Increasing Cetane Number of the Diesel Fuel by Fuel Additives

Süleyman ŞİMŞEK

doi:https://doi.org/10.30939/ijastech..795984

Article Details

Increasing Cetane Number of the Diesel Fuel by Fuel Additives

Authors:

Süleyman ŞİMŞEK

Publisher:

Otomotiv Mühendisleri Derneği

Main Topics:

Other branches of engineering

Journal:

International Journal of Automotive Science And Technology 2020 Vol.4 Issue 4, pp.300-306

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000718880

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2587-0963

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30939/ijastech..795984

Abstract:

 

Current study uses DieselFX (DFX) additive to increase the cetane number of the diesel fuel used in compression-ignition (CI) engines, re-duce carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions, and im-prove engine performance. In this respect, the effects of the additive used in diesel engines were analyzed. A Katana brand, KM 178 FE model, sin-gle-cylinder, air-cooled engine was started at a constant engine speed with different loads for the experiments. By adding the additive in 1% and 2% ratios the cetane number was increased to 62 and 75, respective-ly, furthermore at 3% and 5% additive ratios the cetane number value reached over 76. In result of the experiments, DFX2 offers 12.24% in-crease on efficiency compared to the diesel fuel and 6.87% increase in specific fuel consumption. As for the emission values, with the use of DFX5 44.23% reduction in HC emission and 50% reduction on average in CO emission was observed at 3000W load compared to additive-free diesel fuel. Moreover, 37.84% increase was observed in carbon dioxide (CO2) emission at 3000W engine load for DFX2 whereas 52.11% in-crease was observed in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission for DFX5.

Article Details

Increasing Cetane Number of the Diesel Fuel by Fuel Additives

Authors: Süleyman ŞİMŞEK

Publisher: Otomotiv Mühendisleri Derneği

Main Topics: Other branches of engineering

Journal: International Journal of Automotive Science And Technology 2020 Vol.4 Issue 4, pp.300-306

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000718880

Frequency: Quarterly

eISSN: 2587-0963

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30939/ijastech..795984

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Authors:

Süleyman ŞİMŞEK

Publisher:

Otomotiv Mühendisleri Derneği

Main Topics:

Other branches of engineering

Journal:

International Journal of Automotive Science And Technology 2020 Vol.4 Issue 4, pp.300-306

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000718880

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2587-0963

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30939/ijastech..795984