@article{KoderSchwanzerZacherletal., author = {Koder, Alexander and Schwanzer, Peter and Zacherl, Florian and Rabl, Hans-Peter and Mayer, Wolfgang and Gruber, Georg and Dotzer, Thomas}, title = {Combustion and emission characteristics of a 2.2L common-rail diesel engine fueled with jatropha oil, soybean oil, and diesel fuel at various EGR-rates}, series = {Fuel}, volume = {228}, journal = {Fuel}, number = {September}, publisher = {Elsevier}, doi = {10.1016/j.fuel.2018.04.147}, pages = {23 -- 29}, abstract = {To investigate the combustion and emission behavior of straight vegetable oils (SVO), jatropha oil, soybean oil, and diesel fuel were tested. For this research, a 2.2L common-rail engine with a two-stage turbocharging concept was equipped with a cylinder pressure indication system, an exhaust-gas analyzer, an AVL Micro Soot sensor and a Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer 3936 (SMPS) device to detect the particle-size-distribution (PSD). At a low and mid-load engine-operating point (EOP), the thermodynamic and emissions were investigated under various exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) rates with respect to the PSD. Moreover, the injection behavior of the three test fuels was analyzed separately using an injection rate analyzer. This procedure facilitates the thermodynamic investigations of the engine process and allows the calculation of the hydraulic delay (HD) as well as the ignition delay (ID). The ID of the SVO fuels compared to diesel fuel was found to be lower at all engine-operating modes, while jatropha oil always showed the shortest ID. In the particulate-nitrogen oxide (NOX) trade-off, the SVO fuels showed higher particulate matter (PM) emissions at the low-load EOP, whereas the PM emissions of diesel fuel overtop the SVO fuels at a higher engine load. With increased EGR-rates, a rise in the particle size was observed for all fuels. At the low-load EOP, the SVO fuels showed larger particles for high EGR-rates. This effect also changed by increasing the engine-load to the mid-load EOP, wherein the particle size of the diesel fuel emissions is higher by applying elevated EGR-rates.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KoderZacherlRabletal., author = {Koder, Alexander and Zacherl, Florian and Rabl, Hans-Peter and Mayer, Wolfgang and Gruber, Georg and Dotzer, Thomas}, title = {Jatropha Oil as an Alternative Fuel for Modern Diesel Engines - Injection Characteristics and EGR-Compatibility}, series = {WCX 17: SAE World Congress 2017}, booktitle = {WCX 17: SAE World Congress 2017}, publisher = {SAE International}, doi = {10.4271/2017-01-5000}, abstract = {An effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) is to use rurally produced straight jatropha oil as a substitute for diesel fuel. However, the different physical and chemical properties of straight vegetable oils (SVOs) require a customized setup of the combustion engine, particularly of the injection timing and quantity. Therefore, this study demonstrates the differences in the injection and combustion processes of jatropha oil compared to diesel fuel, particularly in terms of its compatibility with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). A 2.2 l common-rail diesel engine with a two-stage turbocharging concept was used for testing. To examine the differences in injection rate shaping of diesel fuel and jatropha oil, the injector was tested with an injection rate analyzer using both the fuels. To investigate the combustion process, the engine was mounted at an engine test bench and equipped with a cylinder pressure indication system. All limited emissions, as well as fuel consumption, were measured. Various injection strategies, boost and rail pressure levels were tested at different EGR rates in terms of their impact on the combustion process. EGR in particular offers a great potential in the case of jatropha oil combustion due to its oxygen content. In addition, the investigation of injection rate shaping in combination with cylinder pressure analysis allowed a detailed thermodynamic evaluation of the combustion process. Ignition delay (ID) was also analyzed using a new method to calculate the start of combustion (SOC)}, language = {en} } @article{BrockKoderRabletal., author = {Brock, Damian and Koder, Alexander and Rabl, Hans-Peter and Touraud, Didier and Kunz, Werner}, title = {Optimising the biodiesel production process: Implementation of glycerol derivatives into biofuel formulations and their potential to form hydrofuels}, series = {Fuel}, volume = {264}, journal = {Fuel}, number = {March}, publisher = {Elsevier}, doi = {10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116695}, abstract = {A new biofuel concept is developed, enabling the usage of vegetable oils and glycerol derivatives in mixtures with biodiesel. This concept significantly enhances the biodiesel production's profitability and thus strongly contributes to the sustainability of future biofuels. After simple addition reactions with building block chemicals, less hydrophilic glycerol derivatives are obtained, which are compatible with biofuels. Even more, the products of the reactions of glycerol with acetone or butyric acid, referred to as solketal and tributyrin, respectively, lead to promising biofuels in mixtures with rapeseed oil and its biodiesel. Due to their low freezing points, they act as cloud and freezing point depressants, when added to vegetable oil/biodiesel blends. Further, since their viscosity is close to common biodiesel, biofuels containing high amounts of vegetable oil and even more glycerol derivatives than they arise during the biodiesel production can be obtained. Thus, this new class of biofuels enables adaptable compositions depending on the application and also the usage as drop-in fuel without any or just few percent of further additives. After optimising the formulations, ignition delay, exhaust gas recirculation, fuel consumption and combustion process measurements were performed in an unmodified upto-date diesel engine. The experiments showed that the properties of the formulated biofuels are either similar to or even better than diesel. The hydrotropy of the glycerol derivatives in these mixtures enables the potential to implement water into biofuels, so-called hydrofuels, reducing nitrogen oxide emissions and leading to further optimised dropin fuels.}, language = {en} } @misc{RueckBierlLechneretal., author = {R{\"u}ck, Thomas and Bierl, Rudolf and Lechner, Alfred and Graf, Antonia and Dams, Florian and Schreiner, Rupert and Auchter, Eberhard and Kriz, Willy and Deubzer, MIchael and Schiller, Frank and Mottok, J{\"u}rgen and Niemetz, Michael and Margull, Ulrich and Hagel, Georg and Utesch, Matthias and Waldherr, Franz and B{\"o}hm, Matthias and Fraunhoffer, Judith and Gardeia, Armin and Schneider, Ralph and Streubel, Janet and Landes, Dieter and Studt, Reimer and Peuker, Dominik and Scharfenberg, Georg and Hook, Christian and Schuster, Dietwald and Ehrlich, Ingo and Dinnebier, Heinrich and Briem, Ulrich and L{\"a}mmlein, Stephan and Koder, Alexander and Bialek, Adam and Genewsky, Axel and Neumeier, Michael and Schlosser, Philipp and Rabl, Hans-Peter and Paule, Matthias and Galster, Christoph and Schiedermeier, Michael and Zwickel, Andreas and Hobmeier, Christoph and Bischoff, Tobias and Rill, Georg and Schaeffer, Thomas and Arbesmeier, Martin and Groß, Andreas and Schlegl, Thomas and Becker, Mark and Senn, Konrad and Schliekmann, Claus and Scholz, Peter and Sippl, Christian and Grill, Martin}, title = {Forschungsbericht 2011 / Hochschule f{\"u}r Angewandte Wissenschaften - Fachhochschule Regensburg}, editor = {Eckstein, Josef}, address = {Regensburg}, organization = {Hochschule f{\"u}r Angewandte Wissenschaften Regensburg}, issn = {1868-3533}, doi = {10.35096/othr/pub-732}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-7321}, language = {de} }