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The influence of charge air temperature and exhaust gas recirculation on the availability analysis, performance and emission behavior of diesel - bael oil - diethyl ether blend operated diesel engine

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In this work, the first and second laws of thermodynamic analyses were carried out on Kirloskar direct injection, variable compression ratio (VCR) engine at four different charge air temperatures (CAT) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) mode. Performance, emission and combustion characteristics along with exergy analysis of ternary test fuel of 60 % diesel + 30 % bael oil + 10 % diethyl ether (DEE) were performed. Various exergy components are identified and calculated individually with the percentage of engine load at 1500 rpm. When operating the diesel engine with 47 °C CAT, brake thermal efficiency (BTE) is improved to 29.33 %, carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and emissions have been reduced by 8.57 %, 4.28 % and 6.01 % at peak engine load. The oxides of nitrogen (NOx) have been reduced by 20.12 % at 100 % engine load for 30 % EGR mode. The maximum exergy efficiency of 54.61 % has been observed at full engine load for the 47 °C CAT.

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M. Krishnamoorthi received the Master of Engineering (Thermal Engineering) degree from Anna University, Chennai, India. Presently he is pursuing his Ph.D. from Anna University, Chennai, India. His main research areas are thermodynamics, IC engines and alternative fuels.

R. Malayalamurthi, born in 1965, is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his doctoral degree from Anna University of Chennai, India in 2008. He published 30 research articles in international journals.

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Krishnamoorthi, M., Malayalamurthi, R. The influence of charge air temperature and exhaust gas recirculation on the availability analysis, performance and emission behavior of diesel - bael oil - diethyl ether blend operated diesel engine. J Mech Sci Technol 32, 1835–1847 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-018-0340-4

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