Diethyl Ether (DEE) as a Renewable Diesel Fuel

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Bailey ◽  
James Eberhardt ◽  
Steve Goguen ◽  
Jimell Erwin
Keyword(s):  
Diethyl Ether ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Renewable Diesel

scholarly journals Research on Physico-Chemical Properties of Diethyl Ether/Linseed Oil Blends for the Use as Fuel in Diesel Engines

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 6564
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Górski ◽  
Ruslans Smigins ◽  
Rafał Longwic
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Diethyl Ether ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Kinematic Viscosity ◽  
Linseed Oil ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Physico Chemical

Physico-chemical properties of diethyl ether/linseed oil (DEE/LO) fuel blends were empirically tested in this article for the first time. In particular, kinematic viscosity (ν), density (ρ), lower heating value (LHV), cold filter plugging point (CFPP) and surface tension (σ) were examined. For this research diethyl ether (DEE) was blended with linseed oil (LO) in volumetric ratios of 10%, 20% and 30%. Obtained results were compared with literature data of diethyl ether/rapeseed oil (DEE/RO) fuel blends get in previous research in such a way looking on differences also between oil types. It was found that DEE impacts significantly on the reduction of plant oil viscosity, density and surface tension and improve low temperature properties of tested oils. In particular, the addition of 10% DEE to LO effectively reduces its kinematic viscosity by 53% and even by 82% for the blend containing 30% DEE. Tested ether reduces density and surface tension of LO up to 6% and 25% respectively for the blends containing 30% DEE. The measurements of the CFPP showed that DEE significantly improves the low temperature properties of LO. In the case of the blend containing 30% DEE the CFPP can be lowered up to −24 °C. For this reason DEE/LO blends seem to be valuable as a fuel for diesel engines in the coldest season of the year. Moreover, DEE/LO blends have been tested in the engine research. Based on results it can be stated that the engine operated with LO results in worse performance compared with regular diesel fuel (DF). However, it was found that these disadvantages could be reduced with DEE as a component of the fuel mixture. Addition of this ether to LO improves the quality of obtained fuel blends. For this reason, the efficiency of DEE/LO blend combustion process is similar for the engine fuelled with regular diesel fuel. In this research it was confirmed that the smoke opacity reaches the highest value for the engine fuelled with plant oils. However, addition of 20% DEE reduces this emission to the value comparable for the engine operated with diesel fuel.

Effects of Fuel Quantity on Soot Formation Process for Biomass-Based Renewable Diesel Fuel Combustion

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Jing ◽  
Zengyang Wu ◽  
William L. Roberts ◽  
Tiegang Fang
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Soot Temperature ◽  
Renewable Diesel ◽  
Constant Volume Combustion Chamber ◽  
Kl Factor ◽  
Soot Measurement

Soot formation process was investigated for biomass-based renewable diesel fuel, such as biomass to liquid (BTL), and conventional diesel combustion under varied fuel quantities injected into a constant volume combustion chamber. Soot measurement was implemented by two-color pyrometry under quiescent type diesel engine conditions (1000 K and 21% O2 concentration). Different fuel quantities, which correspond to different injection widths from 0.5 ms to 2 ms under constant injection pressure (1000 bar), were used to simulate different loads in engines. For a given fuel, soot temperature and KL factor show a different trend at initial stage for different fuel quantities, where a higher soot temperature can be found in a small fuel quantity case but a higher KL factor is observed in a large fuel quantity case generally. Another difference occurs at the end of combustion due to the termination of fuel injection. Additionally, BTL flame has a lower soot temperature, especially under a larger fuel quantity (2 ms injection width). Meanwhile, average soot level is lower for BTL flame, especially under a lower fuel quantity (0.5 ms injection width). BTL shows an overall low sooting behavior with low soot temperature compared to diesel, however, trade-off between soot level and soot temperature needs to be carefully selected when different loads are used.

Synthesis and Characterization of High-Performance Renewable Diesel Fuel from Bioderived 1-Octen-3-ol

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 8325-8331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Siirila ◽  
Manhao Zeng ◽  
Josanne-Dee Woodroffe ◽  
Ria L. Askew ◽  
Benjamin G. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Synthesis And Characterization ◽  
Renewable Diesel

Characterisation of the Key Fuel Properties of Oxygenated Diethyl Ether-Diesel Blends

2014 ◽  
Vol 612 ◽  
pp. 175-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.R. Patil ◽  
S.S. Thipse
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Content ◽  
Diethyl Ether ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Cetane Number ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Flammability Limits ◽  
High Oxygen Content ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Ci Engines

Diethyl Ether (DEE) is a promising oxygenated renewable bio-base resource fuel for CI engines owing to its high ignition quality. DEE has several favourable properties, including exceptional cetane number, very low self-ignition temperature, high oxygen content, broad flammability limits and reasonable energy density for on-board storage. It is a liquid at ambient conditions, which makes it attractive for fuel handling and fuel infrastructure requirements and hence, it is a compatible fuel for use in CI engine. Diethyl ether is the simplest ether expressed by its chemical formula CH3CH2-O-CH2CH3, consisting of two ethyl groups bonded to a central oxygen atom. It can be mixed in any proportion in diesel fuel as it is completely miscible with diesel fuel. It was observed that density, kinematic viscosity and calorific value of the blends decreases while the oxygen content and cetane number of the blends increases with the concentration of DEE addition. The presence of DEE increases the front end volatility of the blends and decreases boiling point in comparison to baseline diesel fuel. No significant difference was observed in the tail-end volatility of the blends. The blended fuel retains the desirable physical properties of diesel fuel but includes the cleaner burning capability of DEE.

