Paper Title

Unregulated emissions and health risk potential from biodiesel (KB5, KB20) and methanol blend (M5) fuelled transportation diesel engines

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Profile picture of Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Profile picture of Pravesh Chandra Shukla
Pravesh Chandra Shukla
Profile picture of Jai Gopal Gupta
Jai Gopal Gupta
Profile picture of Chetankumar Patel
Chetankumar Patel
Profile picture of Rajesh Kumar Prasad
Rajesh Kumar Prasad
Profile picture of Nikhil Sharma
Nikhil Sharma
Profile picture of Rashmi Avinash Agarwal
Rashmi Avinash Agarwal

Keywords

  • Unregulated Gaseous Emissions
  • Diesel Engine Emissions
  • Karanja Biodiesel
  • Methanol Blends
  • Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Analyzer
  • Compression Ignition Engine
  • Emission Characteristics
  • Formaldehyde
  • Acetaldehyde
  • Ethanol
  • n-Butane
  • Methane Reduction
  • Oxygenated Fuel Blends
  • Exhaust Emissions
  • Health Hazards
  • Environmental Impact
  • Regulated Emissions
  • Engine Load
  • Emission Species
  • Biodiesel Blends
  • Fuel-Specific Emission Effects

Journal

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DOI

DOI Icon 10.1016/j.renene.2016.03.058

Publication Info

Volume: 98 | Pages: 283-291

Published On

December, 2016

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Abstract

Diesel engine emissions consist of several harmful gaseous species, some of which are regulated by stringent emission norms, while many others are not. These unregulated emission species are responsible for adverse environmental impact and serious health hazards upon prolonged exposure. In this study, a four-cylinder, 1.4 l, compression ignition (CI) engine was used for characterization of unregulated gaseous exhaust emissions measured at 2500 rpm at varying engine loads (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100%). The test fuels investigated were Karanja biodiesel blended with diesel (KB5, KB20), methanol blended with diesel (M5) and baseline mineral diesel. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) emission analyzer was used to measure unregulated emission species and raw exhaust gas emission analyzer was used to measure regulated emission species in exhaust. Results show an increasing trend for some of the unregulated species from blends of biodiesel such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, ethanol, n-butane however methane reduced upon using these oxygenated fuel blends except methanol, compared to baseline mineral diesel. Nevertheless, no significant changes were observed for sulfur dioxide, iso-butane, n-octane, n-pentane, formic acid, benzene, acetylene and ethylene upon using biodiesel and methanol blends.

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