Impact of Hydrogen on Emission Reduction in a CI Engine when Fuelled with Blends of Diesel-Waste Cooking Biodiesel

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N. Harish Kumar
D. Balaji
R. Sathish Babu
V. Hariram

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Waste utilisation and emission of greenhouse gases are two of the world's most pressing challenges today. This study seeks to solve the problem generated by the disposal of Waste Cooking Oil (WCO) as a tiny step forward in contributing to the reduction of waste disposal. WCO has a high potential as a bio fuel for internal combustion engines, hence it was chosen for this investigation. WCO of 20% and diesel 80% is used. This study looks at the performance, combustion and emission parameters of a dual fuel compression ignition engine running on WCO biodiesel with a hydrogen additive at atmospheric condition. The parametric study include variation in engine load (0-18 kg) and hydrogen flow rate (3, 6, 9 LPM). The experiment was conducted on a four-stroke diesel (computerized), single cylinder, water cooled power at 5.2 kW at 1500rpm Kirloskar engine. From the experiment overall parametric variation of 35.38%, 34.06% and 32.37% of brake thermal efficiency was obtained and emission was observed. However, with increase of hydrogen flow rate resulted in increased engine performance, increase in CO, NOx and reduction in emission of UBHC and CO2.

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