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A Comparative Study of Exhaust Emissions Using Diesel-Biodiesel-Ethanol Blends in New and Used Compression Ignition Engines

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In this paper, the authors evaluated the effect of blending biodiesel and ethanol into conventional diesel fuel on exhaust gas emissions, and showed that the results showed a significant reduction in NOx emissions in new engines with an increased ethanol concentration.
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The monoalkylesters of fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, are considered as an attractive alternative fuel for diesel engines This interest is based on a number of properties of biodiesel including the fact that it is produced from a renewable resource and its potential to reduce exhaust emissions Although several studies have been performed on biodiesel emissions, the results have been contradictory with some studies reporting a reduction of NOx emissions while others reporting an increase Also, thus far, there has been no promising method on record which has been successful in reducing biodiesel related NOx emissions The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of blending biodiesel and ethanol into conventional diesel fuel on exhaust gas emissions Ethanol could be added to diesel in limited quantities along with biodiesel since biodiesel stabilizes the ternary system by acting as an amphiphile This paper illustrates the emission characteristics of diesel-biodiesel-ethanol (DBE) fuel blends on one use and two brand new engines DBE is a new form of oxygenated diesel fuel blend and have a potential to reduce NOx emissions and to be an alternative to diesel fuel The blend ratio (diesel: Biodiesel: ethanol) by volume used in this study was 70:25:5, 70:20:10 and 70:15:15 The results from the operation of diesel engine with DBE showed a significant reduction in NOx emissions in new engines with increased ethanol concentration where as with the old engine under similar conditions, an increased NOx emissions profile was observed CO emission increased with increasing ethanol proportion in the blends in both new and old engines

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