Characteristics of performance and emissions in high-speed direct injection diesel engine fueled with diethyl ether/diesel fuel blends

Energy ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 214-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios C. Rakopoulos ◽  
Constantine D. Rakopoulos ◽  
Evangelos G. Giakoumis ◽  
Athanasios M. Dimaratos
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diethyl Ether ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Direct Injection Diesel Engine ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Performance And Emissions

Chemical and Thermophysical Characterization of an Algae-Based Hydrotreated Renewable Diesel Fuel

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 3192-3205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Y. Hsieh ◽  
Jason A. Widegren ◽  
Tara J. Fortin ◽  
Thomas J. Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Renewable Diesel ◽  
Thermophysical Characterization

The Droplet Burning Characteristics of Algae-Derived Renewable Diesel, Conventional #2 Diesel, and Their Mixtures

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhao Xu ◽  
Meilin Dong ◽  
Ivan Keresztes ◽  
Anthony M. Condo ◽  
Dan Phillips ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Complex Mixture ◽  
System Level ◽  
Waste Biomass ◽  
Renewable Diesel ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Validation Data ◽  
Concentric Spheres

Bio-derived fuels have received significant attention for their potential to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based liquid fuels, either through blending or direct use. Bio-feedstocks that employ algae, in particular heterotrophic microalgae, which convert sustainable plant sugars into renewable oils are especially attractive because the sugar that feeds this process can come from many sources — from sugarcane to corn, and even waste biomass, also known as cellulosic sugars. The microalgae grow in the dark and transforms sugar into nearly any oil type for almost any purpose anywhere, all while drastically compressing production time, from months and years to a matter of days. Much of the work in this area has focused on fuel production technologies. Little research has been reported on the combustion performance of algae-derived fuels, with most of the effort being directed to more system-level studies associated with combustion in engines. In this paper, we report the results of experiments that address some more fundamental multiphase combustion characteristics of algae-derived fuels relevant for spray combustion, namely a configuration involving a single isolated burning droplet. Experimental conditions are created that promote near spherical symmetry such that the gas flow arises primarily through the evaporation process (i.e., stationary droplets are ignited by spark discharge in stagnant air in the standard atmosphere and the droplet burning history is recorded in a free-fall facility that minimizes the influence of buoyant convection). The combustion symmetry that results, in which the droplet and flame are concentric spheres, facilitates the understanding of the combustion process while providing useful validation data for basic models of droplet burning that assume one-dimensional gas transport. Experiments were performed using algae-derived renewable diesel, and its performance was compared to #2 diesel fuel and a mixture of algal renewable diesel/#2 diesel (0.5 v/v). Additionally, the results of detailed chemical analysis are reported where it is shown that the composition of the algae-based diesel that was employed in the experiments was comprised of a complex mixture of aromatics and normal alkanes. The highly sooting propensity of these components resulted in droplet flames being luminous and producing soot during the burning history. A comparison of the flame brightness suggests that the sooting propensities are in the order of #2 diesel > renewable diesel #2 diesel blend > algae renewable diesel, which is consistent with observations of the sooting dynamics from back-lit droplet images. In spite of this difference in sooting propensities, algal renewable diesel droplets were found to have burning rates that are very close to #2 diesel and the mixture. Furthermore, the relative position of the flame to the droplet was almost indistinguishable for the fuels examined. These results suggest that algae renewable diesel could potentially be considered a drop-in replacement for conventional diesel fuel, or at the least serve as a useful additive to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based #2 diesel fuel.

scholarly journals Impact of diethyl ether in blends with diesel fuel on acceleration process of the diesel engine

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 411-414
Author(s):  
Wincenty Lotko ◽  
Krzysztof Górski ◽  
Jerzy Stobiecki
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diethyl Ether ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Diesel Oil ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Acceleration Process ◽  
Engine Fuel

The paper presents results of the crankshaft acceleration process of the diesel engine fuelled with diesel oil - diethyl ether blends. In particular mixtures of diesel fuel with addition of 5, 10, 15 and 20 % by volume were tested. Results confirmed that DEE addition has negative impact on acceleration process of the AD3.152 engine. However it should be pointed that tests were carried out for nominal settings of the engine fuel injection system. It means that these settings were not optimal for tested blends with different physico-chemical properties compared to regular diesel fuel.

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