Patent Grant
9228144
This application is a U.S. National Phase of International Application No.: PCT/IN2009/000445, filed Aug. 10, 2009, designating the U.S. and published in English on Apr. 15, 2010 as WO 2010/041266 A1, which claims the benefit of Indian Application No. 02450/CHE/2008, filed Oct. 6, 2008.
The present invention relates to biofuel. It involves use of normal chain alcohol(s) to stabilize blends of natural oil(s) and diesel. Therefore, the biofuel composition comprises natural oils, diesel and normal chain alcohols as its components optionally alongwith fuel additives.
Pure plant oil (PPO) or tree based oil (TBO) or straight vegetable oil (SVO) are the terms used in the context of neat biodiesel. SVO or TBO or PPO are natural oils which rarely is used as such in commercial diesel engines and their use as blends is also limited.
Natural oils also include any oil obtained from animal source as well (animal fat oil). Plant oils such as SVO or PPO or TBO and animal oils are rich in triglycerides and can be obtained by mechanical, chemical & physical processing from the respective sources.
Natural oils as blends of diesel have some properties that prevent their use in commercial diesel engines. The major ones are listed below.
It is clearly understood from above table that most of the problems caused by natural oil blends with diesel is immiscibility. When the natural oil has the property of not being soluble in diesel, the above problems like engine deposits, increase in NOx emission, increased smoke, decrease in power and mileage, etc occur.
To address the problems associated with use of natural oil in diesel, biodiesel manufacturers use transesterified oil obtained through transesterification reaction. This way the triglycerides are converted to free fatty acids and the fatty acids are in turn esterified with methanol or ethanol (use of higher alcohols is also reported). The hydrolysis process involves use of sodium hydroxide and methanol and is a heat intensive process (lot of heat from environment to be supplied). There is increasing criticism that whatever benefit derived by shifting to renewable plant based oils (reduction in carbon dioxide, lower pollution, etc), is being lost by use of toxic industrial chemicals (like methanol), problems with waste disposal, increased heat input etc.
Hence, there is a need for development of methods to avoid transesterification of natural oils. A process to convert the natural oils to a diesel blend product is credible, but identifying compounds or components which can stabilize natural oil blends will be of great interest and could provide a cheaper, safer and environmentally friendly alternative to transesterification, help in reduction of pollution, carbon dioxide emissions, decrease in byproduct toxicity, no heat input from environment, etc.
PCT/US99/00598 discloses an additive composition consisting of water soluble alcohols. All the composition disclosed in PCT/US99/00598 shows the presence of water and ethanol.
Yoshimoto et al (Published by society of automotive engineers, 400 commonwealth drive, Warrendale, Pa.-15096, USA, October 2002) discloses performance of a diesel engine by the blends of rapeseed oil and oxygenated organic compounds such as ethanol, 1-propanol, 1-butanol, 1-pentanol, 2-methoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol, 2-butoxyethanol and dibutyl ether.
Khaled et al (1st International energy conversion engineering conference, Virginia, USA, August 2003) discloses fuel blends in compression ignition engines which fuel blend comprises iso-butanol, diesel and olive oil.
The present invention addresses the problems associated with prior art mentioned above.
The main object of the present invention is to obtain a biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s), natural oils and diesel.
Another object of the present invention is to develop a process for obtaining the biofuel composition. biofuel composition.
Accordingly, the present invention relates to a biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s); a biofuel composition comprising n-butanol at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s); a process for preparation of biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s), said process comprises mixing said normal chain alcohol(s) with a blend comprising the natural oils and the diesel optionally alongwith fuel additive(s); and a method of fueling biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s), said method comprising fueling the biofuel composition for fueling applications.
