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This research examines the combustion characteristics of pure diesel blended with diethyl ether and n-hexane in an experimental setting. The ignition delay of diesel combustion system fueled with blends of diethyl ether and n-hexane with diesel is studied. The experimental study was conducted at different blends of 10, 20, 30, and 40% of diethyl ether and n-hexane. Ignition delay was recorded at different air pressure with increasing temperature. Results show that on increasing the temperature and pressure, the ignition delay decreased. Pressure and temperature are two major factors for ignition delay. The blends of diethyl ether were lowest at 10, 20, 30, and 40% followed by n-hexane then by pure diesel. The results showed that blended diethyl ether reduces the ignition delay while compare to n-hexane and pure diesel. The empirical relations were also developed for ignition delay while using the blends of DEE and n-hexane as a fuel which help to predict the ignition delay of the engine at air pressure, air temperature, and percentage of blends other than considered in this study.
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Agrawal, B.N., Sinha, S., Bisht, S., Srivastava, A. (2023). Experimental Study on Combustion Characteristics of Diesel Combustion System Fueled with Blends of Diethyl Ether, n-Hexane and Diesel. In: Li, X., Rashidi, M.M., Lather, R.S., Raman, R. (eds) Emerging Trends in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6945-4_3
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