Addition Of Butanol Research Articles

Alternative butanol/gasoline and butanol/diesel fuel blends: An analysis of the interdependence between physical-chemical properties by a multivariate principal component analysis model

The use of butanol as an oxygenated component in blends with fossil fuels has recently been recognized by the industry as a promising and green alternative for automotive use, being subject of several recent studies. In this work, the interdependence between important physical-chemical properties of butanol/gasoline and butanol/diesel fuel blends was investigated using a multivariate principal component analysis model. The model dataset was based on laboratorial results of density, kinematic viscosity, distillation, vapor pressure, octane rating, anti-knock index, flash point and cetane number in a total of 48 blends, the variables of which were transformed to principal component analysis matrix representations, pre-processed and then analyzed. A good coherence was observed between the experimental results in laboratory and those derived from the principal component analysis models, evidencing important physical-chemical changes in blends’ properties due to the butanol addition. Principal component analysis scores and loadings plots could provide an intuitive and comprehensive data visualization. Butanol/gasoline fuel blends showed an overall increase in density, octane rating and higher distillation temperatures from the initial boiling point to T60 (temperature of the 60% distilled volume) and reduction of the distillation temperatures from T70 to the final boiling point. An absolute reduction in values of all properties was observed for butanol/diesel fuel blends, especially for initial distillation temperatures from initial boiling point to T35, T98, final boiling point and flash point, whereas the reductions for density, kinematic viscosity and cetane number were less intense. Total variances of up to 92.50% and 94.14% were explained by the proposed principal component analysis model, depending on the blends matrix and butanol isomer composition.

Study on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions of a common-rail diesel engine fueled with n-butanol and waste cooking oil blends

Biodiesel is a promising alternative fuel because of its renewability and extensive source of raw materials. Butanol can be blended in biodiesel to reduce the kinematic viscosity and promote the fuel atomization. In this respect, biodiesel was blended with 10% and 20% n-butanol, and the combustion characteristics and particulate emissions of the fuel blends were tested in a turbocharged, 6-cylinder, common rail diesel engine at a constant speed of 1400 rpm under seven engine loads. The experimental results show that under various engine loads, all of the butanol and biodiesel fuel blends provide faster combustion than diesel due to the higher oxygen content of n-butanol and the lower cetane number of butanol which results in stronger premixed combustion. The addition of butanol is beneficial to concentrating the heat release and thus shorten the combustion duration. With an increased proportion of butanol, soot emissions of butanol and biodiesel fuel blends decrease, the number concentration and volume concentration of ultrafine particles (UFPs) reduce noticeably. Meanwhile, the geometric mean diameters of UFPs decrease with an increase in butanol. With an increase of the engine loads, the number concentration peaks of UFPs gradually transfer from the size range of nucleation mode particles (NMPs) to the size range of accumulation mode particles (AMPs) due to the elevated combustion temperatures and high equivalence ratios. Moreover, biodiesel and fuel blends exhibit a higher percentage of NMPs as compared to diesel because of the fuel-bound oxygen, zero aromatics, and low sulfides.

Experimental investigation of the suitability of 1-butanol blended with biodiesel as an alternative biofuel in diesel engines

Abstract Vegetable oils, biodiesels, bio-alcohols and bio-gas are some of the popular biofuels evaluated for their suitability in compression-ignition (CI) engines. Among these, bio-alcohols can be produced from any kinds of biomass through fermentation and biosynthesis and they do not require extra land for cultivation. Therefore, bio-alcohols can be considered as the next generation alternative fuels for automobiles. Investigations have been already initiated to determine the effects of bioalcohols, such as methanol and ethanol, in automobiles as fuel. However, they pose some problems like miscibility, phase separation, low cetane number and low calorific value. On the other side, the effects of higher alcohols, such as butanol, pentanol, octanol, are investigated very rarely. In this work, the effects of higher alcohol addition on the engine performance and emissions characteristics are investigated on a single cylinder diesel engine. Conventional diesel and biodiesel are taken as the reference fuels. 1-Butanol of blends (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%) was mixed with the remaining biodiesel as the testing fuel blends. Experiments were conducted on a single cylinder compression ignition diesel engine for four load conditions (5 kg, 10 kg, 15 kg and 20 kg) at a constant speed of 1500 rpm. Brake thermal efficiency and emissions of CO, NOx and HC were recorded and discussed. From the experimental results, it is evident that the addition of butanol with biodiesel seems to an alternative fuel that can replace conventional diesel fuel in terms of both engine emissions and performance.

