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Abstract
The effect of n-butanol addition on the burning rate and soot characteristics of single droplets of diesel–biodiesel blends was systematically studied. A single droplet of a diesel–biodiesel-n-butanol mixture of approximately 1 mm in diameter was suspended on a silicon carbide fibre and burned in air at 973 K in an electrically heated tube furnace. The droplet size during combustion was continuously recorded using a colour CCD camera and the burning rate based on the d2 law was determined. The soot intensity as indicated by theKLfactor and flame temperature were estimated from the CCD camera spectrum data using a two-colour pyrometry technique. Soot particles were also sampled using a thermophoreric deposition probe and characterised using a high resolution transmission electron microscope (TEM) for particle size and morphology. The results showed that n-butanol addition increased the burning rate of diesel–biodiesel blends, reduced the KL factor, being more profound with increasing n-butanol addition. The temperatures of the flames surrounding the fuel droplets with and without n-butanol addition showed little differences. The mean diameter of primary soot particles decreased and the particle size distribution shifted towards a smaller size range with n-butanol addition. At low levels of n-butanol addition the soot particles consisted of predominantly amorphous carbon, however, became progressively more graphitic in the inner structure with increasing n-butanol addition.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 117020 |
Journal | Fuel |
Volume | 265 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
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Production Processing & Combustion of an Innovative Slurry Fuel for High Efficiency Distributed Power Generation
Zhang, D. (Investigator 01), Moghtaderi, B. (Investigator 02), Pareek, V. (Investigator 03), Yang, H. (Investigator 04), Wang, S. (Investigator 05) & Wibberley, L. (Investigator 06)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/11 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Synthetic Natural Gas & Biochar from Biomass for Energy Services in Remote Communities & Soil Carbon Sequestration
Zhang, D. (Chief Investigator), Yang, H. (Chief Investigator), Xu, Z. (Chief Investigator), Chen, C. (Chief Investigator), Anderson, I. (Chief Investigator) & Pareek, V. (Chief Investigator)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/11 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Homogeneous Combustion Catalysts for Efficiency Improvements and Emission Reduction in Diesel Engines
Zhang, D. (Chief Investigator)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/10 → 31/12/13
Project: Research