Effect of Fuels with Different Distillation Temperatures on Performance and Emissions of a Diesel Engine Run at Various Injection Pressures and Timings
Publication: Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 143, Issue 3
Abstract
In the current study, a commercial diesel fuel was redistilled and four fuels with different distillation temperatures were obtained. The effects of fuels with different distillation temperatures on combustion, performance, and emissions were investigated on a heavy-duty diesel engine. The measured fuel properties show that with the increase of distillation temperature, aromatics content, viscosity, cetane number and density show an increasing tendency, whereas the low heating values remain almost the same. The results at full load condition indicate that fuel with lower volatility presents lower torque output because of the lower density and consequent lower heat value in volume. The effects of distillation temperature rely on the operating conditions. At low load (1,200 rpm, 25% load), fuel with lower distillation temperature usually exhibits longer ignition delay and higher burning rate for the lower cetane number and higher volatility, and shows higher fuel consumption because of the delayed combustion. Regarding emissions, fuel with lower distillation temperature presents lower soot emissions but , HC, and CO emissions are higher than fuel with higher distillation temperature. At high engine load (1,200 rpm, 75% load), the differences in fuel consumption and emissions become very small for different fuels, although there are obvious differences in cetane number and volatility for four tested fuels. The increase of injection pressure can lead to an obvious decrease in ignition delay and higher heat-release rate (HRR) at the low load condition, and fuel consumption can be improved for the advance of combustion, especially for retarded injection timings. In terms of emissions, although higher injection pressure results in some increase in emissions, soot can be remarkably improved, and the reduction in soot is more obvious for fuels with higher distillation temperatures.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation through its Project Number 2014120024001898.
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Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 143 • Issue 3 • June 2017
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Received: Jul 6, 2016
Accepted: Aug 15, 2016
Published online: Oct 21, 2016
Discussion open until: Mar 21, 2017
Published in print: Jun 1, 2017
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