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Comprehensive experimental study on the effect of biodiesel/diesel blended fuel on common-rail di diesel engine technology

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This research work aims to study the aspects of using biodiesel or FAME as a component blended in diesel fuel for common-rail DI engine technology. The specific engine experiments were designed for LD commercial engine [Toyota 2KD-FTV] to understand engine combustion process, engine performance and thermal efficiency when applying FAME blended fuel. In addition, the exhaust emission in HD diesel engine [HINO J08E] was evaluated by standard HD engine emission ESC and ELR test cycles. Furthermore, the severe 400-hour of HD engine durability tests for determining the limitation on using FAME blended fuel, have been conducted with B0, B10, B20 and B50. The result shows that using of FAME blended fuel in the HD common-rail DI engine, can be applied with some guidelines experimentally discovered by this research such as filter plugging that may occur when the content of biodiesel is up to 20 % or higher, and the critical fuel injector surface polishing wear, can be observed from B50 sample. In general, the higher biodiesel content will contribute to lower power output as well, thus too high biodiesel content will cause low engine power output.

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Abbreviations

FAME:

fatty acid methyl ester

Common-rail DI:

common-rail direct injection

Bsfc:

brake specific fuel consumption

BTE:

brake thermal efficiency

IMEP:

indicated mean effective pressure

LD Engine:

light-duty engine

HD Engine:

heavy-duty engine

ECE R85:

European Commission – engine performance test code of conduct

ESC:

european stationary cycle

ELR:

european load response

PM:

particulate matter

NOx:

Oxide of Nitrogen

TGF:

total groove flocculation, %

JPI:

Japan Petroleum Institute

TAN:

Total Acid Number

CRC:

Coordinating Research Council

WWFC:

5th Edition World-wide Fuel Charter

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai, Bangkok, 10220, Thailand

    S. Jaroonjitsathian, N. Noomwongs & K. Boonchukosol

  2. PTT Research & Technology Institute, PTT Public Company Limited, 555 Vibhavadi Rangsit Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    S. Jaroonjitsathian

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Jaroonjitsathian, S., Noomwongs, N. & Boonchukosol, K. Comprehensive experimental study on the effect of biodiesel/diesel blended fuel on common-rail di diesel engine technology. Int.J Automot. Technol. 17, 289–298 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-016-0029-6

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