251. Performance of SI engine using blended fuel from waste plastic pyrolysis.
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Saputra, Eqwar and Effendy, Marwan
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SPARK ignition engines , *WASTE products as fuel , *ENERGY consumption , *LOW density polyethylene , *ENGINE testing , *PLASTIC scrap , *GASOLINE - Abstract
The paper evaluates SI engine performance in various blended fuels by adding up to 30% of plastic pyrolysis oil (PPO) from low-density polyethylene (LDPE). The production of PPO was referred to that carried out by another researcher. The investigation was realized by using a single-cylinder engine test-bed with a speed ranging from 1000-4000 rpm. As a baseline, the first experiment applied pure gasoline to have the brake torque (BT) and brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) at various engine speeds. The next step is pure gasoline was blended with PPO by adding 10% and 30%, the result in a new mixture of fuel called PPO10 and PPO30, respectively. At the same procedure, using both of them was carefully investigated to advance analysis. Performance testing of the SI engine showed that the maximum of brake torque PPO10 type is lower by 1.7% (1.011 Nm at 2722 rpm), and the PPO30 lower by 7.3% (0.953 Nm at 2722 rpm) when compared to gasoline fuel at 1.029 Nm at 2722 rpm. Maximum brake power is 0.286 kW at 2722 rpm for the use of PPO10, and PPO30 is 0.27 kW at 2722, where this value is 3.3% and 8.6% lower than gasoline (0.296 kW at 2722 rpm). Other results showed that using both blended fuels is more efficient in fuel consumption than gasoline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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