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A Review Report on Turbocharged Diesel Engine with Alternative Fuels

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The present paper aims to review and forecast the chances of encouraging vegetable oils and their derivatives as alternative fuels in internal combustion (IC) engines with a turbocharger. The biodiesel-operated engines performance can be enhanced with the updated technology like turbochargers. The environmental concerned issues and alarming usage rate of fossil fuels demand the researchers and scientists to work vigorously on biodiesels as an alternate fuel for IC engines. The thermophysical properties of different biodiesels are nearly similar to that of conventional fuels. Most of the experimental work is carried out on the naturally aspirated diesel engine using diesel fuel and blended with biodiesels, but less work was accomplished with a turbocharger. The performance and emissions characteristics with different biodiesels in the diesel engine with turbocharger are analysed. Consumption of biodiesel in a diesel engine with turbocharger shows an extensive reduction in carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbon, particulate matters and nitrogen oxide emissions. Based on performance and emission characteristics, utilization of biodiesels in the turbocharged diesel engine provides better results when compared to conventional engines.

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Abbreviations

ASTM:

American Society for Testing and Materials

BMEP:

Brake mean effective pressure (bar)

BSFC:

Brake specific fuel consumption (kg/kW-h)

BTE:

Brake thermal efficiency (%)

CI:

Compression ignition

CO2 :

Carbon dioxide

CO:

Carbon monoxide

CRDi:

Common rail direct injection

EGR:

Exhaust gas analyser

EPA:

Environmental protection agency

HCCI:

Homogeneous charge compression ignition

IC:

Internal combustion

LHV:

Lower heating value (MJ/kg)

NOx:

Nitrogen oxide

PES:

Percentage energy substitutions

PM:

Particulate matter

RBO:

Rice bran oil

RBOME:

Methyl ester of rice bran oil

SOC:

Start of combustion

SO2 :

Sulphur dioxide

TDI:

Turbocharged direct injection

UBHC:

Unburned hydrocarbon

ULS:

Ultra-low sulphur

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Ravichandra, D., Puli, R.K. & Chandramohan, V.P. A Review Report on Turbocharged Diesel Engine with Alternative Fuels. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C 100, 1043–1052 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-019-00510-4

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