Evaluation of a new low-cost CO2 trapper material for the biodiesel fuelled diesel engine

Abstract

The main greenhouse gases which confer global warming and green house effects to the Earth are Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane, Nitrous Oxide (NOx) and Water Vapor. In these greenhouse gases CO2 content is vast in the atmosphere. CO2 emissions are caused due to the burning of fossil fuels like petrol, diesel, natural gas, etc. for electrical power supply, mobility and industrial applications. Hence it has become a requisite to avoid further add of CO2 emissions on to atmosphere and to control global warming and green house effects. The most important cause for natural disasters and changes in climatic conditions is because of CO2 emissions. There are many sources that emit CO2 but most comes from automobiles which is about 65 % while comparing it with other sources. To diminish and manage the control of CO2 emission to the atmosphere from automobiles, theoretical approach and practical experiments of adsorption of CO2 were conducted and analyzed. Charcoal is one among the best adsorption materials because of its huge porous value and capture capacity. This new cost-efficient CO2 absorber has been tested under various load conditions on 5.2 kW diesel engine fueled with Jatropha Biodiesel (BD) Blend. CO2 emissions were adsorbed up to 70 % for the CCS3 material for full load condition.