SIMULATION OF COMPRESSION ENGINE RUNNING ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUELS | ||
| The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Article 58, Volume 13, 13th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2008, Pages 210-223 PDF (560.89 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/amme.2008.39307 | ||
| Author | ||
| HAMDAN M. A. | ||
| Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Faculty of Engineering and technology. University of Jordan. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT The present work describes a theoretical investigation concerning the performance of a four strokes compression engine, which is powered by alternative fuels in the form of diesel-ethanol and diesel –ether mixtures, the properties of which were sited from literature. The amount of each alcohol added was 5, 10 and 15 % by volume. The engine speed during the experimental work was within the range from 1000 to 4000 rpm, with engine was set at full throttle opening and hence the engine was operating under full load conditions. Several parameters were calculated namely; engine torque, brake mean effective pressure, brake power, specific fuel consumption and the thermal efficiency, this was carried out using DIESEL-RK Software. It was found that the engine is of highest thermal efficiency when it is powered by a 15 % ethanol-diesel blend, wile it is of minimum thermal efficiency when it is powered by pure diesel fuel.. Further, it was found that both the thermal efficiency of the engine and the specific fuel consumption increases with the percentage of either ethanol or ether in the fuel blend . However, the power was found to decrease with the amount of either ethanol or ether in the fuel blends. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Alternative fuel; Diesel Engine; ethanol-diesel blend , ether-diesel blend | ||
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