Investigation of the effects of butanol addition on safflower biodiesel usage as fuel in a generator diesel engine

As our world demands more and more energy and fossil fuel resources are running out, searches on finding alternative fuels in internal combustion engines are increasing. Alcohols and biofuels obtained from oils can be used as alternative diesel fuels. The present work investigated the effects of n-butanol addition to safflower biodiesel usage in a diesel engine used for driving an electrical power generator. Safflower biodiesel was obtained by using transesterification method. Binary blends of butanol-biodiesel and ternary blends of ultra-low sulfur diesel-biodiesel–butanol were contained 5%, 10%, and 20% butanol in volume basis. The tests were carried out on a four-cylinder, four-strokes, and direct-injection diesel engine at half load operation with stable engine speed of 1500 rpm. Experimental test results on combustion characteristics, emission and performance of the fuels were investigated. According to test results, formation of heat release rates and in-cylinder pressure curves were considerably similar and total heat transfer, average gas temperature and mass fraction burned were slightly changed. The ternary blends showed lower emission and increased brake thermal efficiency up to 1.5%. Besides, average mass fuel consumption was increased up to 5% and brake specific fuel consumption up to 6%. For the other fuels, emission and brake thermal efficiency were deteriorated.

Effect of compression ratio, nozzle opening pressure, engine load, and butanol addition on nanoparticle emissions from a non-road diesel engine.

Currently, diesel engines are more preferred over gasoline engines due to their higher torque output and fuel economy. However, diesel engines confront major challenge of meeting the future stringent emission norms (especially soot particle emissions) while maintaining the same fuel economy. In this study, nanosize range soot particle emission characteristics of a stationary (non-road) diesel engine have been experimentally investigated. Experiments are conducted at a constant speed of 1500rpm for three compression ratios and nozzle opening pressures at different engine loads. In-cylinder pressure history for 2000 consecutive engine cycles is recorded and averaged data is used for analysis of combustion characteristics. An electrical mobility-based fast particle sizer is used for analyzing particle size and mass distributions of engine exhaust particles at different test conditions. Soot particle distribution from 5 to 1000nm was recorded. Results show that total particle concentration decreases with an increase in engine operating loads. Moreover, the addition of butanol in the diesel fuel leads to the reduction in soot particle concentration. Regression analysis was also conducted to derive a correlation between combustion parameters and particle number emissions for different compression ratios. Regression analysis shows a strong correlation between cylinder pressure-based combustion parameters and particle number emission.

Effect of butanol on fuel consumption and smoke emission of direct injection diesel engine fueled by jatropha oil and diesel fuel blends with cold EGR system

Diesel engines are widely used in industry, automotive, power generation due to better reliability and higher efficiency. However, diesel engines produce high smoke emissions. The main problem of diesel engine is actually the use of fossil fuels as a source of energy whose availability is diminishing. Therefore alternative fuels for diesel fuels such as jatropha and butanol are needed to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. In this study, the effect of butanol usage on fuel consumption and smoke emissions of direct injection diesel engine fueled by jatropha oil and diesel fuel with cold EGR system was investigated. The percentage of butanol was in the range of 5 to 15%, jatropha oil was in the range of 10 to 30% and the balance was diesel fuel. Cold EGR was varied through valve openings from 0 to 100% with 25% intervals. The experimental data shows that the BSFC value increases with increasing percentage of butanol. In addition, the use of EGR results in a higher increase of BSFC than that without EGR. While the addition of butanol into a blend of jatropha oil and diesel fuel causes a decrease in smoke emissions. The results also informed that the use of EGR in the same fuel blend led to increased smoke emissions.

