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Methanol and biodiesel are the oxygenated alternative fuels of diesel engine, which can effectively reduce particulate emissions of diesel engines. However, due to the low cetane number of methanol, it is difficult for methanol to ignite in diesel engine. The addition of cetane number improver is an effective method to improve the ignition performance of diesel engine fuels. In order to study the effects of different cetane number improvers on diesel engine emission pollutants, three kinds of cetane number improvers, such as alkyl nitrates, naphthyl nitrates and ethers were chosen and added to the methanol / biodiesel blend fuel with the mixing ratios of 0.3%, 0.3%, and 3%, respectively. The effects of the cetane number improvers on the physical and chemical properties of methanol/biodiesel blend were investigated. The engine bench test was carried out on the 186F diesel engine without adjusting the structure of the diesel engine during the test. The in-cylinder pressure and exhaust temperature of the diesel engine fueled with methanol/biodiesel blend was measured at 1 800, 3 000 r/min, 25%, and 100% load, then the ignition delay and combustion duration were calculated. The variation of pollutants such as HC, CO, NOX and smoke emitted from the diesel engine at 1 800 and 3 000 r/min, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% loads were measured. The effects of cetane number improvers on diesel engine exhaust pollutants were investigated. The results showed that the addition of cetane number improvers had little effects on the density, viscosity and other physical and chemical properties of the methanol/biodiesel blend, but the cetane number of the blend was obviously increased. Because of the low decomposition activation energy of the cetane number improvers, the improvers can help the blend to shorten the chemical delay period. With the addition of cetane number improvers to the methanol/biodiesel blend, the in-cylinder pressure peak was increased, the ignition delay was shortened, and the combustion duration was prolonged. In addition, the corresponding crankshaft angle of in-cylinder pressure peak was advanced. When the amount of improvers was equal, the ignition delay period of alkyl nitrates mixture was the shortest among the three cetane number improvers. When the diesel engine changed from 25% load to 100% load, the exhaust temperature was increased by 194-235 K at the same speed. While the diesel engine speed had smaller effects on the exhaust temperature and the variation range was −3.24%-3.45%. With the addition of cetane number improvers, the HC and CO emission were increased, especially at higher engine load. However, the addition of cetane number improvers can reduce the NOX and the smoke. When the diesel engine was at 3 000 r/min, 100% load, NOX was reduced by 12.90%, 6.45%, 3.87% with the addition of alkyl nitrate, naphthenic nitrates and ethers respectively, and the smoke was reduced by 11.76%, 17.65%, 38.24%. The addition of cetane number improver in methanol/biodiesel blends not only can improve the ignition characteristics of the fuels, but also reduce NOx and particulate emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Methanol and biodiesel are the oxygenated alternative fuels of diesel engine, which can effectively reduce particulate emissions of diesel engines. However, due to the low cetane number of methanol, it is difficult for methanol to ignite in diesel engine. The addition of cetane number improver is an effective method to improve the ignition performance of diesel engine fuels. In order to study the effects of different cetane number improvers on diesel engine emission pollutants, three kinds of cetane number improvers, such as alkyl nitrates, naphthyl nitrates and ethers were chosen and added to the methanol / biodiesel blend fuel with the mixing ratios of 0.3%, 0.3%, and 3%, respectively. The effects of the cetane number improvers on the physical and chemical properties of methanol/biodiesel blend were investigated. The engine bench test was carried out on the 186F diesel engine without adjusting the structure of the diesel engine during the test. The in-cylinder pressure and exhaust temperature of the diesel engine fueled with methanol/biodiesel blend was measured at 1 800, 3 000 r/min, 25%, and 100% load, then the ignition delay and combustion duration were calculated. The variation of pollutants such as HC, CO, NOX and smoke emitted from the diesel engine at 1 800 and 3 000 r/min, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% loads were measured. The effects of cetane number improvers on diesel engine exhaust pollutants were investigated. The results showed that the addition of cetane number improvers had little effects on the density, viscosity and other physical and chemical properties of the methanol/biodiesel blend, but the cetane number of the blend was obviously increased. Because of the low