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The Impact of Renewable Fuels and Fuel Additives (Dodecanol) on Particulate Mass Emission for Sustainable Mobility

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Among IC engines, diesel vehicles are the major contributors to particulate mass emissions. Renewable fuels play a major role in reducing both gas phase and particulate mass emissions. In addition to renewable fuels, fuel additives are also investigated by scientists to compensate for the limitations of using renewable fuels. In this book chapter, a review of renewable fuels to be used in compression ignition (CI) engine was carried out. In addition to this, an experimental investigation was carried out in a single cylinder, water cooled variable compression ratio (VCR) diesel engine to make a comparative analysis among baseline diesel fuel and diesel + dodecanol (1% v/v) without renewable fuels. Dodecanol was chosen due to its advantages over other fuel additives. Results pertaining to in-cylinder pressure, hydrocarbon (HC) emission, carbon mono-oxide (CO) emission and particulate mass emission are presented. Soot was collected on a 47 mm quartz filter paper using a dilution tunnel and later analysed for soot morphology using scanning electron microscope (SEM). Energy dispersive spectroscope (EDS) analysis was also performed to find out the presence of metals in soot. Gravimetric analysis shows that Diesel + dodecanol (1% v/v) resulted in 2.62 mg of soot deposited on filter paper whereas diesel fuel showed 1.46 mg of soot deposited on filter paper for a duration of 30 min.

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Abbreviations

BSFC:

Brake Specific Fuel Consumption

BTE:

Break Thermal Efficiency

CLD:

Chemiluminescence Detector

CNG:

Compressed Natural Gas

CO:

Carbon Monoxide

CO2:

Carbon Dioxide

DMC:

Dimethyl Carbonate

EDS:

Energy Dispersive Spectroscope

EGR:

Exhaust Gas Recirculation

EGT:

Exhaust Gas Temperature

EHN:

2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate

FID:

Flame Ionisation Detector

H2:

Hydrogen

HC:

Hydrocarbon

HHO:

Hydrogen-Hydrogen-Oxygen

IC:

Internal Combustion

IMEP:

Indicated Mean Effective Pressure

LPG:

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

NDIR:

Non-Dispersive Infrared

NOx:

Oxides Of Nitrogen

PM:

Particulate Matter

PODE:

Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ether

SEM:

Scanning Electron Microscope

SI:

Spark Ignition

UHC:

Un-Burnt Hydrocarbon

VCR:

Variable Compression Ratio

WHO:

World Health Organisation

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Acknowledgements

The assistance received from research staff Mr. Ramesh Chand Meena and Mr. Mahaveer to conduct the experiment is highly acknowledged. Materials Research Centre (MRC) at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur is also acknowledged for performing SEM and EDS analysis.

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    Jyothi Jayakumar, Priyanka Gupta, Nisha Yadav, Jitendra Dixit & Nikhil Sharma

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Jayakumar, J., Gupta, P., Yadav, N., Dixit, J., Sharma, N. (2023). The Impact of Renewable Fuels and Fuel Additives (Dodecanol) on Particulate Mass Emission for Sustainable Mobility. In: Shukla, P.C., Belgiorno, G., Blasio, G.D., Agarwal, A.K. (eds) Renewable Fuels for Sustainable Mobility. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1392-3_7

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