Effects of Partial Addition of Butanol in a Rubber seed Oil Methyl Ester Diesel Blend

Experiments were conducted to obtain the performance and emission characteristics of rubber seed oil methyl ester (ROME) - diesel blend with partial addition of butanol [ROME (40%) + Diesel (40%) + Butanol (20%)] in a single cylinder four stroke diesel engine at constant speed. Performance and emission characteristics of butanol added in ROME-diesel blend were compared with the characteristics of diesel-butanol blend [Diesel (80%) + Butanol (20%)] and diesel (100%), by varying the load on engine [no load (0%) to full load condition (100%)] for the compression ratio at 18:1. It is observed that, performance characteristics of butanol added in ROME-diesel blend like mechanical efficiency and brake thermal efficiency increases with increasing the load percentage. Volumetric efficiency and brake specific fuel consumption decreases with increasing load. The exhaust gas temperature also increases with increasing load percentage. It is also observed that, carbon monoxide emissions were less for all the selected oils. Carbon dioxide emissions were increased with increase in load. NOx emissions obtained using butanol added in ROME-diesel blend was found to be less than diesel-butanol blend and diesel.

Perspective of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) as a potential biodiesel feedstock in Turkey: characterization, engine performance and emissions analyses of butanol–biodiesel–diesel blends

ABSTRACTSafflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is widely farmed in Turkey. This study investigates the physicochemical properties of safflower biodiesel and its blends with Euro diesel and butanol. A polynomial curve-fitting method was used to predict kinematic viscosity and density of the ternary blends. Furthermore, characteristics such as DSC, FT-IR, UV-Vis and TGA were adopted to evaluate the influence of butanol addition on biodiesel–diesel blends. Engine performance parameters such as BP, torque and BSFC and emissions such as CO, HC, NOx and EGT were studied. Safflower methyl ester satisfied both EN 14214 and ASTM D 6751 standards regarding viscosity, flash point and density. However, iodine value was quite high. Oxidation stability fails to satisfy either standard. This is due to the high level of unsaturated fatty acids (91.05%). A reduction in BP, torque, HC and CO coupled with an increase in BSFC, NOx emissions and EGT was observed for all blends compared to Euro diesel. Overall, all blends appear to be good alternatives to biodiesel–diesel blends. This work supports that biodiesel can be blended with diesel and butanol as ternary blends (up to 20%) for use as a fuel in compression ignition (CI) engines. Therefore, combustion characteristics of blends shall be further investigated.

Thermodynamic process and performance of high n-butanol/gasoline blends fired in a GDI production engine running wide-open throttle (WOT)

A turbocharged Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engine fueled by n-butanol/gasoline blends is studied under the condition of wide-open throttle (WOT) in this paper. The effects of high n-butanol content (30% and 50% n-butanol by volume, i.e. Bu30 and Bu50) on the thermodynamic process and fuel efficiency of the GDI engine are discussed, as well as the engine emissions. Also, the results are compared with RON 93 gasoline and 10% ethanol/gasoline blended fuel (E10), which have been widely used in cars. The results show that high content of butanol addition can be realized in the GDI engine without any modification to its structure and control. Moreover, the maximum BMEP of the engine can increase to 1.99MPa with Bu50. As compared with the gasoline and E10, high n-butanol/gasoline blends increase in-cylinder combustion pressure and pressure rise rate, promote ignition, and shorten burning duration. What is more, high n-butanol/gasoline blends improve combustion stability and decrease exhaust temperature, but they cannot deteriorate anti-knock quality. However, high n-butanol/gasoline blends increase Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC), and they decrease combustion efficiency and Brake Thermal Efficiency (BTE) at WOT. As for the engine emissions, high n-butanol/gasoline blends increase UHC and CO emissions but reduce NOx and CO2 emissions. The study implies that 0–50% butanol/gasoline blends can directly replace the existing engines fueled with regular RON 93 gasoline or E10.

