ISSN 2375-1266
African Journal of Environmental and Waste Management ISSN 2375-1266 Vol. 10 (1), pp. 001-008, January, 2023. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Fuel specific consumption and emission analysis in a cycle diesel motor generator using diesel and biodiesel from waste frying oil blends
Luiz Inácio Chaves*, Samuel Nelson Melegari de Souza, Helton Aparecido Rosa, Reinaldo Aparecido Bariccatti, Carlos Eduardo Camargo Nogueira, Deonir Secco, Willian Tenfen Wazilewski, Angélica Buzinaro Avaci, Paulo Job Brenneisen, Marcelo José da Silva and Gustavo Veloso
UNIOESTE, Western Paraná State University, Post graduation Program, Master Course of Energy in Agriculture, Rua Universitária, 2069, CEP: 85.819-130 Faculdade, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil.
Accepted 24 August, 2022
Abstract
One of the main fuels that can be helpful in emissions reduction when compared with diesel oil is the biodiesel. Moreover, it is a renewable fuel and may be obtained from different animal fat and vegetable oil. The purpose of this work was to evaluate fuel specific consumption and emission of exhaustion gases using the biodiesel produced from waste frying oil in a cycle diesel internal combustion engine (ICE) to produce electrical energy. The used motor generator has a power of 7.36 kW (10 HP) and 5.5 kVA /5.0 kW of nominal power. The used fuel was composed of a biodiesel and diesel oil blend and the following proportion in biodiesel composition was used: 0% (B0), 5% (B5), 10% (B10), 20% (B20), 50% (B50) and 100% biodiesel (B100). The nominal load applied varied between 0.5 and 5.0 kW. The analysis test was just performed with (B0) and (B100) blends. To quantify the gases emission, combustion and emission analyzer were used. The quantified gases were: CO, NO, NOx and SO2. Generally, the utilization of biodiesel from waste frying oil showed fuel specific consumption statistically similar to that of the diesel oil. It was observed that the biodiesel from waste frying oil provided an emission reduction of combustion gases.
Key words: Combustion, energy production, biofuel.