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Effect of Emulsified Diesel Fuel on Performance and Emissions Characteristics
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya
- 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya
- 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya
- 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya
Energy and Power Engineering·Volume 11 (2019)·Pages 333–341·Published 12 September 2019·DOI10.4236/epe.2019.119021
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Abstract
Diesel fuel has been known as the most effective fuel but it is known as a fuel which produces harmful emissions. Later, emulsified diesel fuel was introduced as a better solution but there is no sufficient research data concerning combustion of emulsified fuel. The present work carried out a simulation of non-surfactant emulsified diesel fuel where composition of water in emulsion varied from 0% to 20% to determine the ratio of water to diesel which is more effective in reducing the exhaust emissions especially NO x . For this simulation , 5% of water in diesel without surfactant was able to reduce NO x up to 35%. It was shown that as the percentage of water increases, the power from that fuel combustion reduces.
KeywordsEmulsified Diesel FuelSurfactantWater ContentDiesel FuelMi-cro-ExplosionEmissionsPower
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