Effect of oxygenate additive on diesel engine fuel consumption and emissions operating with biodiesel-diesel blend at idling conditions

Biodiesel is promising alternative fuel to run the automotive engine but idling is the main problem to run the vehicles in a big city. Vehicles running with idling condition cause higher fuel supply and higher emission level due to being having fuel residues in the exhaust. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of alcohol additive on fuel consumption and emissions parameters under idling conditions when a multicylinder diesel engine operates with the diesel-biodiesel blend. The study found that using 5% butanol as an additive with B5 (5% Palm biodiesel + 95% diesel) blends fuel lowers brake specific fuel consumption and CO emissions by 38% and 20% respectively. But the addition of butanol increases NOx and CO2 emissions. Based on the result it can be said that 5% butanol can be used in a diesel engine with B5 without any engine modifications to tackle the idling problem.

Effect of small proportion of butanol additive on the performance, emission, and combustion of Australian native first- and second-generation biodiesel in a diesel engine.

This paper aims to investigate the effect of the addition of 5% alcohol (butanol) with biodiesel-diesel blends on the performance, emissions, and combustion of a naturally aspirated four stroke multi-cylinder diesel engine at different engine speeds (1200 to 2400rpm) under full load conditions. Three types of local Australian biodiesel, namely macadamia biodiesel (MB), rice bran biodiesel (RB), and waste cooking oil biodiesel (WCB), were used for this study, and the data was compared with results for conventional diesel fuel (B0). Performance results showed that the addition of butanol with diesel-biodiesel blends slightly lowers the engine efficiency. The emission study revealed that the addition of butanol additive with diesel-biodiesel blends lowers the exhaust gas temperature (EGT), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxide (NOx), and particulate matter (PM) emissions whereas it increases hydrocarbon (HC) emissions compared to B0. The combustion results indicated that in-cylinder pressure (CP) for additive added fuel is higher (0.45-1.49%), while heat release rate (HRR) was lower (2.60-9.10%) than for B0. Also, additive added fuel lowers the ignition delay (ID) by 23-30% than for B0. Finally, it can be recommended that the addition of 5% butanol with Australian biodiesel-diesel blends can significantly lower the NOx and PM emissions.

Study on the influence of ethanol and butanol addition on soot formation in iso-octane flames

The emphasis of the work was to study the influence of ethanol and n-butanol addition on soot formation in the combustion process of iso-octane. Soot particle size distribution functions were measured at different heights above the burner in selected fuel-rich atmospheric pressure laminar premixed iso-octane/ethanol and iso-octane/n-butanol flames. The results showed that the addition of both alkanols to the reference fuel iso-octane reduces the soot formation potential in the flames. The comparison of the particle size distribution functions indicated that both the process of soot particle nucleation in the lower heights of the flame and coagulation in the larger heights of the flame are influenced by the positive effect of the addition of the oxygenated fuels. When comparing the influence of ethanol and n-butanol, it is obvious that n-butanol addition leads to a higher reduction of soot formation in iso-octane flames.

Effects of butanol on high value product production in Schizochytrium limacinum B4D1.

Schizochytrium is a microalgae-like fungus and is widely used for producing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). It is also a promising source of squalene and carotenoids. However, few fermentation strategies are available in enhancing squalene and carotenoid content in Schizochytrium. This study showed that butanol addition had multiple effects on Schizochytrium limacinum B4D1. First, butanol addition altered the lipid content of cells. Second, 6g/L of butanol decreased the proportion of DHA by nearly 40%. Third, the squalene content increased 31-fold in the presence of 6g/L butanol. Finally, cells accumulated more carotenoids upon butanol addition. Specifically, when cells were treated with 8g/L butanol, the astaxanthin content increased to 245 times than that of the untreated control. These results are helpful for the commercial exploitation of Schizochytrium in producing squalene and carotenoids.