The present invention relates to a biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In another embodiment of the present invention, the normal chain alcohols are selected from a group comprising n-butanol, n-pentanol, n-hexanol, n-heptanol, n-octanol (capryl alcohol), n-nonanol (pelargonic alcohol), n-decanol (capric alcohol), n-dodecanol (lauryl alcohol), n-pentadecanol, n-hexadecanol (cetyl alcohol), n-tetradecanol (myristyl alcohol), cis-9-hexadecen-1-ol (palmitoleyl alcohol), n-octadecanol (stearyl alcohol), 9E-octadecen-1-ol (elaidyl alcohol), cis-9-octadecen-1-ol (oleyl alcohol), 9Z, 12Z-octadecadien-1-ol (linoleyl alcohol), 9E, 12E-octadecadien-1-ol (elaidolinoleyl alcohol), 9Z, 12Z, 15Z-octadecatrien-1-ol (linolenyl alcohol), 9E, 12E, 15-E-octadecatrien-1-ol (elaidolinolenyl alcohol), 12-hydroxy-9-octadecen-1-ol (ricinoleyl alcohol) and 1-eicosanol (arachidyl alcohol) or any combinations thereof.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the normal chain alcohol is preferably n-butanol.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the natural oils are selected from a group comprising straight vegetable oil (SVO), plant parts oils (PPO), tree based oil (TBO), animal fat oil or any combinations thereof.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the ratio of normal chain alcohol(s) and natural oils is preferably 1:1.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the fuel additive(s) is selected from a group comprising anti-polymerizing agents, anti-knocking agents anti-freezing agents, anti-coagulation agents, anti-precipitation agents, cetane index boosters and cetane number boosters or any combinations thereof.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the fuel additive(s) is present at a concentration ranging from about 0.01 to about 5% v/v, preferably about 0.01% to about 1% v/v.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the biofuel composition comprises normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 5% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 5% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 90% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the biofuel composition comprises normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 7.5% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 7.5% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 85% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the biofuel composition comprises normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 10% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 10% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 80% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the biofuel composition comprises normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 20% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 20% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 60% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the biofuel composition comprises normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 10% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 5% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 85% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
The present invention relates to a biofuel composition comprising n-butanol at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
The present invention relates to a process for preparation of biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s), said process comprises mixing said normal chain alcohol(s) with a blend comprising the natural oils and the diesel optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the normal chain alcohols are selected from a group comprising n-butanol, n-pentanol, n-hexanol, n-heptanol, n-octanol (capryl alcohol), n-nonanol (pelargonic alcohol), n-decanol (capric alcohol), n-dodecanol (lauryl alcohol), n-pentadecanol, n-hexadecanol (cetyl alcohol), n-tetradecanol (myristyl alcohol), cis-9-hexadecen-1-ol (palmitoleyl alcohol), n-octadecanol (stearyl alcohol), 9E-octadecen-1-ol (elaidyl alcohol), cis-9-octadecen-1-ol (oleyl alcohol), 9Z, 12Z-octadecadien-1-ol (linoleyl alcohol), 9E, 12E-octadecadien-1-ol (elaidolinoleyl alcohol), 9Z, 12Z, 15Z-octadecatrien-1-ol (linolenyl alcohol), 9E, 12E, 15-E-octadecatrien-1-ol (elaidolinolenyl alcohol), 12-hydroxy-9-octadecen-1-ol (ricinoleyl alcohol) and 1-eicosanol (arachidyl alcohol) or any combinations thereof.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the natural oils are selected from a group comprising straight vegetable oil (SVO), plant parts oils (PPO), tree based oil (TBO), animal fat oil or any combinations thereof.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the natural oils are obtained by mechanical or chemical treatment of the source from which it is derived.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the ratio of normal chain alcohol(s) and natural oils is preferably 1:1.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the fuel additive(s) is selected from a group comprising anti-polymerizing agents, anti-knocking agents anti-freezing agents, anti-coagulation agents, anti-precipitation agents, cetane index boosters and cetane number boosters or any combinations thereof.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the fuel additive(s) is present at a concentration ranging from about 0.01 to about 5% v/v, preferably about 0.01% to about 1% v/v.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the process provides for biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 5% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 5% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 90% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the process provides for biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 7.5% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 7.5% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 85% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the process provides for biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 10% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 10% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 80% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the process provides for biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 20% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 20% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 60% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the process provides for biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration of about 10% v/v, natural oils at a concentration of about 5% v/v and diesel at a concentration of about 85% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the process provides for biofuel composition comprising butanol at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s).
The present invention relates to a method of fueling biofuel composition comprising normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms but not more than 21 carbon atoms at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v, natural oils at a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 24% v/v and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% v/v optionally alongwith fuel additive(s), said method comprising fueling the biofuel composition for fueling applications.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the fueling applications are selected from a group comprising space heating, lighting, cooking, running of engines in automobiles, running of motor pumps and generators.
