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Investigation of Waste Frying Oil as a Green Alternative Fuel: An Approach to Reduce NOx Emission

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Biofuels and Bioenergy (BICE2016)

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The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and environmental degradation has led search for an alternative fuel. Biodiesel is renewable and environment friendly fuel. Waste frying oil methyl ester is a biodiesel prepared from waste frying oil. It is less expensive than fresh vegetable oil and moreover, it helps solving the environmental problems coupled with disposal of the waste frying oils. Majority of the literature reported comparable performance and considerable reduction in emission except oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from the engine fuelled with Biodiesel. NOx emission needs to be control to make Biodiesel more viable alternative fuel. Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is a method, involves the re-circulation of the exhaust gases back to the combustion chamber, it reduces the NOx emission by reducing the in-cylinder temperature. The present study involves the use of cooled EGR in a Diesel engine with waste frying oil methyl ester as fuel. The result showed use of waste frying oil methyl ester with cooled EGR reduces the NOx emission considerably.

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Abbreviations

BMEP:

Brake mean effective pressure

BSEC:

Brake specific energy consumption

BTE:

Brake thermal efficiency

CO:

Carbon monoxide

EGR:

Exhaust gas recirculation

HC:

Unburned hydrocarbon

NOx :

Nitrogen oxides

WFOME:

Waste frying oil methyl ester

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Institute of Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India

    Shrivastava Nitin

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal, Bhopal, India

    S. Suresh

  2. Energy Technology Research Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University Energy Technology Research Center, Songkhla, Thailand

    Anil Kumar

  3. School of Energy, Construction and Environment,, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Ashish Shukla

  4. Division of Environmental Sciences, Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture, New Delhi, India

    Renu Singh

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, MANIT Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    C.M. Krishna

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Nitin, S. (2017). Investigation of Waste Frying Oil as a Green Alternative Fuel: An Approach to Reduce NOx Emission. In: Suresh, S., Kumar, A., Shukla, A., Singh, R., Krishna, C. (eds) Biofuels and Bioenergy (BICE2016). Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47257-7_11

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