Soot reduction effects of the addition of four butanol isomers on partially premixed flames of diesel surrogates

The four alcoholic isomers of butanol were added into T20 diesel surrogate (80% n-heptane and 20% toluene in volume) in co-flow partially premixed flames at volumetric fractions of 20% and 40% in order to investigate the effect of butanol addition on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and soot formation. For excluding the influence of toluene, the flame of T16 (84% n-heptane and 16% toluene in volume) and T12 (88% n-heptane and 12% toluene in volume) were also investigated to compare 20% and 40% butanol blend-flames in the same content of toluene. Laser-induced fluorescence and laser-induced incandescence were used to probe the distributions and concentrations of PAHs and soot volume fraction. A detailed n-heptane-toluene-butanols-PAH kinetic model was constructed in order to clarify the chemical effects of the different butanol-blended fuels on PAH formation. The results show that the reduced toluene content (due to butanol addition) is the dominant factor for PAH and soot reduction, compared with the base fuel of T20. The different PAH formation for the tested butanol-blended fuels is attributed to the different reaction pathways of butanol isomers. The branched-carbon-chain butanols (tertiary butanol and isobutanol) tend to produce more propargyl radicals than those of straight-carbon-chain butanols (normal butanol and secondary butanol), thus the PAH formation is higher for the branched butanols. The soot volume fractions with tertiary butanol and isobutanol addition are even higher than that without an additive in the fuel, while the addition of normal butanol and second butanol can reduce soot volume fractions further caused by its oxygenated molecular structure compared with T16 and T12. The soot formation tendency can actually be sequenced by tertiary butanol>isobutanol>secondary butanol>normal butanol at both 20% and 40% blending ratios. The concentration of four-ring PAHs is proportional to soot volume fraction, which means that four-ring PAHs can be used as the indicator of soot formation.

Impact of nanoparticles and butanol on properties and spray characteristics of waste cooking oil biodiesel and pure rapeseed oil

Renewable biofuels can offset greenhouse gases by replacing fossil fuels destined for internal combustion engines. However, biofuels have their own setbacks and may lead to poor combustion inside the engine cylinder. In this study, nanoparticles and butanol were blended either separately or together with waste cooking oil biodiesel and neat rape seed oil to investigate the impact of these additives on the properties and spray characteristics. The investigation comprised of three stages, with each having an effect on how the next stage of the investigation was conducted. Initially, the physicochemical characteristics of 25ppm, 50ppm, 75ppm and 100ppm concentrations of aluminium oxide and copper oxide nanoparticle blends with fossil diesel, waste cooking oil biodiesel and rapeseed oil were investigated. The results from first stage investigation showed that, in general, blends containing aluminium oxide nanoparticles gave better results for almost all the concentrations when compared with copper oxide nanoparticle blends with the same nanoparticle concentrations. Overall, waste cooking oil biodiesel blended with 100ppm aluminium oxide nanoparticle showed most promising results like the flash point of 159.3°C, kinematic viscosity @40°C of 4.66 cSt, and gross calorific value of 44.43 MJ/kg. These values were 61.6% higher, 51.3% higher and 3.2% lower than that of corresponding fossil diesel values. Subsequently, in the second stage of the study, the addition of butanol was investigated to assess its ability to enhance the emulsion of biofuel-nanoparticles blends. Four blends containing 90% biodiesel & 10% butanol, and 90% rapeseed oil & 10% butanol, with and without 100ppm Al2O3 were prepared. Results showed that the kinematic viscosity of the fuel blends containing 100ppm aluminium oxide nanoparticles were decreased by 0.4% and 3.3%, for 90% biodiesel & 10% butanol and 90% rapeseed oil & 10% butanol blends respectively, when compared to without the nanoparticles. The results obtained from the second stage of investigation proved that butanol acted as a surfactant and thus addition of butanol helped to improve the properties of the biofuel-nanoparticle blends. In the third stage of the study, the spray characteristics of fossil diesel, biodiesel, biodiesel + 100ppm aluminium oxide nanoparticles, rapeseed oil, rapeseed oil + 100ppm aluminium oxide nanoparticles, 90% biodiesel & 10% butanol, 90% biodiesel & 10% butanol + 100ppm aluminium oxide nanoparticles, 90% rapeseed oil & 10% butanol and 90% rapeseed oil & 10% butanol + 100ppm aluminium oxide nanoparticles were investigated. It was found that amongst all fuels, blend containing 90% biodiesel + 10% butanol + 100ppm aluminium oxide nanoparticles gave better spray characteristics; for example, the liquid sheet angle was 7.14% lower and the spray cone angle was 7.87% higher than the corresponding fossil diesel values. The study concluded that the spray characteristics and properties of biofuels could be improved by blending with both aluminium oxide nanoparticles and butanol.