The present invention relates to use of normal-chain alcohols (the alcohol group —OH attached to the terminal carbon) having greater than 3 carbon atoms upto 21 carbon atoms to stabilize natural oil blends in diesel to obtain a biofuel composition. The normal chain alcohols include n-butanol, n-pentanol, n-hexanol, n-heptanol, n-octanol (capryl alcohol), n-nonanol (pelargonic alcohol), n-decanol (capric alcohol), n-dodecanol (lauryl alcohol), n-pentadecanol, n-hexadecanol (cetyl alcohol), n-tetradecanol (myristyl alcohol), cis-9-hexadecen-1-ol (palmitoleyl alcohol), n-octadecanol (stearyl alcohol), 9E-octadecen-1-ol (elaidyl alcohol), cis-9-octadecen-1-ol (oleyl alcohol), 9Z, 12Z-octadecadien-1-ol (linoleyl alcohol), 9E, 12E-octadecadien-1-ol (elaidolinoleyl alcohol), 9Z, 12Z, 15Z-octadecatrien-1-ol (linolenyl alcohol), 9E, 12E, 15-E-octadecatrien-1-ol (elaidolinolenyl alcohol), 12-hydroxy-9-octadecen-1-ol (ricinoleyl alcohol) and 1-eicosanol (arachidyl alcohol) preferably n-butanol or combinations thereof. Normal chain alcohols may be saturated or unsaturated.
The biofuel composition comprises normal chain alcohol(s) having greater than 3 carbon atoms upto 21 carbon atoms ranging from about 1% to about 24%, natural oils ranging from about 1% to about 24% and diesel at a concentration ranging from about 52% to about 98% optionally along with fuel additives. The natural oil used in the present invention may be either crude or refined. The fuel additives are those which are normally added to any diesel fuel composition.
n-butanol can be produced by microbial fermentation, chemically synthesized or obtained from a plant source by bacterial action. This includes obtaining butanol from cellulose containing plants, lignin-containing plants, from sewage and animal waste, from sugars obtained from plant source and then by fermentation involving algae. Higher alcohols can also be obtained in similar manner and used in the composition. n-butanol is a smallest carbon containing alcohol which can be used for this purpose.
n-dodecanol (lauryl alcohol), n-pentadecanol, n-hexadecanol (cetyl alcohol), n-tetradecanol (myristyl alcohol), cis-9-hexadecen-1-ol (palmitoleyl alcohol), n-octadecanol (stearyl alcohol), 9E-octadecen-1-ol (elaidyl alcohol), cis-9-octadecen-1-ol (oleyl alcohol), 9Z, 12Z-octadecadien-1-ol (linoleyl alcohol), 9E, 12E-octadecadien-1-ol (elaidolinoleyl alcohol), 9Z, 12Z, 15Z-octadecatrien-1-ol (linolenyl alcohol), 9E, 12E, 15-E-octadecatrien-1-ol (elaidolinolenyl alcohol), 12-hydroxy-9-octadecen-1-ol (ricinoleyl alcohol), 1-eicosanol (arachidyl alcohol) can be produced from chemical derivatization of triglycerides. n-octanol (capryl alcohol), n-nonanol (pelargonic alcohol), n-decanol (capric alcohol) can also be produced from plant sources.
Natural oils include straight vegetable oil (SVO), Pure plant oil (PPO), tree based oil (TBO), animal fat oil etc. These are rich in triglycerides and can be obtained by mechanical, chemical & physical processing.
Straight vegetable oil (SVO) is defined as oil obtained from any plant part like, leaves, seeds, bark, flowers, etc. PPO is considered to be equivalent of SVO and includes any oil obtained from a plant source or plant part, including oils obtained from algae.
SVO or PPO can be obtained by mechanical pressing of plant part (eg: crushing and pressing of neem seeds), mechanical processing of plant part (eg: processing of Jatropa seeds to obtain oil), solvent extraction of plant oil (eg: neem seed oil (SVO) obtained by hexane extraction), crushing of leaves (eg: eucalyptus oil), extraction or crushing of wood (eg: cedarwood oil), processing of lipid containing microorganisms (eg: oil from algae) etc.
SVO or PPO obtained from any plant source (edible or non edible) can be used in the biofuel composition of the present invention. SVO or PPO can be obtained from any edible or non-edible part of a plant source including seeds of Jatropa, Pongamia, neem, sunflower, rapeseed, eucalyptus leaves, cedarwood, rose wood, etc.
Minimal chemical processing is defined as the processing involving acids, bases, and alcohols and physical processing involves crushing, pressing, grinding, squeezing etc where mechanical energy is used to obtain the oil.
In general, SVO and PPO are also tree-based oil (TBO) and it should be noted that TBO could be used as part of this invention. In this document, it should be noted that TBO, SVO and PPO are used inter changeably but all of them mean that it is an oil produced from a natural source and is mechanically or chemically treated. Chemical treatment means using an industrial chemical to extract the oil in a chemically modified form. Thus, waste or used natural oils are also used in the composition of present invention.
