Abstract

       A comprehensive study on the methanol with three different types of Catalytic coatings assisted by Glow Plug is discussed in this paper. A four stroke single cylinder water cooled D.I diesel engine was adopted for the experiment. The present study aims to evaluate the Performance and Emission characteristics level of methanol fuel with three types of catalytic coatings assisted by Glow Plug. The catalytic coatings have established enhanced rate of combustion, which results in increased brake thermal efficiency. These methods of coating are selected based on generally available technologies and reviews of several researchers through their literature reviews. In this study, the diesel engine was tested using methanol coated with three types of  catalytic coatings  namely  Copper,  Aluminium  oxide,  and  Chromium  oxide  and  assisted  by  Glow Plug respectively. The influence of various catalytic coatings in combustion chamber(cylinder head inner surface, piston, valve) results in tremendous changes in the various parameters of the GHSI engine. The Exhaust temperature for Copper coating was higher compared to Aluminium oxide coating and Chromium oxide coating. It is noticed that, brake thermal efficiency was thus improved in almost all operation conditions with the Methanol fuels. The HC and  CO emissions are higher at Methanol fuelled with Copper coating. NOx and Smoke emissions are lower for Chromium oxide coating compared to Copper coating and Aluminium oxide coating. Among all coatings, Copper coating exhibits better efficiency and lower emission compared to other coatings.

Highlights

  • Alternate fuels gained attention day by day around the globe due to their added advantages over fossil fuel

  • The brake thermal efficiency for all catalytic coatings to glow plug Hot Surface Ignition (GHSI) engine are higher as compared to plain GHSI engine with methanol as fuel over wide range of operation

  • Out of three coatings coated on the combustion chamber of the GHSI engine, hopefully the Copper coating on the GHSI engine is proved to be good in terms of performance and emission as compared to plain GHSI engine

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Summary

S S N 2321-807X Volume 13 Number7 Journal of Advances in chemistry

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON METHANOL FUELLED D.I DIESEL ENGINE WITH CATALYTIC COATINGS ASSISTED BY GLOW PLUG.

INTRODUCTION
EXPERIMENTAL SET UP
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Performance Parameters
Volumetric Efficiency
Exhaust Gas Temperature
Emission Parameters
Nitrogen Oxide emission
CONCLUSION
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