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    In-cylinder combustion and emission characteristics of a 3L compression ignition engine using pure biodiesel fuel blended with 5% ethanol
    (2026-04-01)
    Suteerapongpun, Teerapat
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    Huynh, Trung An
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    Aung, Sonekhar Jarring
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    Thin, Myat Hsu
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    Thaeviriyakul, Poonnut
    This study investigates the combustion performance, efficiency, and emission characteristics of four fuel blends—B7 (7% biodiesel), B100 (pure biodiesel), B100E5 (95% biodiesel + 5% ethanol), and B100E10 (90% biodiesel + 10% ethanol)—in a light-duty diesel engine. Experiments were conducted on an engine dynamometer under varying loads (84, 112, and 140 Nm) and speeds (1600, 1800, and 2000 rpm) to assess in-cylinder pressure, temperature, engine efficiencies, and emissions. The results demonstrate that the oxygenated B100Es blend achieves superior combustion performance, exhibiting higher peak in-cylinder pressures and temperatures than conventional B7, attributable to enhanced oxygen availability, which promotes more complete fuel oxidation. This translates to an improvement in indicated thermal efficiency despite its lower calorific value relative to B7. B100 demonstrates distinct advantages in mechanical efficiency at higher engine speeds, attributed to its superior lubricity. The study provides quantitative evidence that a strategic blend of biodiesel with ethanol can effectively balance the often-competing objectives of combustion efficiency and emission reduction in modern diesel engines. The average brake thermal efficiencies of B7, B100, B100E5, and B100E10 are approximately 35.8, 36.4, 37.7, and 37.2%, respectively. Additionally, the average smoke intensities of B7, B100, B100E5, and B100E10 are approximately 0.211, 0.075, 0.042, and 0.038%/kW, respectively.
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    Effect of a retrofitted metallic microfiber partial flow diesel particulate filter on a light duty diesel vehicle particle emission characteristics
    (2024-02-01)
    Mon Phyo, Mi Zwe
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    Phairote, Watanyoo
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    Srilomsak, Mek
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    Charoenphonphanich, Chinda
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    Masomtob, Manop
    This study was conducted two distinct experiments, using a light-duty diesel vehicle at various engine speeds and loads as well as the new European driving cycle (NEDC) comparing commercial diesel fuel (B7) and pure biodiesel (B100). The NEDC involves a combination of urban and extra urban driving conditions. It aims to study a diesel vehicle's thermal efficiency as well as its gaseous and particulate matter (PM) emissions. This involves comparing results with and with no diesel oxidative catalyst (DOC) and a partial flow diesel particulate filter (PDPF) system. The surface morphology, micro- and nanostructure of a diesel vehicle's PM were also examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to determine nanostructural and dimensional changes after mounting a DOC-PDPF system. Comparison of B7 and B100 combustion showed that B100 had around 1 % increase in brake thermal efficiency (BTE) at 1500 and 2000 rpm compared to B7 since B100 is a more oxygenated biofuel. At 2500 rpm, similar BTE values were observed. Introduction of a DOC-PDPF system resulted in an approximately 1 % BTE reduction for both fuels. This was due to greater friction losses caused by backpressure from the DOC-PDPF system. Increased exhaust backpressure was progressive, ranging from 1 kPa at idle speed to 6 kPa at high engine speeds for both tested fuels. The DOC-PDPF system respectively minimized PM emissions and particle numbers (PNs) by more than 50 % and 35 % for B7 and 71 % and 31 % for B100. These results are average values under the various phases of NEDC testing. A 30 % decrease in PM and a 44 % reduction in PNs under the overall test cycle were found when B100 was tested compared to B7. The soot primary particle size was reduced from 34.69 to 29.08 nm and the carbon fringe length diminished from 1.25 to 0.949 nm at different pre- and post-DOC-PDPF locations. This was due to partial oxidation on the surfaces of the PDPF metallic microstructure. PM undergoes simultaneous partial oxidation after passing through the DOC-PDPF system, as confirmed by TGA analysis.
