Operating Range, Performance and Emissions of an HCCI Engine Fueled with Fusel Oil/Diethyl Ether: An Experimental Study

The main disadvantages of HCCI engines are the knocking tendency at high engine loads, the challenge of the start of the combustion, control of the combustion phase, and the narrow operating range. In this study, we aimed to control the combustion processes in HCCI engines and to expand their workin...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 14; no. 23; p. 15666
Main Authors Polat, Seyfi, Calam, Alper, Ardebili, Seyed Mohammad Safieddin, Şahin, Fatih, Boroiu, Alexandru Andrei, Solmaz, Hamit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2022
Subjects
Alcohol
Alcohols
Biogas
Carbon monoxide
Chemical properties
Combustion
Combustion control
Cylinders
Diesel fuels
Diethyl ether
Efficiency
Emission standards
Emissions
Engines
Environmental aspects
Environmental health
Ethanol
Fusel oil
Heat transfer
Hydrocarbons
Methods
Moisture content
Oils & fats
Pressure
Properties
Sustainability
Syrups & sweeteners
Test engines
Thermodynamic efficiency
Turkey
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Summary:The main disadvantages of HCCI engines are the knocking tendency at high engine loads, the challenge of the start of the combustion, control of the combustion phase, and the narrow operating range. In this study, we aimed to control the combustion processes in HCCI engines and to expand their working range by improving the fuel properties of fusel oil by the addition of diethyl ether. Thus, the variations in the in-cylinder pressure, rate of heat release, indicated mean effective pressure, start of combustion, combustion duration, CA50, indicated thermal efficiency, mean pressure rise rate, hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions were investigated. It was observed that the in-cylinder pressure and rate of heat release were taken into advance and the test engine could be operated for a wider range by increasing the diethyl ether ratio in the blend. The indicated mean effective pressure increased by 67.5% with DEE40 fuel compared to the DEE80. Under the same operating conditions, HC and CO emissions decreased by 41.6% and 56.2%, in use of DEE40. Furthermore, the highest indicated thermal efficiency was obtained as 42.5% with DEE60 fuel. Maximum hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions were observed with DEE80 fuel as 0.532% and 549 ppm, respectively.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su142315666