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Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends

This research explores the combustion characteristics of a swirl combustor operating on KVCO fuel blends.The aim of this experiment is to study the performance and combustion characteristics of porous medium combustion using kerosene and vegetable cooking oil (VCO) as fuel blends. The swirl co...

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Main Author: Sulaiman, Mohammad Shah Affandi
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling my.usm.eprints.58280 http://eprints.usm.my/58280/ Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends Sulaiman, Mohammad Shah Affandi T Technology TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This research explores the combustion characteristics of a swirl combustor operating on KVCO fuel blends.The aim of this experiment is to study the performance and combustion characteristics of porous medium combustion using kerosene and vegetable cooking oil (VCO) as fuel blends. The swirl combustion is formed from the tangential air inlet that prevents heat loss in the chamber. The characteristics of the fuel were analyzed in terms of the performance and the temperature generated as well as the flow of the flame inside the combustor during the combustion. The experiment consists of two parts; using single air inlet ports and dual air inlet ports. The air flow rate was varied from 2 to 10 LPM and the fuel flow rate was fixed 0.01LPM during the experiment. Four fuel blends have experimented; 100% kerosene, 90/10% KVCO, 75/25% KVCO and 50/50% KVCO. Results show that both findings depicted the highest temperature recorded with 100 kerosene using two air inlet ports which is 815.3K and the equivalence ratio is close to stoichiometry. It shows that the swirling air helped in reducing the heat loss in the combustion process. The equivalence ratio is inversely proportional to the temperature. In addition, the mixture of fuel blends did not improve the combustion process due to the content of the vegetable cooking oil. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019-05-01 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/58280/1/Combustion%20Characteristics%20Of%20A%20Swirl%20Combustor%20Operating%20On%20Kerosene%20Vegetable%20Cooking%20Oil%20%28Vco%29%20Fuel%20Blends.pdf Sulaiman, Mohammad Shah Affandi (2019) Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekanik. (Submitted)
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Sulaiman, Mohammad Shah Affandi
Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends
description This research explores the combustion characteristics of a swirl combustor operating on KVCO fuel blends.The aim of this experiment is to study the performance and combustion characteristics of porous medium combustion using kerosene and vegetable cooking oil (VCO) as fuel blends. The swirl combustion is formed from the tangential air inlet that prevents heat loss in the chamber. The characteristics of the fuel were analyzed in terms of the performance and the temperature generated as well as the flow of the flame inside the combustor during the combustion. The experiment consists of two parts; using single air inlet ports and dual air inlet ports. The air flow rate was varied from 2 to 10 LPM and the fuel flow rate was fixed 0.01LPM during the experiment. Four fuel blends have experimented; 100% kerosene, 90/10% KVCO, 75/25% KVCO and 50/50% KVCO. Results show that both findings depicted the highest temperature recorded with 100 kerosene using two air inlet ports which is 815.3K and the equivalence ratio is close to stoichiometry. It shows that the swirling air helped in reducing the heat loss in the combustion process. The equivalence ratio is inversely proportional to the temperature. In addition, the mixture of fuel blends did not improve the combustion process due to the content of the vegetable cooking oil.
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author Sulaiman, Mohammad Shah Affandi
author_facet Sulaiman, Mohammad Shah Affandi
author_sort Sulaiman, Mohammad Shah Affandi
title Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends
title_short Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends
title_full Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends
title_fullStr Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends
title_full_unstemmed Combustion Characteristics Of A Swirl Combustor Operating On Kerosene Vegetable Cooking Oil (Vco) Fuel Blends
title_sort combustion characteristics of a swirl combustor operating on kerosene vegetable cooking oil (vco) fuel blends
publisher Universiti Sains Malaysia
publishDate 2019
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