Performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends

Biodiesel is receiving increasing attention as an alternative fuel due to the ever-growing demand for energy. However, the inferior physiochemical properties of biodiesel render it incompatible for gas turbine application, which needs to meet the standard requirement of gas turbine fuel accordance t...

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Main Authors: Saifuddin N., Refal H., Kumaran P.
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2023
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-234222023-05-29T14:40:22Z Performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends Saifuddin N. Refal H. Kumaran P. 22135844300 55977565200 56803626200 Biodiesel is receiving increasing attention as an alternative fuel due to the ever-growing demand for energy. However, the inferior physiochemical properties of biodiesel render it incompatible for gas turbine application, which needs to meet the standard requirement of gas turbine fuel accordance to ASTM D2880. In this quest, the biodiesel-diesel- bioethanol blends might be a good option. In this paper, the research work was carried out to study experimentally the performance and exhaust emission characteristics of a 25kW micro gas turbine engine (Capstone Model C30) fuelled with biodiesel-dieselbioethanol blends. The assessment on the improved fuel properties of biodiesel by blending with bio-ethanol had shown more superior atomisation characteristics performance compared to unmodified biodiesel. Moreover, the performance test in the micro gas turbine was limited up to 20% blend of biofuel, which showed improved thermal efficiency during the test. Subsequently, the emission test carried out in this work also showed significant enhancement in emissions, except nitrogen oxides (NOx) which contributed to the higher formation in comparison with the distillate diesel. Finally, B80E20 (80:20 of biodiesel-bioethanol) was proposed to be selected as an ideal blended fuel ratio to be applied in micro gas turbine engine due to its adaptability to replace diesel fuel, while showed better performance and emission properties as compared to the pure petroleum diesel. � Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing. Final 2023-05-29T06:40:22Z 2023-05-29T06:40:22Z 2017 Article 10.15282/ijame.14.1.2017.16.0326 2-s2.0-85028510476 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85028510476&doi=10.15282%2fijame.14.1.2017.16.0326&partnerID=40&md5=517f13ac233f79b5bf27e7a56b5785d9 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/23422 14 1 4030 4049 All Open Access, Gold, Green Universiti Malaysia Pahang Scopus
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description Biodiesel is receiving increasing attention as an alternative fuel due to the ever-growing demand for energy. However, the inferior physiochemical properties of biodiesel render it incompatible for gas turbine application, which needs to meet the standard requirement of gas turbine fuel accordance to ASTM D2880. In this quest, the biodiesel-diesel- bioethanol blends might be a good option. In this paper, the research work was carried out to study experimentally the performance and exhaust emission characteristics of a 25kW micro gas turbine engine (Capstone Model C30) fuelled with biodiesel-dieselbioethanol blends. The assessment on the improved fuel properties of biodiesel by blending with bio-ethanol had shown more superior atomisation characteristics performance compared to unmodified biodiesel. Moreover, the performance test in the micro gas turbine was limited up to 20% blend of biofuel, which showed improved thermal efficiency during the test. Subsequently, the emission test carried out in this work also showed significant enhancement in emissions, except nitrogen oxides (NOx) which contributed to the higher formation in comparison with the distillate diesel. Finally, B80E20 (80:20 of biodiesel-bioethanol) was proposed to be selected as an ideal blended fuel ratio to be applied in micro gas turbine engine due to its adaptability to replace diesel fuel, while showed better performance and emission properties as compared to the pure petroleum diesel. � Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing.
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Refal H.
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author Saifuddin N.
Refal H.
Kumaran P.
spellingShingle Saifuddin N.
Refal H.
Kumaran P.
Performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends
author_sort Saifuddin N.
title Performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends
title_short Performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends
title_full Performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends
title_fullStr Performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends
title_full_unstemmed Performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends
title_sort performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engine fuelled with bioethanol-diesel-biodiesel blends
publisher Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate 2023
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