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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Devaraj, A.
• Yuvarajan, D.
• Vinoth Kanna, I.

Titel

Study on the outcome of a cetane improver on the emission characteristics of a diesel engine

Ist Teil von

• International journal of ambient energy, 2020-06, Vol.41 (7), p.798-801

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Dimethyl carbonate (DMC), a cetane improver, is used as a fuel additive to investigate the exhaust emission in diesel engine. Neem oil biodiesel (B100), neem oil biodiesel + dimethyl carbonate (B100+DMC) and diesel were used as test fuels. DMC is added 0.5% by volume to biodiesel. This research work was executed in a four-stroke, single-cylinder diesel engine. Owing to the percentage of DMC in biodiesel, carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions were dropped corresponding to diesel. A considerable amount of nitrogen oxide (NO x ) is decreased when diesel is used, and by the addition of B100+DMC, NO x were slightly reduced compared to B100.