Performance and Emission Improvement of Biodiesel Fueled Diesel Engine with Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Ethyl Hexyl Nitrate Additive

Performance, combustion and emission results of the diesel engine fueled with biodiesel blends with cetane improver as additive are presented in this paper. Cetane improver Ethyl Hexyl Nitrate (EHN) as 0.5% and 1% by volume is added as an additive to diesel-biodiesel blends. Experiments were conducted on a single cylinder, four stroke, and naturally aspirated, direct injection diesel engine with the said fuels using Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) to analyze the performance, combustion and emissions. Experimental results reveal that both cylinder pressure and Heat Release Rate (HRR) decreased with increase in blend percentage and EGR as well. With increase in EHN percentage, CO and HC emissions decreased considerably while NOx decreased marginally. Smoke increases with increase in both EHN and EGR, however, at a particular EGR, blends with cetane improver present the better performance with improved emissions.