Technical Paper
An Experimental Analysis of a Diesel Engine Using Alumina Nanoparticles Blended Diesel Fuel
2014-04-01
2014-01-1391
The application of nano-additive in liquid fuel is an interesting concept yet unexplored to its full potential. In this context, alumina nanoparticles are incorporated with the diesel fuel to investigate the performance, emission and the combustion characteristics of a four stroke single cylinder diesel engine. The characterization studies such as HRTEM and XRD were carried out to analyze the morphology of the nanoparticles. The Alumina nanoparticles were doped (25, 50 and 100 ppm) with the neat diesel using an ultrasonicator, and the prepared fuel samples were subjected for the stability tests. Subsequently, the experiments were conducted in a diesel engine at a constant speed of 1500 rpm using Alumina nanoparticles blended diesel fuels and the results were compared with those of neat diesel.