Determination of the optimal composition of mixed fuel based on environmental indicators of diesel engine

Abstract

Alternative motor fuel is a mixture of various hydrocarbons and their compounds. Motor fuel is based on naphthenic, paraffinic and aromatic hydrocarbons. The performance characteristics of the fuel depend on its composition. When developing methods for monitoring the characteristics of fuels, the main problem is their multicomponent nature, since each component contributes to the operational characteristics. The operational characteristics are: cetane number, sulfur content, water-soluble acids and alkalis, lower heat of combustion and some others. To determine them, the combustion of diesel fuel (DF) and the subsequent analysis of the combustion products are carried out. The disadvantage of the existing method is the fact that it is impossible to quickly control the fuel at the place of operation, at a tank farm, a gas station, a process pipe or a vehicle fuel tank. When designing analyzers and measuring instruments the correlation dependences, which link the value of the operational property of the fuel with its physicochemical characteristics, are used. Taking into account the use of various types of alternative fuels (AT) with a wide range of their operational properties, the problem of a quick and accurate preliminary assessment of these properties arises. Along with diesel fuel, it is proposed to use similar physicochemical methods to assess the flammability of alternative fuels.