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    Experimental investigation of metallic partial-flow particulate filter on a diesel engine's combustion pressure and particle emission
    (2023-09-01)
    Mon Phyo, Mi Zwe
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    Wai, Phyo
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    Thin, Myat Hsu
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    Oh, Ban Seok
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    Phairote, Watanyoo
    The study aims to present the combustion and exhaust behaviors of a 3 L, four-cylinder common rail diesel engine with three different kinds of conventional B7 diesel fuels with and without a platinum diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) system and non-catalytic partial flow through a diesel particulate filter (P-DPF). Testing is performed under the three different operating conditions, idle to medium engine loading at 1000, 1500, and 2000 engine revolutions per minute with four different engine torques of 84, 112, 140 and 160 Nm. The surface morphology and agglomerate size of particulate matter (PM), single primary particle analysis as well as the fringe length of the carbon crystallite structure were also examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) to achieve a better understanding through image processing. The P-DPF system does not have a significant effect on an engine's in-cylinder combustion characteristics and brake thermal efficiency. The diesel engine's particle emissions are reduced by trapping them on the metallic micro-fibers of a P-DPF. CO<inf>2</inf>, NO, and O<inf>2</inf> levels show that the carbonaceous particle emissions on the micro-structure of the P-DPF passively react with NO<inf>2</inf> and O<inf>2</inf>. Consequently, diesel engine particle emissions can be reduced by around 50% using a P-DPF system under the experimental conditions of the current study.
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    Influence of ethanol-biodiesel blends on diesel engines combustion behavior and particulate matter physicochemical characteristics
    (2022-12-01)
    Karin, Preechar
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    Tripatara, Aphichai
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    Wai, Phyo
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    Oh, Ban Seok
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    Charoenphonphanich, Chinda
    Ethanol-blended biodiesel fuel can reduce smoke emissions by over 50% on both a single-cylinder engine and a four-cylinder engine. The average single primary particle size of biodiesel blended diesel, biodiesel, and ethanol blended biodiesel soot are approximately 30, 27, and 29 nm, respectively. The maximum graphene fringe length of biodiesel blended diesel, biodiesel, and ethanol blended biodiesel CI engine's soot are approximately 5.2, 4.6, and 4.5 nm. The carbon atom density of soot particles emitted from the diesel, biodiesel, and ethanol blended biodiesel CI engines are approximately 102, 91, and 88 atoms/nm3.
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    Experimental investigation of the influence of ethanol and biodiesel on common rail direct injection diesel Engine's combustion and emission characteristics
    (2022-11-01)
    Wai, Phyo
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    Kanokkhanarat, Phobkrit
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    Oh, Ban Seok
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    Wongpattharaworakul, Veerayut
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    Depaiwa, Nattawoot
    This study aims to characterize the effect of oxygenated biofuels in diesel engine combustion, thermal efficiency, and emission by blending different percentages of ethanol and biodiesel with fossil fuel derived diesel. In this research, 5% and 10% by weight of bioethanol were added to commercial B10 (10% biodiesel and 90% diesel), B20 (20% biodiesel and 80% diesel) and B100 (100% biodiesel) and experimented on using a 3 L four-cylinder common rail diesel engine. The experiment was performed under three engine speeds of 1000 rpm, 1500 rpm, and 2000 rpm with three constant engine torques of 56 Nm, 84 Nm, and 140 Nm. The results show that ethanol-biodiesel-diesel ternary blended fuels are higher in premixed combustion pressure and net heat release rate (NHRR) peaks. The cumulative heat release of ethanol blended fuels is also higher for ethanol blended fuels. The fuel consumption increased with the ethanol and biodiesel percentage in the blended fuels due to the lower heating value while the brake thermal efficiency did not decrease. It was clearly observed that the particle emission could be reduced by more than 50% when ethanol and biodiesel percentage increased.