Properties of chicken manure pyrolysis bio-oil blended with diesel and its combustion characteristics in RCEM, Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine

Sunbong Lee; Shaku Tei; Kunio Yoshikawa; Sunbong Lee; Shaku Tei; Kunio Yoshikawa

doi:10.3934/energy.2014.3.210

AIMS Energy

2014, Volume 2, Issue 3: 210-218. doi: 10.3934/energy.2014.3.210

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Properties of chicken manure pyrolysis bio-oil blended with diesel and its combustion characteristics in RCEM, Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine

Yoshikawa Lab, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan

Received: 03 March 2014 Accepted: 25 June 2014 Published: 30 June 2014

Bio-oil (bio-oil) was produced from chicken manure in a pilot-scale pyrolysis facility. The raw bio-oil had a very high viscosity and sediments which made direct application to diesel engines difficult. The bio-oil was blended with diesel fuel with 25% and 75% volumetric ratio at the normal temperature, named as blend 25. A rapid compression and expansion machine was used for a combustion test under the experimental condition corresponding to the medium operation point of a light duty diesel engine using diesel fuel, and blend 25 for comparison. The injection related pressure signal and cylinder pressure signal were instantaneously picked up to analyze the combustion characteristics in addition to the measurement of NOx and smoke emissions. Blend 25 resulted in reduction of the smoke emission by 80% and improvements of the apparent combustion efficiency while the NOx emission increased by 40%. A discussion was done based on the analysis results of combustion.
- Chicken manure,
- Pyrolysis,
- Blend fuel,
- RCEM,
- Heat Release,
- Exhaust gas emission
Citation: Sunbong Lee, Shaku Tei, Kunio Yoshikawa. Properties of chicken manure pyrolysis bio-oil blended with diesel and its combustion characteristics in RCEM, Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine[J]. AIMS Energy, 2014, 2(3): 210-218. doi: 10.3934/energy.2014.3.210

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Abstract

Bio-oil (bio-oil) was produced from chicken manure in a pilot-scale pyrolysis facility. The raw bio-oil had a very high viscosity and sediments which made direct application to diesel engines difficult. The bio-oil was blended with diesel fuel with 25% and 75% volumetric ratio at the normal temperature, named as blend 25. A rapid compression and expansion machine was used for a combustion test under the experimental condition corresponding to the medium operation point of a light duty diesel engine using diesel fuel, and blend 25 for comparison. The injection related pressure signal and cylinder pressure signal were instantaneously picked up to analyze the combustion characteristics in addition to the measurement of NOx and smoke emissions. Blend 25 resulted in reduction of the smoke emission by 80% and improvements of the apparent combustion efficiency while the NOx emission increased by 40%. A discussion was done based on the analysis results of combustion.

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