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Experimental investigation of nano fluid enhanced waste cooking oil as an alternative fuel in CI engine.
| Title: | Experimental investigation of nano fluid enhanced waste cooking oil as an alternative fuel in CI engine. |
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| Authors: | Chandarsekar, Viswanathan1 (AUTHOR) viswanathan3110@gmail.com, Velmurugan, Ramanathan1 (AUTHOR) vramanathan@hindustanuniv.ac.in, Elumalai, Sangeethkumar1 (AUTHOR) esangeethk@hindustanuniv.ac.in, Mayakrishnan, Jaikumar1 (AUTHOR) jaikumarm1978@gmail.com, Ramaiah, Christupaul1 (AUTHOR) rchristu@hindustanuniv.ac.in, Venkatesan, Hariram2 (AUTHOR) connect2hariram@gmail.com, Raman, Mohan3 (AUTHOR) mohanr@sonatech.ac.in |
| Source: | AIP Conference Proceedings. 2026, Vol. 3422 Issue 1, p1-11. 11p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Alternative fuels, *Biodiesel fuels, *Combustion efficiency, *Greenhouse gas mitigation, *Diesel motors, *Edible fats & oils, *Titanium dioxide, *Nanofluids |
| Abstract: | The exhaustion of petroleum fuels and ecological pollution are currently the two key problems. A number of biofuels for compression ignition (CI) engines have been tested by researchers in an attempt to address these problems. Since Waste Cooking Oil (WCO) is widely available, biofuel, affordable, it has been shown to be a great alternative fuel for CI engines. Sadly, WCO's poor fuel quality led to inefficient combustion, which resulted in limited performance from CI engines and heavy exhaust emissions. The current experimental study employed a number of strategies to progress the efficiency of the CI engine with WCO as the fuel. For this investigation, a coolant-cooled, 4 stroke, one cylinder was employed. During the initial stage of the research, mineral diesel and WCO were used as fuels for experiments. The second stage involved conducting experiments by converting WCO into Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel (WCOB) via a transesterification process. The final part of the research involved preparing Titanium dioxide Nano fluids using the sol gel process, blending them with WCOB, and conducting experiments. WCO was shown to create more exhaust pollutants than diesel. When WCOB was used in the second phase instead of WCO, BTE improved. Smoke opacity, CO emissions, and HC were all decreased. However, compared to diesel, there was a rise in Nitric Oxide (NO) emissions. Additionally, it was discovered that the use of Titanium dioxide Nano fluids mixed with WCOB enhanced BTE. WCOB-TO significantly decreased smoke and exhaust pollutants. WCOB-TO fuel was shown to have superior combustion properties when compared to WCOB and WCO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Database: | Academic Search Index |
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