Experimental analysis of performance and emission on DI diesel engine fueled with diesel-palm kernel methyl ester-triacetin blends: a Taguchi fuzzy-based optimization

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 25; no. 22; pp. 22035 - 22051
• Main Authors: Panda, Jibitesh Kumar, Sastry, Gadepalli Ravi Kiran, Rai, Ram Naresh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alternative fuels; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biodiesel fuels; Biofuels; Climate change; Dependence; Diesel; Diesel engines; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Electric power generation; Emission analysis; Emissions; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Esters - chemistry; Experiments; Fossil fuels; Fuzzy logic; Global warming; Glycerol; Hydrocarbons; Kinematics; Laboratories; Models, Theoretical; Optimization; Palm Oil - chemistry; Polymer blends; Research Article; Triacetin; Triacetin - chemistry; Vegetable oils; Vehicle Emissions - analysis; Viscosity; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Triacetin; Fuzzy logic; BTE-BSFC; Taguchi; Trade-off (NO; Biodiesel (PKME); Trade-off (NOx-BTE-BSFC)
• ISSN: 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2228-3

The energy situation and the concerns about global warming nowadays have ignited research interest in non-conventional and alternative fuel resources to decrease the emission and the continuous dependency on fossil fuels, particularly for various sectors like power generation, transportation, and agriculture. In the present work, the research is focused on evaluating the performance, emission characteristics, and combustion of biodiesel such as palm kernel methyl ester with the addition of diesel additive “triacetin” in it. A timed manifold injection (TMI) system was taken up to examine the influence of durations of several blends induced on the emission and performance characteristics as compared to normal diesel operation. This experimental study shows better performance and releases less emission as compared with mineral diesel and in turn, indicates that high performance and low emission is promising in PKME-triacetin fuel operation. This analysis also attempts to describe the application of the fuzzy logic-based Taguchi analysis to optimize the emission and performance parameters.