THERMAL SCIENCE
International Scientific Journal
Find this paper on
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MACROSCOPIC SPRAY PARAMETERS AND FUEL ATOMIZATION BEHAVIOUR OF SVO (JATROPHA), ITS BIODIESEL AND BLENDS
ABSTRACT
The combustion and emission characteristics of vegetable oils and derivatives are quite different from mineral diesel due to their relatively high viscosity, density and vaporisation characteristics. These properties affect the fuel spray and the interaction of the spray with air in the combustion chamber therefore it is important to analyze the spray characteristics e.g. spray tip penetration, spray cone angle, spray area and fuel atomization. Optical techniques for spray visualization and image processing are very efficient to analyse the comparative spray parameters for these fuels. Present research investigates the effect of chamber pressure on spray characteristics of Jatropha SVO (J100)/ blends (J5, J20), and Jatropha biodiesel (JB100)/ blends (JB5, JB20) vis-a-vis baseline data of mineral diesel. Experiments were performed for all these fuels/ blends injected in a constant volume spray visualisation chamber (cold chamber) at four different chamber pressure (1, 4, 7 and 9 bar respectively). It was found that J100 and JB100 have the highest spray tip penetration, cone angle and the spray area followed by J20, J5, mineral diesel and JB20, JB5, mineral diesel respectively however J20, J5 and JB20, JB5 have better atomization characteristics as compared to J100 and JB100 respectively. Cone angle was higher for biodiesel blends as compared to SVO blends at atmospheric pressure however as the chamber pressure was increased to 9 bars, it became almost equal for both fuel types. Spray parameters are found to be excellent for mineral diesel followed by Jatropha biodiesel and Jatropha oil. It was found that atomization of fuel becomes superior with increasing chamber pressure.
KEYWORDS
jatropha oil, spray characterisation, spray tip penetration, spray cone angle, spray area, fuel atomization
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2012-03-06
PAPER REVISED: 2012-04-28
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2012-05-22
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI120306109A
CITATION EXPORT: view in browser or download as text file
REFERENCES
[1] [1] Schnorbus, T., et al., New Challenges for Combustion Control in Advanced Diesel Engines, MTZ, 69 (2008), 4, pp. 18-26
[2] [2] Kuthalingam, A. B., et al., Performance and Emission Characteristics of Double Biodiesel Blends with Diesel, Thermal Science, 17 (2013), 1, pp. 255-262
[3] [3] Delfort, B., et al., Glycerine for New Biodiesel Formulation, Oil and Gas Science and Technology, Rev IFP, 63 (2008), 4, pp. 395-404
[4] [4] Gao, Y., et al., Experimental Study of the Spray Characteristics of Biodiesel Based on Inedible Oil, Bio-technology Advances, 27 (2009), 5, pp. 616-624
[5] [5] Ramadhas, A. S., et al., Performance and Emission Studies on Biodiesel-Liquefied Petroleum Gas Dual Fuel Engine with Exhaust Gas Recirculation, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2 (2010), 1, pp. 1-9
[6] [6] Soid, S. N., Zainal, Z. A., Spray and Combustion Characterization for Internal Combustion Engines Using Optical Measuring Techniques, A review, Energy, 36 (2011), 2, pp. 724-741
[7] [7] Banhawy, Y. E., Whitelaw, J. H., Experimental Study of the Interaction between a Fuel Spray and Sur-rounding Combustion Air, Combustion and Flame, 42 (1981), pp. 253-275
[8] [8] Kostas, J., et al., Time Resolved Measurements of the Initial Stages of Fuel Spray Penetration, Fuel, 88 (2009), 11, pp. 2225-2237
[9] [9] Klein-Douwel, R. J. H., et al., Macroscopic Diesel Fuel Spray Shadowgraphy Using High Speed Digital Imaging in a High Pressure Cell, Fuel, 86 (2007), 12-13, pp. 1994-2007
[10] [10] Fang, T., Lee, C. F., Bio-Diesel Effects on Combustion Processes in an HSDI Diesel Engine Using Ad-vanced Injection Strategies, P Combust Inst, 32 (2009), 2, pp. 2785-2792
[11] [11] Agarwal, D., Agarwal, A. K., Performance and Emissions Characteristics of jatropha Oil (Preheated and Blends) in a Direct Injection Compression Ignition Engine, Applied Thermal Engineering, 27 (2007), 13, pp. 2314-2323
[12] [12] Pramanik, K., Properties and Use of jatropha Curcas Oil and Diesel Fuel Blends in Compression Ignition Engine, Renewable Energy, 28 (2003), 2, pp. 239-248 Agarwal, A. K., et al.: Comparative Study of Macroscopic Spray Parameters ... 232 THERMAL SCIENCE: Year 2013, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 217-232
[13] [13] Kandpal, J. B., Madan, M., jatropha Curcas: A Renewable Source of Energy for Meeting Future Energy Needs, Renewable Energy, 6 (1995), 2, pp. 159-160
[14] [14] Park, S. H., et al., A Study on the Fuel Injection and Atomization Characteristics of Soybean Oil Methyl Ester (SME), International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 30 (2009), 1, pp. 108-116
[15] [15] Seneschal, J., et al., Automatic System for Visualization and Characterization of High Pressure Diesel Sprays, Proceedings , PSFVIP-4
[16] [16] Roisman, I. V., et al., Effect of Ambient Pressure on Penetration of a Diesel Spray, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 33 (2007), 8, pp. 904-920
[17] [17] Kim, H. J., et al., A Study on the Macroscopic Spray Behaviour and Atomization Characteristics of Biodiesel and Dimethyl Ether Sprays under Increased Ambient Pressure, Fuel Processing Technology, 91 (2010), 3, pp. 354-363
[18] [18] Lee, C. S., Park, S. W., An Experimental and Numerical Study on Fuel Atomization Characteristics of High-Pressure Diesel Injection Sprays, Fuel, 81 (2002), 18, pp. 2417-2423
[19] [19] Backofen, D., et al., Spray Characterization of Alternative Diesel Fuels, FISITA 2010, Budapast, 2010-A-054
© 2026 Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia. Published by the VinĨa Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International licence


