Effect of ethanol and gasoline blending on the performance of a stationary small single cylinder engine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2020
Abstract
To reduce dependency on fossil fuel, alternative fuel may be considered either to replace fossil fuel or to improve the characteristics of fossil fuel. Ethanol is one of the alternative fuels that has been used as an additive to gasoline fossil fuel in many countries, particularly for spark ignition engine system. This research aims to investigate the effect of ethanol and gasoline blending on the performance of a non-road small single cylinder engine. Ethanol-gasoline blends of different concentrations are considered in this paper, to experimentally compare their performances, under varying engine speed but constant engine load. The experimental results showed that the addition of ethanol to gasoline has improved the overall engine performance. High ethanol-gasoline fuel blend (E40) is suitable for low engine speed, while low ethanol-gasoline fuel blend (E10) can replace the neat gasoline without modification as their performance is very identical.
Keywords
Engine performance, Ethanol, Alternative fuel, Single cylinder, Gasoline engine
Divisions
mechanical
Funders
None
Publication Title
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Volume
45
Issue
7
Publisher
Springer
Publisher Location
TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY