Glycerine from biodiesel: The perfect diesel fuel |
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| Authors: | John McNeil Paul Day Felix Sirovski |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, CK College of Engineering and Technology, Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, United Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India;1. School of Automobile, Chang''an University, Xi''an 710064, Shaanxi, PR China;2. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, United States;1. School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China;2. Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi’an 710065, China |
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| Abstract: | Glycerine supply currently exceeds its demand by a significant margin as it is formed as by-product in biodiesel production. Different routes for its utilisation are currently being looked into, especially ones that would allow its use as a fuel addition. However these routes are not as energy efficient as its direct combustion.Previously glycerine and other very low cetane number calorific liquids were thought impossible to be used as fuels in compression ignition engines. We have developed a combustion cycle that permits the utilisation of glycerine as a fuel in a compression ignition engine without the need for pilot fuels or cetane improving additives. The paper discusses the results of glycerine combustion in standard unmodified Lister-Petter and Deutz compression ignition engines. |
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