Performance and Emission Analysis of Common Rail Diesel Engine with Microalgae Biodiesel

Modern common rail diesel engines are normally optimized with commercial diesel. As a result, the engine control unit’s calibration is established to achieve the best compromise between performances and exhaust pollutants. Biodiesel has a faster combustion rate and higher combustion chamber temperat...

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Main Authors: Yenda Srinivasa Rao, Tsegaye Getachew Alenka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7441659
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description Modern common rail diesel engines are normally optimized with commercial diesel. As a result, the engine control unit’s calibration is established to achieve the best compromise between performances and exhaust pollutants. Biodiesel has a faster combustion rate and higher combustion chamber temperature than commercial diesel, which necessitates the injection of higher fuel volumes to compensate for the lower calorific value of biodiesel compared to regular diesel. This study showed that by adjusting the mapping of the engine control unit according to the fuel utilised, it is possible to improve the emissions and performance of a common rail diesel engine running on pure Botryococcus braunii algae oil biodiesel or a blend of biodiesel and commercial diesel.
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spelling doaj-art-4e03f5f0c58a45fdb0971a768acc92b02025-08-20T03:36:41ZengWileyJournal of Engineering2314-49122022-01-01202210.1155/2022/7441659Performance and Emission Analysis of Common Rail Diesel Engine with Microalgae BiodieselYenda Srinivasa Rao0Tsegaye Getachew Alenka1Department of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringModern common rail diesel engines are normally optimized with commercial diesel. As a result, the engine control unit’s calibration is established to achieve the best compromise between performances and exhaust pollutants. Biodiesel has a faster combustion rate and higher combustion chamber temperature than commercial diesel, which necessitates the injection of higher fuel volumes to compensate for the lower calorific value of biodiesel compared to regular diesel. This study showed that by adjusting the mapping of the engine control unit according to the fuel utilised, it is possible to improve the emissions and performance of a common rail diesel engine running on pure Botryococcus braunii algae oil biodiesel or a blend of biodiesel and commercial diesel.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7441659
spellingShingle Yenda Srinivasa Rao
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Performance and Emission Analysis of Common Rail Diesel Engine with Microalgae Biodiesel
Journal of Engineering
title Performance and Emission Analysis of Common Rail Diesel Engine with Microalgae Biodiesel
title_full Performance and Emission Analysis of Common Rail Diesel Engine with Microalgae Biodiesel
title_fullStr Performance and Emission Analysis of Common Rail Diesel Engine with Microalgae Biodiesel
title_full_unstemmed Performance and Emission Analysis of Common Rail Diesel Engine with Microalgae Biodiesel
title_short Performance and Emission Analysis of Common Rail Diesel Engine with Microalgae Biodiesel
title_sort performance and emission analysis of common rail diesel engine with microalgae biodiesel
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7441659
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