Chemical treatments include extraction with an organic solvent, water, or distillation or any aqueous based azeotropic distillation.
In this document, the use of words “precipitate” and “no precipitate” with respect to some examples and their definitions are given below.
No precipitate: No visible turbidity, precipitate, separation of layers, settling of greasy material, settling of viscous liquid, droplet formation on the walls or any other evidence of non-uniformity in the liquid.
Precipitate: Observation of turbidity, precipitate, separation of layers, settling of greasy material, two different layers, settling of viscous liquid, droplet formation on the walls or observation of non-uniformity in solution.
In the composition of present invention, any alcohol having greater than 3 carbon upto 21 carbon stabilize blends of natural oil and diesel.
Mechanism of stabilization of natural oil in diesel by normal chain alcohols is by one of the following methods:
The above discussed normal chain alcohols tend to aid natural oil to act as surfactants. When natural oil act as surfactants, the non polar tails maintain a favorable interaction with diesel and the polar functional groups form a core which helps in solubilizing any by products formed during the storage of natural oil. Natural oils are known to give out free fatty acids, monoglycerides and diglycerides on storage (in small percentage), which are highly insoluble in diesel and form a greasy material. This is one of the reasons why natural oils are not used as blends of diesel. When fuel additives like n-butanol are used, they tend to increase the solubility of natural oil in diesel and help them act as surfactants which can form reverse micelles. Reverse micelle formation is characterized by observing different fluorescence signals for charge transfer fluorescent probes. The widely used charge transfer fluorescent probe to characterize reverse micelles is PRODAN. Formation of reverse micelle in diesel results in 4 regions namely (
Bulk diesel region: This region is formed when the diesel is excess of natural oil. This region is characterized by emission in charge transfer fluorescent probes with lower fluorescent emissions.
Natural oil-diesel interfacial region: In this region, Natural oil and diesel are at interface and have fluorescent spectra of charge transfer probes red shifted compared to bulk diesel region.
Natural oil polar head region: Natural oil in diesel form a core of polar functional groups, which can be characterized by further red shift in charge transfer probe's emission spectrum. This is a very polar region and usually the red shift is significant. Importantly, this is the region which will stabilize the formed polar by products of Natural oil and provide long-term stability for Natural oil in diesel.
Bulk polar region: Difficult to observe in current system, as components vary overtime. Mostly polar components like free fatty acids, monoglycerides and diglycerides produced from degradation of Natural oil may be present. This region can hold traces of water absorbed by these polar components. In reverse micelles, this region can be characterized as bulk water region, but the polar impurities possible in natural oil-diesel blends are not that polar and hence, the fluorescent peak corresponding to this region could overlap with the natural oil polar head region.
It is observed that a 20% mixture of n-butanol and 20% of natural oils can stay solubilized in diesel for days together indicating that when natural oil is blended with diesel, the by products formed during storage like free fatty acids, monoglycerides, traces of glycerol and diglycerides will be soluble in diesel.
Use of Fluorescent Probes to Detect Reverse Micelle Regions:
A solution is recognized by uniform distribution of solutes in a solvent. Reverse micelles have a unique structure, in which using a charge transfer probe, at least three different regions can be identified.
In natural oil/normal chain alcohols/diesel reverse micelle system, the possible regions are bulk diesel region, natural oil-diesel interfacial region, natural oil polar head region and bulk polar region. The surfactant behavior may not be solely from normal chain alcohols or natural oil, but because of combination of both these components. Importantly, the key three regions were identified when a charge transfer fluorescent probe is used.
Charge transfer fluorescent probes like PRODAN exist in two different forms depending on whether it is in polar or non-polar medium. Depending on the polarity of the medium and the ratio of charge transfer, species exist in solution.
The existence of reverse micelle in fuel blends containing natural oil, normal chain alcohols and diesel of the present invention is shown in
Establishing n-Butanol for Stabilizing Neem Seed Oil Blends with Diesel
Sample details are
Results of the experiment are
The above experiment clearly concludes that n-butanol can be used for stabilizing neem seed oil (SVO) blends with diesel. Though t-butanol has the same number of carbons as n-butanol, it fails to stabilize neem seed oil (SVO) blend with diesel for more than 7 days, clearly demonstrating that linear carbon chain of n-butanol played a role. This also establishes that any alcohol, which is less polar than n-butanol (like alcohols containing higher carbons than n-butanol) can be used for this purpose.
The table shows that n-butanol has highest stability as compared to iso-butanol and tertiary butanol.
