Diesel Ethanol Blends in Genset Engine: Ensuring Diesel-Like Performance at Reduced Emissions Using Optimal Cetane Enhancer-Based Additive Composition
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Abstract
A reliable power supply forms the basis of the robust economic growth of a country.The unreliable power supply is one of the key factors driving the demand for generator sets (gensets) across India.Emissions from diesel gensets adversely affect the environment and human health.Alcohol-blended diesel can be used in gensets to reduce harmful emissions.This paper presents an investigation of the effect of additive compositions in diesel ethanol blends on the emission characteristics of a multi-cylinder genset engine.In this study, four distinct diesel ethanol blends were prepared with varying additive compositions.All blends included diesel, ethanol, and additive in a constant proportion of 90.3:7.7:2.The additive was composed of three constituents: 2-Ethyl Hexanol, 2-Ethyl Hexyl Nitrate, and Ethomeen.These constituents were mixed in varying proportions (1:0.20:1,1: 0.21:1, 1: 0.23:1, and 1:0.24:1 by weight) to create four distinct fuel blends, ED1, ED2, ED3 and ED4, respectively.Subsequently, mass emission tests (CO, HC, NOx, PM, and smoke) were conducted on a genset engine using these blends.Primary results indicate that the ethanol blended diesel fuels generate lower emissions when compared to base diesel, and the blends ED1 and ED3 achieved the best emission characteristics.The NOx, CO, and PM emissions were reduced by 30%, 9%, and 20%, respectively, while HC emissions increased by approximately 25% with the ED blend compared to diesel.It can be concluded that existing genset engines can easily adapt to ED7.7 without significant modifications to their current hardware, such as the piston bowl, compression ratio, or fuel system.The compatibility of ED7.7 with these in-use genset engines lowers the cost and complexity of transitioning to cleaner fuel alternatives, making it a practical solution for widespread adoption.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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