- Title
- The influence of emulsified water fuel containing fresh water microalgae on diesel engine performance, combustion, vibration and emission
- Creator
- Al-Lwayzy, Saddam; Yusaf, Talal; Saleh, Khalid; Yousif, Belal
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/169768
- Identifier
- vital:14045
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3390/en12132546
- Identifier
- ISBN:1996-1073
- Abstract
- Microalgae is considered as an excellent potential renewable source of fuel in many forms including powder or slurry. A high percentage of emulsified water in the fuel is reported to reduce diesel engines’ emissions such as NOx, but that will compromise the engine output power. Using microalgae powder as an additive to enhance the emulsified water fuel heating value is the main objective of this work. Diesel engine combustion, vibration, performance and emissions were evaluated for pure cottonseed biodiesel (CS-B100), emulsified water 20% (vol.) in cottonseed biodiesel (CSB-E20) and emulsified water 20% (vol.) containing Fresh Water Microalgae Chlorella Vulgaris (FWM-CV) in cottonseed biodiesel (CSB-ME20). The emulsified water fuels showed a reduction in in-cylinder pressure, vibration, brake power, torque, exhaust gas temperature, CO2 and NOx, while BSFC and O2 were higher than the pure biodiesel (CS-B100). CSB-ME20 produced higher power and torque than CSB-E20 due to the presence of microalgae in the fuel that increased the energy content of the fuel.
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Relation
- Energies Vol. 12, no. 13 (2019), p. 1-17
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 02 Physical Sciences; 09 Engineering; Combustion and vibration; Emulsified water fuel; Engine performance; Exhaust gas emissions; Microalgae biodiesel
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