Persistent Organic Pollutant Reductions from a Diesel Engine Generator Fueled with Waste Cooking Oil-based Biodiesel Blended with Butanol and Acetone

ABSTRACTThis investigation focuses on the effects on emissions of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PBDD/Fs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)) from a diesel engine fuelled by 20 vol% waste cooking oil-based biodiesel (W20) blended with various fractions of dehydrate/hydrous butanol (B/B′) and acetone (A/A′). The emission concentrations of the POPs were in the order PBDE ≫ PBDD/F > PCB > PCDD/F, regardless of the blending fuel or engine load. The POP with highest concentration was PBDE, being 2–3 times that of the others. Conversely, the magnitude of emitted toxicity followed the order PCDD/F > PCB ≈ PBDD/F, while PCDD/F emissions had about 10 times the toxicity concentrations of PCBs and PBDD/Fs. Among the dioxin compounds, the emissions of PCDDs represented 46–73% (average 57%) and 50–72% (average 59%) of total PCDD/F mass and toxicity concentrations, respectively, and were which and were thus significantly higher than those of PCDFs. The non-ortho-PCB contributed almost all toxicity (~100%) of 14 dioxin-like-PCBs, even though its contribution in mass was only 9–32% (average 16%) among the congeners. Similarly, PBDFs accounted for ~100% of toxicity of PBDD/Fs. Additionally, deca-BDEs contributed to most of the mass emissions of PBDEs (47.0–90.5%, 82.4% in average), while nona-BDEs and tri- to octa-BDEs only contributed 10% and 8%, respectively. The reductions of the absolute mass concentrations of POPs from W20 were in the order PBDEs >> PBDD/Fs > PCDD/Fs ≈ PCBs for all multi-component diesel blends. The reduction fractions of POPs were in the order PCDD/F > PCB ≈ PBDD/F > PBDE, and those of TEQ were PCDD/F > PCB > PBDD/F. Thus, the addition of butanol and acetone, whether pure or hydrous, could further lower the POP emissions from W20.

Experimental investigation of the impact of using alcohol- biodiesel-diesel blending fuel on combustion of single cylinder CI engine

The effect of alcohol addition has been experimentally in vestgated in the current study by blending it with diesel and palm based biodiesel on the combustion of a compression ignition engine. The experiment was run by single-cylinder, naturally aspirated, direct injection, four-stroke diesel engine. Based on the pressure-crank angle data collected from the pressure transducer and crank angle encoder, the combustion analysis such as incylinder pressure, incylinder temperature, energy release rate, cumulative energy release and ignition delay are analysed. In this comparative study, the effects of alcohols namely butanol BU20 (20% butanol addition on the commercially available diesel biodiesel emulsion) is compared and evaluated with pure diesel (D100). The results revealed that the the ignition delay for BU20 is longer as compared to that of D100 in all engine speeds and loads compared. Besides, the incylinder temperatures were rudecued with the butanol addition. The energy release rate for BU20 was higher than that for diesel, whereas the peak positions concerning the energy release rate for BU20 was discovered at 2400 rpm. Therefore addition of butanol will have positive role on the NOx emissions and stability of the engine due to its higher latent heat of vaporization.

