Abstract
In this work, the development and usability of kapok oil in diesel engine was intended. With this purpose, the piston crowns are coated with mullite–lanthanum (ML) ceramic composite at varying compositions in order to reduce the heat rejection during combustion process. The kapok oil is blended with diesel fuel consisting of (20% kapok oil–80% diesel) volumetrically named B fuel. The B and diesel (D) fuels are taken for the engine performance test with different coated piston (ML1, ML2, and ML3) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR—10%, 20%, and 30%), compression ratio (CR—16, 17, and 18) and engine load (50%, 75%, and 100%). Also, the engine performance study on brake thermal efficiency (BTE), brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC), hydrocarbons (HCs), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), smoke opacity, and numerical study using ANSYS software is carried out. When operated with ML2-coated pistons with B fuel, maximum BTE value of 29.2%, minimum BSFC value of 0.224 kg/kW-h, CO emission of 0.2%, and smoke opacity of 39 ppm were observed. The results showed that ML2-coated piston considerably improved the performance of the test engines when compared with ML1 and ML3 coatings. Except for NOx emission, all other pollutant emission values were reduced. The numerical analysis using ANSYS software for ML2-coated pistons showed better retention of in-cylinder chamber temperature.
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Abbreviations
- ASTM:
-
American society for testing and materials
- BSFC:
-
brake-specific fuel consumption
- BTE:
-
brake thermal efficiency
- CA:
-
crank angle
- CAD:
-
crank angle displacement
- CI:
-
compression ignition
- CIT:
-
charge inlet temperature
- CN:
-
cetane number
- CO:
-
carbon monoxide
- CO2:
-
carbon dioxide
- CR:
-
compression ratio
- D:
-
diesel fuel
- DEE:
-
diethyl ether
- EGR:
-
exhaust gas recirculation
- HC:
-
hydrocarbon
- HHV:
-
higher heating value
- HRR:
-
heat release rate
- IC:
-
internal combustion
- IP :
-
injection pressure
- IT:
-
injection timing
- LHV:
-
lower heating value
- NOx:
-
oxides of nitrogen
- SVO:
-
straight vegetable oil
- TDC:
-
top dead center
- VCR:
-
variable compression ratio
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Bakthavathsalam, S., Gounder, R.I. & Muniappan, K. The influence of ceramic-coated piston crown, exhaust gas recirculation, compression ratio and engine load on the performance and emission behavior of kapok oil–diesel blend operated diesel engine in comparison with thermal analysis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 24772–24794 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05678-x
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