International Journal of Applied Engineering Research
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 7

Performance of a Constant Speed Diesel Engine with Hexanol Blended Fuels

  • Author:
  • Sundar Raj C1, Robin Edward Issac2, Nimosh Joseph2, Nidish Mon Gopinath2, Rameez Y.M2
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 1215 to 1222

1Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai and Bharathiyar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikal, India.

2Bharathiyar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikal, India.

Abstract

The effects of Diesel-hexanol blends were experimentally investigated on a diesel engine. Diesel and oxygenated hydrocarbon (hexanol) are blended in different percentage from 10%-50% by volume. These samples were tested on a single-cylinder, air-cooled, direct injection diesel engine developing a power output of 5.2 kW at 1500 rev/min and the results show improved performance with blends compared to neat fuel with substantial reductions in smoke, CO and HC with a penalty in NOx emission.

Keywords

Diesel-hexanol, Blend, Emission, Performance and emission characteristics