decomposition activation energy of the cetane number improvers, the improvers can help the blend to shorten the chemical delay period. With the addition of cetane number improvers to the methanol/biodiesel blend, the in-cylinder pressure peak was increased, the ignition delay was shortened, and the combustion duration was prolonged. In addition, the corresponding crankshaft angle of in-cylinder pressure peak was advanced. When the amount of improvers was equal, the ignition delay period of alkyl nitrates mixture was the shortest among the three cetane number improvers. When the diesel engine changed from 25% load to 100% load, the exhaust temperature was increased by 194-235 K at the same speed. While the diesel engine speed had smaller effects on the exhaust temperature and the variation range was −3.24%-3.45%. With the addition of cetane number improvers, the HC and CO emission were increased, especially at higher engine load. However, the addition of cetane number improvers can reduce the NOX and the smoke. When the diesel engine was at 3 000 r/min, 100% load, NOX was reduced by 12.90%, 6.45%, 3.87% with the addition of alkyl nitrate, naphthenic nitrates and ethers respectively, and the smoke was reduced by 11.76%, 17.65%, 38.24%. The addition of cetane number improver in methanol/biodiesel blends not only can improve the ignition characteristics of the fuels, but also reduce NOx and particulate emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Diesel exhaust particle matter is the main source of air pollutants PM2.5. It is limited not only on the quality but also on the number. Therefore, the widespread use of clean alternative fuel in diesel engine is one of the effective ways to reduce particulate emission. Previous study reported the effects of methanol/biodiesel blending fuel on the volatilization, oxidation process parameters and kinetic parameters of particle matter emitted from diesel engine. The volatilization, oxidation process parameters of particle matter varied with the methanol/biodiesel blending ratio (100%, 5%, 10%, 15%) were measured by the TGA/DSCI thermal analyzer, manufactured by Mettler, Switzrland. The mass change curves of the particles in the surroundings of N2 and O2 were obtained by thermo-gravimetric analyzer. Further, the volatilization and oxidation features of the particles were studied according to the pyrolysis curves (TG/DTG), the characteristic temperature and activation energy of pyrolysis of particles were calculated by tangent method and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) pyrolysis kinetics. The results showed that when the content of H2O in particle matter was increased from 2.6% to 3.5%, the quality of soluble organic fraction (SOF) in particle matter could be increased from 26.1% to 32.5%, the peak of mass change rate and the temperature of the peak of SOF would be increased with the increasing of the methanol ratio. In O2 surroundings, the derivative thermal gravimetry curves of particle matter under 4 kind of blending fuels showed that the change way of SOF was consistent with that in N2 surroundings, but the peak value in O2 atmosphere was obviously greater. The soot mass showed a decreasing trend with the increase of ratio of methanol, which was decreased from 70.3% to 63.8%. In addition, the peak of mass change rate of soot was increased and the temperature of the peak was decreased, which indicated that the particles were more easily oxidized. The initial combustion temperature of soot was decreased from 488 °C to 458 °C. Meanwhile, the SOF initial combustion temperature and the burnout temperature were slightly lower, and the total time of pyrolysis reaction of particles was shortened. The activation energy of particle matter was reduced from 140.3 kJ/mol to 117.3 kJ/mol. In summary, the pyrolysis properties of the particles were enhanced and the thermo chemical reaction of particles was easily carried out. These results could provide a theoretical basis for the treatment of methanol/biodiesel combustion particulates, and it is helpful to the design and application of diesel particulate filter (DPF). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of excess air ratio and ignition timing on engine torque and break specific fuel consumption of a methanol engine transformed from a gasoline engine are studied, and the performance of M100 methanol engine is experimentally investigated. Results show that the engine torque increases with the increase in advanced ignition angle for a specified excess air ratio at 2 500 r/min, and the NO emission is increased by 80% when the fuel consumption decreases. When the excess air ratio decreases at a specified ignition time，the engine torque increases, and HC and CO emissions are significantly increased. The maximum torque is increased by 5.2% higher than that of original gasoline engine, and the brake specific fuel consumption is lower at speed of 2 000 r/min. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]