TY - GEN
T1 - Water-in-diesel emulsion and its micro-explosion phenomenon-review
AU - Hagos, Ftwi Y.
AU - Aziz, A. Rashid A.
AU - Tan, Isa M.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Compression ignition engines are the most efficient internal combustion engines. They are well established products and millions of them are already on the market. As a result, alternative fuel that requires complete alteration to these types of engines would be un-economical. Water-in-diesel emulsion is a best alternative fuel for compression ignition engines that can be utilized with the existing engine setup with no engine retrofitting. It has benefits in the simultaneous reduction of both NOx and particulate matters. Furthermore, it has huge impact in the combustion efficiency improvement. Micro-explosion is the most important phenomenon of water-in-diesel emulsion inside an internal combustion engine chamber. It affects both the emission reductions and combustion efficiency improvement directly and indirectly. It is affected by the volatility of the base fuel, type of emulsion, water content, diameter of the dispersed liquid, location of the dispersed liquid and ambient conditions. This review paper addresses the influence of micro-emulsion on the combustion and emission of water-in-diesel emulsion fuel. It also presents the effect of operating parameters on the micro-emulsion.
AB - Compression ignition engines are the most efficient internal combustion engines. They are well established products and millions of them are already on the market. As a result, alternative fuel that requires complete alteration to these types of engines would be un-economical. Water-in-diesel emulsion is a best alternative fuel for compression ignition engines that can be utilized with the existing engine setup with no engine retrofitting. It has benefits in the simultaneous reduction of both NOx and particulate matters. Furthermore, it has huge impact in the combustion efficiency improvement. Micro-explosion is the most important phenomenon of water-in-diesel emulsion inside an internal combustion engine chamber. It affects both the emission reductions and combustion efficiency improvement directly and indirectly. It is affected by the volatility of the base fuel, type of emulsion, water content, diameter of the dispersed liquid, location of the dispersed liquid and ambient conditions. This review paper addresses the influence of micro-emulsion on the combustion and emission of water-in-diesel emulsion fuel. It also presents the effect of operating parameters on the micro-emulsion.
KW - CI engine
KW - emulsion
KW - micro-explosion
KW - water-in-diesel emulsion
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U2 - 10.1109/ICCSN.2011.6014903
DO - 10.1109/ICCSN.2011.6014903
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80053156206
SN - 9781612844855
T3 - 2011 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, ICCSN 2011
SP - 314
EP - 318
BT - 2011 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, ICCSN 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, ICCSN 2011
Y2 - 27 May 2011 through 29 May 2011
ER -