TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation of a Non-Surfactant Water-in-Diesel Emulsion Fuel in a Common Rail Direct Injection Diesel Vehicle
AU - Abdul Rahman, Hasbullah
AU - Rahman, Md Mujibur
AU - Yahya, Wira Jazair
AU - Kaonain, Tamanna E.
AU - Abd Kadir, Hasannuddin
AU - Tamam, Mohamad Qayyum Mohd
AU - Ithnin, Ahmad Muhsin
AU - Ahmad, Fauzan
AU - Abdullah, Mohd Fareez Edzuan
AU - Noge, Hirofumi
AU - Hong, Chungpyo
AU - Otaka, Takeshi
AU - Kinoshita, Eiji
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude for the facilities provided by the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT). Highest appreciation to the Ministry of Education Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for the financial support provided through the Transdisciplinary Research Grant (TDR) (Q.K130000.3543.05G08).
Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude for the facilities provided by the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT). Highest appreciation to the Ministry of Education Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for the financial support provided through the Transdisciplinary Research Grant (TDR) (Q.K130000.3543.05G08).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Water-in-diesel emulsion fuel has become a popular alternative fuel for diesel engines. The main limitation is related to its stability, whereby it relies heavily on surfactants to remain homogeneous, therefore causing production costs to rise. This paper highlights the application of real-time non-surfactant emulsion fuel supply system (RTES), a water/diesel emulsifying device without surfactants, to produce water-in-diesel emulsion fuel in a common rail direct injection diesel engine powered vehicle. In this study, RTES was installed near to the diesel fuel pump to ensure water-in-diesel emulsions were continuously fed to the engine. The test vehicle was set up on a roller dynamometer and operated following a modified West Virginia University (WVU) 5-Peak cycle. Fuel consumption and exhaust emissions were measured to determine the optimum water percentage of emulsion fuel and suitable timing for emulsion fuel to be introduced into the fuelling system based on the vehicle speed. The results revealed that the optimum water percentage of the emulsion fuel for the test vehicle is 10 wt%, as it was capable to reduce fuel consumption as well as nitrogen oxides and smoke emissions of a common rail direct injection diesel engine powered vehicle.
AB - Water-in-diesel emulsion fuel has become a popular alternative fuel for diesel engines. The main limitation is related to its stability, whereby it relies heavily on surfactants to remain homogeneous, therefore causing production costs to rise. This paper highlights the application of real-time non-surfactant emulsion fuel supply system (RTES), a water/diesel emulsifying device without surfactants, to produce water-in-diesel emulsion fuel in a common rail direct injection diesel engine powered vehicle. In this study, RTES was installed near to the diesel fuel pump to ensure water-in-diesel emulsions were continuously fed to the engine. The test vehicle was set up on a roller dynamometer and operated following a modified West Virginia University (WVU) 5-Peak cycle. Fuel consumption and exhaust emissions were measured to determine the optimum water percentage of emulsion fuel and suitable timing for emulsion fuel to be introduced into the fuelling system based on the vehicle speed. The results revealed that the optimum water percentage of the emulsion fuel for the test vehicle is 10 wt%, as it was capable to reduce fuel consumption as well as nitrogen oxides and smoke emissions of a common rail direct injection diesel engine powered vehicle.
KW - Common rail diesel engine
KW - Diesel emissions
KW - Emulsion fuel
KW - Non-surfactant
KW - Water-in-diesel
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U2 - 10.1007/s12239-023-0109-3
DO - 10.1007/s12239-023-0109-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85170376176
SN - 1229-9138
VL - 24
SP - 1349
EP - 1358
JO - International Journal of Automotive Technology
JF - International Journal of Automotive Technology
IS - 5
ER -