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ABSTRACT
To explore the thermal conductivity of diesel-biodiesel-ethanol blended fuel under different temperatures and mixing ratios, three ternary blended fuels, namely, Jatropha/soybean/catering waste oil biodiesel-diesel-ethanol, were prepared. The three biodiesel components were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. A Hot Disk 2500S thermal constant analyzer was used to measure the thermal conductivity of the blended fuels in the temperature range of 20–60°C. Thermal conductivities of the three blended fuels increased with increase in temperature, and the three blended fuels had different thermal conductivities at the same temperature and mixing ratio. This may be attributed to the different contents of unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters in the blended fuels. The optimal mixing ratio was determined to be 80% diesel, 15% biodiesel, and 5% ethanol. Further, a thermal conductivity (λ) forecasting model related to temperature (t) and mixing ratio (w) was established based on experimental results, and its accuracy was evaluated using correlation coefficients and the average absolute percentage error. The value of the correlation coefficient reached 0.9700 for all three blended fuels, and the value of the average absolute percentage error was 0.2738, 0.2823, and 0.8596%, respectively. Thus, the variation of fuel thermal conductivity with temperature and mixing ratio could be accurately predicted. The findings of this study provide insights for designing thermophysical parameters of biodiesel.
Abbreviations
| APE | = | Absolute percentage error |
| CBED | = | Catering waste oil biodiesel-diesel-ethanol blended fuel |
| D90B05E05 | = | 90% diesel, 5% biodiesel and 5% ethanol |
| D85B10E05 | = | 85% diesel, 10% biodiesel and 5% ethanol |
| D80B15E05 | = | 80% diesel, 15% biodiesel and 5% ethanol |
| D75B20E05 | = | 75% diesel, 20% biodiesel and 5% ethanol |
| D65B25E10 | = | 65% diesel, 25% biodiesel and 10% ethanol |
| GC-MS | = | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| JBD | = | Jatropha oil biodiesel |
| JBED | = | Jatropha biodiesel-diesel-ethanol blended fuel |
| SBD | = | Soybean oil biodiesel |
| SD | = | Standard Deviation |
| R2 | = | The correlation coefficient |
| CBD | = | Catering waste oil biodiesel |
| D70B25E05 | = | 70% diesel, 25% biodiesel and 5% ethanol |
| D65B30E05 | = | 65% diesel, 30% biodiesel and 5% ethanol |
| D85B05E10 | = | 85% diesel, 5% biodiesel and 10% ethanol |
| D80B10E10 | = | 80% diesel, 10% biodiesel and 10% ethanol |
| D75B15E10 | = | 75% diesel, 15% biodiesel and 10% ethanol |
| D70B20E10 | = | 70% diesel, 20% biodiesel and 10% ethanol |
| D60B30E10 | = | 60% diesel, 30% biodiesel and 10% ethanol |
| MAPE | = | Average absolute percentage error |
| MD | = | Maximum absolute percentage error |
| SBED | = | Soybean biodiesel-diesel-ethanol blended fuel |
| RMESP | = | Root-Mean-Square Error of Prediction |
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data availability statement
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Supplementary material
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2022.2120117