Abstract
ABSTRACT Butanol is an effective alternate source of energy to fossil fuels. The focus of this study is to investigate the effect of butanol blends on the micro gas turbine engine. A series of experiments were conducted to measure the performance and emission characteristics of the engine running at the different rpm in the micro gas turbine engine. Butanol is added to the Jet A fuel at different concentrations ranging from 5% to 20% along with 1% of pentanol. The blends are mixed with the Jet A fuel by ultrasonication process. The parameters, such as thrust, thrust-specific fuel consumption, CO, CO2 and NOx, are measured for different throttle settings. From the results it is evident, addition of butanol increases the thrust about 17.6% and the emissions such as CO, CO2 and NOx reduce profound levels compared with Jet A fuel.
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