Emissions from sawdust biomass and diesel blends fuels

ABSTRACT

Biomass producer gas presents a very promising alternative fuel to diesel since it is a renewable and clean burning fuel having similar properties to those of diesel. In this outline, a multi-cylinder diesel engine is experimentally optimized for maximum diesel savings, lower emissions, and without any excessive vibration of the engine using sawdust biomass as producer gas. Emission parameters of the double-fuel engine at diverse gas flow rates are contrasted with those of diesel at distinctive load conditions. The study brings out that the greatest diesel reserve happens to be 80% at 8 kW load without any engine issue in dual-fuel mode. Carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in dual-fuel mode are more contrasted with diesel at all test extents. Smoke opacity and oxide of nitrogen (NO) emission values in dual-fuel mode are less contrasted with diesel.

KEYWORDS:

• Dual fuel
• multi-cylinder engine
• emission
• sawdust biomass
• producer gas