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An Experimental Analysis in a DICI Engine Powered with MWCNT Blended Emulsions

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Recent Advances in Energy Technologies

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Abstract

Owing to the current crisis of environmental degradation generated from various sectors, many efforts have been tried out to commensurate the ecological cycle of the earth. The main contributors causing the environmental degradation are the industrial, transportation, and power plant sectors. Diesel engines are mostly used as a prime mover in those sectors to generate power owing to their superior thermal efficiency. However, at the same time, they also give off deleterious pollutants (like smoke, oxides of nitrogen, unburnt hydrocarbons, etc.). In order to reduce those deleterious pollutants, the present research study is focused to amend the diesel fuel properties on mixing the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as fuel-borne additives along with ordinary water methodically. Ordinary water (in prefixed volume percentage, say 2% and 4%) in presence of MWCNT and surfactants was employed to prepare the MWCNT unified water-diesel emulsions methodically and eventually tested for stability. The MWCNT blended water-diesel emulsions were examined in a CI engine to assess the working feature traits. It was established that MWCNT+ water mixture with the diesel, the emissions, and performance traits of the CI engine were ameliorated. It was noted that due to the existence of MWCNT in the water-in-diesel fuels, the secondary atomization effects could have influenced during the combustion period, and thereby caused the reduction in the magnitude of emissions (oxides of nitrogen, unburnt hydrocarbons, and smoke in particular).

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Abbreviations

CO:

Carbon monoxides

D:

Diesel

98D2WS:

Surfactants + 98% diesel + 2% water

96D4WS:

Surfactants + 96% diesel + 4% water

98D2WS50MWCNT:

Surfactants + 50 ppm MWCNT + 98% diesel + 2% water

96D4WS100MWCNT:

Surfactants + 100 ppm MWCNT + 96% diesel + 4% water

HC:

Hydrocarbons

HRTEM:

High-resolution transmission electron microscopes

MWCNT:

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes

NOx:

Nitrogen oxides

TEM:

Transmitting electron microscopy

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The authors are grateful to MOHERI, Oman, Dr. Amer Al Habsi (DDAA), and the management of the International Maritime College of Oman (IMCO) for providing us with the resources that we needed to accomplish the research work in the stipulated period of time.

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Sadhik Basha, J. et al. (2023). An Experimental Analysis in a DICI Engine Powered with MWCNT Blended Emulsions. In: Narasimhan, N.L., Bourouis, M., Raghavan, V. (eds) Recent Advances in Energy Technologies. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3467-4_30

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