THERMAL SCIENCE

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Karthikayan Sundararajan

,

Ganesan Subbiah

,

Sankaranarayanan Gomathinayakam

EMISSION ESTIMATION OF NEAT PARADISE TREE OIL COMBUSTION ASSISTED WITH SUPERHEATED HYDROGEN IN A 4-STROKE NATURAL ASPIRATED DICI ENGINE

ABSTRACT
This research work investigates the use of neat paradise tree oil in a 4-stroke natural aspirated direct injection compression ignition engine assisted with the help of super-heated hydrogen (hydrogen in gaseous state or above its saturation temperature) as a combustion improver. The high calorific gaseous fuel hydrogen gas was used as a combustion improver and admitted into the engine during the suction stroke. A 4-stroke single cylinder Diesel engine was chosen and its operating parameters were suitably modified. Neat paradise tree oil was admitted through standard injector of the engine and hydrogen was admitted through induction manifold. Inducted super-heated hydrogen was initiated the intermediate compounds combustion of neat paradise tree oil. This process offers higher temperature combustion and results in complete combustion of heavier molecules of neat paradise tree oil within shorter duration. The results of the experiment reveal that 40% higher NOx, 20% lower smoke, 5% lower CO, and 45% lower HC than that of neat paradise tree oil fuel operation and the admission of superheated hydrogen has improved the combustion characteristics of neat paradise tree oil. The investigation successfully proved that the application of neat paradise tree oil with 15% of hydrogen improver is possible under a regular Diesel engine with minimal engine modification.
KEYWORDS
neat paradise tree oil, hydrogen, CO, HC, NOx, smoke
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2015-09-15
PAPER REVISED: 2016-01-12
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2016-02-04
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2016-11-13
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI16S4137S
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2016, VOLUME 20, ISSUE Supplement 4, PAGES [S1137 - S1144]
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Emission estimation of neat paradise tree oil combustion assisted with superheated hydrogen in a 4-stroke natural aspirated DICI engine

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