PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION ANALYSIS OF DUAL FUEL ENGINE

Authors

  • Bhushan narayan Patil Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indira College of Engineering and management, Maval, parandwadi, Pune.410506, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
  • Prof. Bhushan D. Mahajan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indira College of Engineering and management, Maval, parandwadi, Pune.410506, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India

Abstract

A single cylinder verticalair-cooled diesel engine was modified to use LPG in dual fuel mode to study the performance, emission, and combustion characteristics. The primary fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), was mixed with air, compressed, and ignited by a small pilot spray of diesel. Dual fuel engine showed a reduction in oxides of Nitrogen and smoke in the entire load range. However, it suffers from the problem of poor brake thermal efficiency and high hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions, particularly at lower loads due to poor ignition. In order to improve the performance at lower loads, a glow plug was introduced inside the combustion chamber. The brake thermal efficiency improved by 3% in the glow plug assisted dual fuel mode, especially at low load, and also reduced the hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide, and smoke emissions by 69%, 50% & 9% respectively. The presence of glow plug had no effect on oxides of Nitrogen

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2021-03-27

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Bhushan narayan Patil, & Prof. Bhushan D. Mahajan. (2021). PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION ANALYSIS OF DUAL FUEL ENGINE. International Journal of Innovations in Engineering Research and Technology, 1-1. https://repo.ijiert.org/index.php/ijiert/article/view/1766