Effect of Emulsified Diesel Fuel on Performance and Emissions Characteristics

Abstract

Diesel fuel has been known as the most effective fuel but it is known as a fuel which produces harmful emissions. Later, emulsified diesel fuel was introduced as a better solution but there is no sufficient research data concerning combustion of emulsified fuel. The present work carried out a simulation of non-surfactant emulsified diesel fuel where composition of water in emulsion varied from 0% to 20% to determine the ratio of water to diesel which is more effective in reducing the exhaust emissions especially NOx. For this simulation, 5% of water in diesel without surfactant was able to reduce NOx up to 35%. It was shown that as the percentage of water increases, the power from that fuel combustion reduces.