Victor Fernandez-Alos
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Energy & Geo-Environmental Engineering, Penn State University
SROP at Penn State University, 2006 |
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| Biodiesel is one of many alternatives fuels, present to the public and private sectors in order to improve diesel fuel quality, and reduce emission combustion process such as soot. One option is Biodiesel blends. The need for alternative source of energy is not a luxury; it is a necessity for all nations. The search for renewable energy inside the country boundaries is more likely to be a strong factor in the decision for future alternative fuels. The incorporation of oxygen into diesel fuel may reduce soot emissions, but is not the only factors to look for. Fuels properties are examined to determine quality differences between the variations of oxygen percent in the samples: Smoke Point (SP), Ramsbottom Carbon Residue (RCR), and Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy (GC/MS). Most of the literature concur that the incorporation of oxygen into diesel fuel reduces soot emissions. Where there has been disagreement is on the role of oxygenate structure in controlling the amount of soot reduction and the mechanism by which oxygenated fuel reduces soot emissions. Our results show little affect of oxygen type, but more from molecular size and availability of [-CH2-]. |