Impact of oxygenated additives to diesel-biodiesel blends in the context of performance and emissions characteristics of a CI engine

Butanol is receiving huge interest in the area of alternative fuel in the compression ignition (CI) engines. In this work, butanol is used as an oxygenated additive to diesel and biodiesel blend fuels to evaluate the performance and emission of CI engine. The commercially available pure diesel fuel (D100) and 80% commercially available diesel- biodiesel bled (5% biodiesel and 95% by volume) and 20% butanol (BU20) fuels were investigated to evaluate the effects of the fuel blends on the performance and exhaust emissions of a single cylinder diesel engine. The experiment was conducted at fixed load of 75% with the five engine speeds (from 1200-2400 rpm with an interval of 300 rpm). The engine performance parameters such as power, torque, fuel consumption and thermal efficiency and exhaust gas emissions such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and exhaust gas temperature were analysed from the experimental data. The results shows that although butanol addition has caused a slight reduction in power and torque values (11.1% and 3.5%, respectively), the emission values of the engine were improved. With respect to the exhaust gas temperature, CO and NOx emissions, of BU20 is reported to have reduction by 17.7%, 20% and 3%, respectively than the B100. Therefore, butanol can be used as a fuel additive to diesel-biodiesel blends.

Effect of butanol on flotation separation of quartz from hematite with N-dodecyl ethylenediamine

In order to investigate the effect of butanol on quartz flotation when N-dodecyl ethylenediamine (ND) was used as collector, single mineral flotation and artificial mixed mineral (hematite and quartz were mixed at a mass ratio of 3:2) separation were conducted in the laboratory. Experimental results indicated that addition of butanol could improve the collecting performance of ND on quartz and enhance the floatability of quartz. Best flotation recovery of quartz was obtained when butanol was mixed with ND at a mass ratio of 1:1. Moreover, the molecular structure of alcohols had a significant effect on mineral recovery. Best separation efficiency could be obtained when tert-butanol was added as it had the largest cross-sectional area. Zeta potential measurements indicated that alcohols could strengthen electrostatic adsorption between quartz and collector. Molecular dynamic simulations revealed that co-adsorption of alcohols along with ND had taken place on the quartz surface, and ND/tert-butyl combinations were more easily absorbed on the quartz surface.

The effect of n-butanol additive on low load combustion, performance and emissions of biodiesel-diesel blend in a heavy duty diesel power generator

Diesel power generators are often used under partially load conditions. Especially, under low load conditions, it is crucial to find a solution for their considerably high brake specific fuel consumption (bsfc) and exhaust output emissions. Other points are the usability of waste cooking oil and an oxygenated alternative fuel in low load conditions of diesel generator. In this point of view, 10% n-butanol and 10% biodiesel mixture was blended with 80% of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel named here as BB20 was used and comparisons have been made with 20% biodiesel/80% diesel fuel named here as B20 and ultra low sulfur diesel fuel named here as (D2). Previously, main important physical and chemical fuel properties of test fuel have been found. These fuels were tested in low load operations of a diesel engine generator in order to find out the effects of blend fuels on combustion characteristics, performance and emissions of the test engine. The test results are presented in this paper and seem to raise quite interesting points. Butanol addition to diesel and biodiesel blends can be considered as a good solution for reducing density, viscosity and thus sustainable usability of biodiesel and increase thermal efficiency and lower carbon monoxide (CO) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) under comparatively lower load conditions in diesel power generator engines.