Evaluating the Influence of Cetane Improver Additives on the Outcomes of a Diesel Engine Characteristics Fueled with Peppermint Oil Diesel Blend
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This paper aims to evaluate the impact of cetane improvers on the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a compression ignition engine fueled with a 20% peppermint bio-oil/diesel blend (P20). It is hypothesized that the low viscosity and boiling point of peppermint oil could improve the atomization characteristics of the fuel. However, the usage of peppermint oil is restricted due to its low cetane index. To improve this, Diethyl Ether (DEE) and Di- tertiary Butyl Peroxide (DTBP) are added to the P20 blend. The tests are performed in a single-cylinder naturally aspirated water-cooled diesel engine and results indicate that NOx emission for P20 + DEE and P20 + DTBP is decreased by 10.4% and 9.8%, respectively, when compared to P20 at full load condition. Among these two cetane improvers, DTBP is more effective in reducing the CO, HC and smoke emission and the performance of the engine was reported to be higher for P20 + DTBP blends.
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- Authors
- Paneerselvam, P., Venkadesan, G., Panithasan, M. S., Alaganathan, G., Wierzbicki, S., & Mikulski, M.
- Affiliations
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering Villupura, Villupura 605103, India
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IN)
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, India
- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (PL)
- University of Vaasa (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Paneerselvam, Purushothaman
- Panithasan, Mebin Samuel
- Mikulski, Maciej
- ORCID
- Venue
- Energies
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2021-05-12
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2786
- ISSN
- 1996-1073 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3162043841
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 1.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
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- Energies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Osuva (University of Vaasa) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biodiesel Production and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes › Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Engine and Fuel Emissions
- Keywords
- cetane improver, peppermint oil, biodiesel blends, diethyl ether, di-tert-butyl peroxide, diesel engine performance, NOx emissions, CO and HC emissions, smoke emissions, combustion characteristics, fuel atomization
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