Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine

Continuous searching in new energy sources has been a crucial issue for sustaining the increasing energy demand. Due to the present economic and social modernization as well as petroleum oil depletion crisis, makespromising alternatives such as renewable energy sources an important choice for the ne...

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Main Authors: Mohd Hafizil, Mat Yasin, R., Mamat, Ali, Obed Majeed, Ahmad Fitri, Yusop, Mohd Adnin, Hamidi, I. M., Yusri, Rasul, Muhammad
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spelling ump-177572019-10-03T08:17:36Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17757/ Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine Mohd Hafizil, Mat Yasin R., Mamat Ali, Obed Majeed Ahmad Fitri, Yusop Mohd Adnin, Hamidi I. M., Yusri Rasul, Muhammad TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Continuous searching in new energy sources has been a crucial issue for sustaining the increasing energy demand. Due to the present economic and social modernization as well as petroleum oil depletion crisis, makespromising alternatives such as renewable energy sources an important choice for the next power generation. Petroleum fuel includesdiesel currently used in power generation, transportation, and industrial sectors. The introduction of biodiesel as a secondary fuel for diesel engines has revolutionized the use of different fuels with fuel blending in current diesel. Though biodiesel-diesel fuel can substitute diesel fuel at an acceptable blending ratio rate up to 20%, fuel properties could be affected with beyond the limit from the engine manufacturer's standard when blending at high volume ratio. Thus, in the present study, the use of the diesel-biodiesel fuel (B20) was investigated corresponding to the fuel properties and engine cyclic variations. Also, the tested fuels include mineral diesel were tested experimentally in a diesel engine with the in-cylinder pressure data measurement for 1000 cycles. These data were analyzed using the coefficient of variation (COV) and wavelet power spectrum (WPS). Fuel properties test results showed significant differences in density and acid value with a significant reduction in viscosity when diesel is blended with biodiesel at 20%. Despite that, the low heating value was significantly affected for B20 compared to pure biodiesel. While as for the wavelet analysis results, the short period oscillations appear periodically in pure biodiesel and mineral diesel, but in contrast, the long and intermediate-term periodicities has are found in B20. Moreover, the spectral power has increased with B20, which attributed significantly to the engine cyclic variations. This characteristic validated the coefficient of variation (COV) for the indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) time series that B20 produces the lowest fluctuation in cyclic variations compared to other fuels. Elsevier Ltd 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17757/1/fkm-2017-hafizil-Study%20of%20diesel-biodiesel%20fuel.pdf Mohd Hafizil, Mat Yasin and R., Mamat and Ali, Obed Majeed and Ahmad Fitri, Yusop and Mohd Adnin, Hamidi and I. M., Yusri and Rasul, Muhammad (2017) Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine. Energy Procedia, 110. pp. 498-503. ISSN 1876-6102 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.175 doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.175
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Mohd Hafizil, Mat Yasin
R., Mamat
Ali, Obed Majeed
Ahmad Fitri, Yusop
Mohd Adnin, Hamidi
I. M., Yusri
Rasul, Muhammad
Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine
description Continuous searching in new energy sources has been a crucial issue for sustaining the increasing energy demand. Due to the present economic and social modernization as well as petroleum oil depletion crisis, makespromising alternatives such as renewable energy sources an important choice for the next power generation. Petroleum fuel includesdiesel currently used in power generation, transportation, and industrial sectors. The introduction of biodiesel as a secondary fuel for diesel engines has revolutionized the use of different fuels with fuel blending in current diesel. Though biodiesel-diesel fuel can substitute diesel fuel at an acceptable blending ratio rate up to 20%, fuel properties could be affected with beyond the limit from the engine manufacturer's standard when blending at high volume ratio. Thus, in the present study, the use of the diesel-biodiesel fuel (B20) was investigated corresponding to the fuel properties and engine cyclic variations. Also, the tested fuels include mineral diesel were tested experimentally in a diesel engine with the in-cylinder pressure data measurement for 1000 cycles. These data were analyzed using the coefficient of variation (COV) and wavelet power spectrum (WPS). Fuel properties test results showed significant differences in density and acid value with a significant reduction in viscosity when diesel is blended with biodiesel at 20%. Despite that, the low heating value was significantly affected for B20 compared to pure biodiesel. While as for the wavelet analysis results, the short period oscillations appear periodically in pure biodiesel and mineral diesel, but in contrast, the long and intermediate-term periodicities has are found in B20. Moreover, the spectral power has increased with B20, which attributed significantly to the engine cyclic variations. This characteristic validated the coefficient of variation (COV) for the indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) time series that B20 produces the lowest fluctuation in cyclic variations compared to other fuels.
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author Mohd Hafizil, Mat Yasin
R., Mamat
Ali, Obed Majeed
Ahmad Fitri, Yusop
Mohd Adnin, Hamidi
I. M., Yusri
Rasul, Muhammad
author_facet Mohd Hafizil, Mat Yasin
R., Mamat
Ali, Obed Majeed
Ahmad Fitri, Yusop
Mohd Adnin, Hamidi
I. M., Yusri
Rasul, Muhammad
author_sort Mohd Hafizil, Mat Yasin
title Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine
title_short Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine
title_full Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine
title_fullStr Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine
title_full_unstemmed Study of Diesel-biodiesel Fuel Properties and Wavelet Analysis on Cyclic Variations in a Diesel Engine
title_sort study of diesel-biodiesel fuel properties and wavelet analysis on cyclic variations in a diesel engine
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2017
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17757/
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