-fuel mode are higher than pure diesel mode. The diesel replacement ratio is within the range 15.6% % to 74.8%. It is recommended to run the present diesel engine in dual fuel mode with biogas flow rate 2 L/min - 4 L/min.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/523/1/012064