Physical properties, engine performance, and exhaust emissions of waste fish oil biodiesel/bioethanol/diesel fuel blends

Davood Tarangan; Mohammad Amin Sobati; Shahin Shahnazari; Barat Ghobadian

doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41280-5

Physical properties, engine performance, and exhaust emissions of waste fish oil biodiesel/bioethanol/diesel fuel blends

Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 28;13(1):14024. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41280-5.

Authors

Davood Tarangan¹, Mohammad Amin Sobati², Shahin Shahnazari¹, Barat Ghobadian³

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran.
² School of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. sobati@iust.ac.ir.
³ Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In the current study, the physicochemical, engine performance, and exhaust emission of different ternary fuel blends containing waste fish oil (WFO) biodiesel, bioethanol, and petro-diesel have been investigated. WFO Biodiesel was prepared from waste fish oil via transesterification method. Different physiochemical properties including the kinematic viscosity, density, flash point, pour point, cloud point, and heat value have been measured for different fuel blends and compared with the neat petro-diesel. The performance and exhaust emission of engine have been also studied using different fuel blends using a single-cylinder diesel engine in full load condition at 1800 rpm. It was found that the engine torque, engine power, and thermal efficiency of the ternary fuel blends was reduced by 2.45%, 9.25%, 2.35% averagely in comparison with the neat petro-diesel, respectively. The average break specific fuel consumption was also increased by 10.44% compared to the neat petro-diesel. The emission of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO₂), unburned hydrocarbons (UHC), and nitrogen oxides (NO_x) was also measured. It was also found that the utilization of ternary fuel blends results in a considerable reduction in CO and UHC emission by 50.55% and 43.87% on average compared to the neat petro-diesel, respectively. The emission of NO_x was also increased by 28.25% on average compared to the neat petro-diesel. It was also found that the NO_x emission can be adjusted by tuning the WFO biodiesel and bioethanol contents of the ternary fuel blends.