TY - JOUR
TI - Influence of diethyl ether blend in spark ignition engine performance and emissions operated with gasoline and ethanol
AU - Dhanapal Balaji
AU -  Mani Varmaa
AU - Pachamuthu Senthilkumar
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 14
SP - 1053
EP - 1060
PT - Article
AB - This paper investigates the performance and emission characteristics of  single cylinder four stroke petrol engine using unleaded gasoline with  combination of ethanol and diethyl ether. Exhaust emissions were analysed for  CO, HC, NOx, and CO2 by varying engine torque and engine speed. The result  showed that the blend of unleaded gasoline with diethyl ether increases the  octane number which in turn increases the power output which leads to  increase in the brake thermal efficiency of the engine. The CO, HC, and NOx  emissions concentrations in the engine exhaust decreases while the CO2  concentration increases. The use of diethyl ether and ethanol blends as a  fuel additive to unleaded gasoline causes an improvement in performance and  significant reduction in exhaust emission.