Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer
Diesel engine is known as the most efficient engine with high efficiency and power but always reported as high fuel emission. Malaysia National Automotive Policy (NAP) was targeting to improve competitive regional focusing on green technology development in reducing the emission of the engine. There...
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| author | Mat Taib Norhidayah Abu Mansor Mohd Radzi Wan Mahmood Wan Mohd Faizal Ahmad Shah Fais Nik Abdullah Nik Rosli |
| author_facet | Mat Taib Norhidayah Abu Mansor Mohd Radzi Wan Mahmood Wan Mohd Faizal Ahmad Shah Fais Nik Abdullah Nik Rosli |
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| description | Diesel engine is known as the most efficient engine with high efficiency and power but always reported as high fuel emission. Malaysia National Automotive Policy (NAP) was targeting to improve competitive regional focusing on green technology development in reducing the emission of the engine. Therefore, ethanol was introduced to reduce the emission of the engine and while increasing its performance, Palm methyl ester was introduced as blend enhancer to improve engine performance and improve diesel-ethanol blends stability. This paper aimed to study the characteristics of the blends and to prove the ability of palm-methyl-ester as co-solvent in ethanol-diesel blends. Stability and thermophysical test were carried out for different fuel compositions. The stability of diesel-ethanol blended was proved to be improved with the addition of PME at the longer period and the stability of the blends changed depending on temperature and ethanol content. Density and viscosity of diesel-ethanol-PME blends also give higher result than diesel-ethanol blends and it's proved that PME is able to increase density and viscosity of blends. Besides, heating value of the blends also increases with the increasing PME in diesel-ethanol blends. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c79a373e29e54d9ea3d16b50bd0306e82022-12-21T22:51:20ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2017-01-01900108010.1051/matecconf/20179001080matecconf_aigev2017_01080Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancerMat Taib Norhidayah0Abu Mansor Mohd RadziWan Mahmood Wan Mohd FaizalAhmad Shah Fais1Nik Abdullah Nik Rosli2Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARADiesel engine is known as the most efficient engine with high efficiency and power but always reported as high fuel emission. Malaysia National Automotive Policy (NAP) was targeting to improve competitive regional focusing on green technology development in reducing the emission of the engine. Therefore, ethanol was introduced to reduce the emission of the engine and while increasing its performance, Palm methyl ester was introduced as blend enhancer to improve engine performance and improve diesel-ethanol blends stability. This paper aimed to study the characteristics of the blends and to prove the ability of palm-methyl-ester as co-solvent in ethanol-diesel blends. Stability and thermophysical test were carried out for different fuel compositions. The stability of diesel-ethanol blended was proved to be improved with the addition of PME at the longer period and the stability of the blends changed depending on temperature and ethanol content. Density and viscosity of diesel-ethanol-PME blends also give higher result than diesel-ethanol blends and it's proved that PME is able to increase density and viscosity of blends. Besides, heating value of the blends also increases with the increasing PME in diesel-ethanol blends.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20179001080 |
| spellingShingle | Mat Taib Norhidayah Abu Mansor Mohd Radzi Wan Mahmood Wan Mohd Faizal Ahmad Shah Fais Nik Abdullah Nik Rosli Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer MATEC Web of Conferences |
| title | Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer |
| title_full | Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer |
| title_short | Investigation of diesel-ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co-solvent and blends enhancer |
| title_sort | investigation of diesel ethanol blended fuel properties with palm methyl ester as co solvent and blends enhancer |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20179001080 |
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