Performance Enhancement and Emission Reduction of an IC-Engine using Propanol and Hexanol Mixture
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Non-renewable oil sources are increasingly depleting as a result of the rapid development of industrialization and the automotive sector in recent decades, resulting in increased energy demand. The research in this paper focused on designing new fuel mixtures to minimise fuel consumption, reduce the environmental effects of combustion emissions, and increase efficiency. It outlines the experimental effects of different diesohol (Diesel+ alcohol mixture) mixtures. To investigate the efficiency of an internal-combustion engine when propanol and hexanol are used in separate proportions with diesel. Various diesohol mixtures (2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10% propanol and hexanol with diesel fuel) were tested and compared to diesel samples. Propanol and hexanol boost brake thermal performance while lowering specific gasoline consumption. Blends emit slightly less particular HC, NOx, and O2 than diesel, but significantly more CO2. A diesel engine energy and exergy study are conducted to determine the impact of using propanol and hexanol with biodiesel. The PH10 blend needs to perform similarly to diesel once tried to compare to the other blends in the test, with only 2.37% lower brake thermal efficiency, 3.6% higher brake specific fuel consumption, 17.55% lower specific NOx emission, 18.18% higher specific HC and 33.33% higher specific carbon monoxide emission.
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