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Influence of fuel injection timing 13

and nozzle opening pressure
on a CRDI-assisted diesel engine

fueled with biodiesel-diesel-
alcohol fuel

D. Babu, R. Anand
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli, India

Nomenclature

American Society for Testing and Material
ASTM
after top dead center
aTDC
biodiesel
B100
biodiesel 85%, diesel 5%, hexanol 10%
B85-D5-H10
biodiesel 85%, diesel 5%, pentanol 10%
B85-D5-P10
biodiesel 90%, diesel 5%, hexanol 5%
B90-D5-H5
biodiesel 90%, diesel 5%, pentanol 5%
B90-D5-P5
brake mean effective pressure (bar)
BMEP
brake specific fuel consumption (kg/kWh)
BSFC
before top dead center
bTDC
brake thermal efficiency (%)
BTE
methanol
CH 3 OH
sodium methoxide
CH 3 ONa
carbon monoxide (% vol.)
CO
carbon dioxide (% vol.)
CO 2
common rail direct injection
CRDI
filter smoke number
FSN
heat release rate (J/°CA)
HRR
ignition delay (°CA)
ID
methyl ester
ME
nitric oxide (ppm)
NO
unburned hydrocarbon (ppm)
UBHC
waste frying oil
WFO
13.1 Introduction
Diesel engines play an important role in the automobile industry, agricultural sector,
power machinery, etc., because of their fuel efficiency and long durability when
compared to a spark ignition engine [1]. Diesel engine exhaust emissions include
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