The significance of low carbon bio-alcohols and bio-ketones fuels for clean propulsion systems

Omid Doustdar; Soheil Zeraati-Rezaei; Jose Martin  Herreros; Francisco Javier  Martos; Athanasios Tsolakis; Miroslaw Lech Wyszynski

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2023.130641

The significance of low carbon bio-alcohols and bio-ketones fuels for clean propulsion systems

Omid Doustdar, Soheil Zeraati-Rezaei, Jose Martin Herreros, Francisco Javier Martos, Athanasios Tsolakis^*, Miroslaw Lech Wyszynski

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Abstract

This experimental work investigates oxygenated bio-fuel component blends of butanol, pentanol and cyclopentanone with diesel on the combustion characteristics, gaseous emissions and particulate matter (PM). Furthermore, PM characteristics, including size distributions, morphology and nanostructure are investigated.

The oxygen content on the sustainable fuel blend components (bio-alcohols and bio-ketone) and the lower cetane number leading to a longer ignition delay, larger premixed combustion phase and high mean peak combustion temperature reduced the total number of particle concentration by up to 91%. Characterisation of particles demonstrated morphological and nanostructural alterations, such as the reduction in primary particle size that would lead to greater particle oxidation reactivity. Furthermore, the combustion of oxygenated blends showed a reduction in the total hydrocarbon emissions and an increase in NO2 concentration. This research provides new knowledge to understand the effects of fuel properties on gaseous and particle emissions formation and characteristics. Overall this work demonstrates bio-alcohols and bio-ketones as low carbon fuels in unveiling strategies for vehicular emissions abatement.

Original language	English
Article number	130641
Journal	Fuel
Volume	361
Early online date	29 Dec 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.130641
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2024

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Acknowledgement
In Memoriam Professor Mirsolaw Lech Wyszynski (1947-2022). EPSRC is acknowledged for supporting this work through the FACE project (EPSRC Ref: EP/P03117X/1). Special appreciation is due to the University of Birmingham and the European Union's Horizon 2020, the Knocky projects (grant agreement No 691232-Knocky-H2020-MSCA-RISE 2015) for a PhD scholarship and a financial grant to Omid Doustdar. Francisco J. Martos thanks the government of Spain for supporting his research stay with reference PRX19/00187 at the University of Birmingham. Finally, the authors would also like to express their gratitude to Shell Global Solutions UK for providing Diesel fuel for this work.

Keywords

Bio-alcohol
Bio-ketone
Combustion
Gaseous emissions
Particulate matter

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FACE - Novel Integrated Fuel Reformer-Aftertreament System for Clean and Efficient Road Vehicles
Attallah, M., Tsolakis, A., Essa, K., Windridge, D. & Gough, R.
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council
1/09/17 → 30/06/21
Project: Research Councils
H2020_RISE_KNOCKY
Tsolakis, A.
European Commission
1/12/15 → 30/11/19
Project: EU

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The significance of low carbon bio-alcohols and bio-ketones fuels for clean propulsion systems

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