Effect of aqueous denatured spirit on engine performance and exhaust emissions

Author

Hubballi, P.A. ; Ashok Babu, T.P.

Author_Institution

B.V.B. Coll. of Eng. & Technol., Hubli, India

fYear

2011

fDate

28-30 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The experimental analysis was to investigate the effect of Denatured spirit (DNS) and DNS-Water blends as fuels in a four cylinder four stroke SI engine. Performance tests were conducted to study brake thermal efficiency (BThE), brake power (BP), engine torque (T) and brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC). Exhaust emissions were also investigated for carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The results of the experiments reveled that, both DNS and DNS95W5 as fuels increase BThE, BP, engine torque and BSFC. The CO, HC, NOx and CO2 emissions in the exhaust decreased. The DNS and DNS95W5 as fuels produced the encouraging results in engine performance and mitigated engine exhaust emissions.

Keywords

air pollution control; brakes; carbon compounds; diesel engines; engine cylinders; exhaust systems; nitrogen compounds; torque; CO; DNS-water blends; HC; NO; aqueous denatured spirit; brake power; brake specific fuel consumption; brake thermal efficiency; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; engine cylinders; engine torque; exhaust emission mitigation; four stroke SI engines; hydrocarbons; nitrogen oxides; Alternative fuel; DNS; Emissions; Ethanol; SI engine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Utility Exhibition on Power and Energy Systems: Issues & Prospects for Asia (ICUE), 2011 International Conference and

Conference_Location

Pattaya City

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6006-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497775

Filename

6497775