Role of Linear Chain of Alcohols in Stabilization of Natural Oil Blends with Diesel
Sample details are:
jatropha seed
Results of the experiment are
Though iso-butanol and t-butanol has same number of carbons as n-butanol, they fail to stabilize Jatropha seed oil (SVO) blend with diesel for more than 30 and 7 days respectively, clearly demonstrating that normal or linear carbon chain of n-butanol played a role. Iso-butanol cannot be used in the composition of present invention as it fails to stabilize blends of Jatropha seed oil (SVO) in diesel for at least 30 days.
The flash points of diesel blends of n-butanol, iso-butanol and tertiary butanol containing 10% Jatropha seed oil is as given in the table below.
Jatropha
Current international norms require diesel to have at least 35° C. as flash point. Observing above results clearly demonstrates that only n-butanol meets the requirement of flashpoint for diesel. Iso-butanol and tertiary butanol have low flash point which makes them unfit as blends for diesel and natural oil. Thus it is evident that among the three forms of alcohol, only normal chain alcohol (n-butanol) is fit to stabilize blends of diesel and natural oil.
Performance of a Diesel Engine Fueled by Rapeseed Oil with Normal Chain Alcohols
Sample details are:
Jatropha
The results are
The above experiment demonstrates that the blends of Jatropha seed oil (SVO) and normal chain alcohols (n-butanol, n-hexanol, n-pentanol) are not stable in solution for more than 30 days. When alcohol percentage in blend is increased to 20%, the stability decreased to 14 days and when the alcohol percentage is increased to 30%, the stability reduced to one week. This clearly demonstrates that, natural oil blends of normal chain alcohols have less stability and they can be used only in the form of diesel blends of natural oil and normal chain alcohols.
Physico Chemical Analysis of Diesel Blends of Natural Oil in Presence and Absence of Linear Chain Alcohols
Sample: Commercial Diesel (100% Diesel)
Sample: 90% Diesel, 10% n-butanol
Sample: 90% Diesel, 10% Jatropa Oil (Transesterified)
Sample: 90% Diesel, 10% Jatropa Oil (SVO)
Sample: 10% Sunflower Oil (SVO), 90% Diesel
Sample: 10% Neem Seed Oil (SVO), 90% Diesel
Sample: 85% Diesel, 7.5% Jatropa Oil, 7.5% n-butanol
Sample: 80% Diesel, 10% Jatropa Oil, 10% n-butanol
Sample: 85% Diesel, 7.5% Neem oil, 7.5% n-butanol
Sample: 80% Diesel, 10% Neem Oil, 10% n-butanol
Sample: 90% Diesel, 5% Neem Oil, 5% n-butanol
Sample: 85% Diesel, 7.5% Sunflower Oil, 7.5% n-butanol
Sample: 90% Diesel, 5% Sunflower Oil, 5% n-butanol
Sample: 80% Diesel, 10% Sunflower Oil, 10% n-butanol
Sample: 80% Diesel, 10% Jatropa Oil, 10% Cardanol
Sample: 85% Diesel, 7.5% Jatropa Oil, 7.5% Cardanol
Sample: 90% Diesel, 5% Jatropa Oil, 5% n-butanol
The physico chemical analysis was done as per IS: 1460: 2000 and IS: 1460: 2005, the Indian standard for euro diesel. The analysis was done immediately after preparing the samples. As evident from the above data, the physico chemical characteristics of the blends of n-butanol with natural oils (Sunflower oil, Jatropa oil, neem seed oil) and diesel satisfy the parameters of IS: 1460: 2000 and IS: 1460: 2005, while the combination of natural oil and diesel does not.
Engine Testing of Natural Oil as Blend of Diesel—Effect of n-butanol and Cardanol on Engine Performance and Emission
Engine Specification:
Make: Kirloskar oil engines
No of cylinders: twin cylinder
Bore: 102 mm
Stroke: 116 mm
Displacement: 1.896 liters
Compression ratio: 17.5
Bhp: 20 hp
Injection pressure: 185 bar
Loading Sequence Followed:
Pressure sensor: Kistler (maximum pressure: 250 bar)
ASTM standards are followed to measure the air flow using an air drum with a calibrated orifice and a manometer
Measured room temperature: 30±3° C.
Air density: 1.164 Kg/m3
Test Parameters:
mf/min: Grams of fuel consumed per minute
Load kW: Load applied for specific study
Rpm: Engine rotations per minute
HC: Total hydrocarbons produced in exhaust smoke
CO: Total carbon monoxide produced in exhaust smoke
CO2: Total carbon dioxide produced in exhaust smoke
For each fuel blend, three separate experiments (sets 1-3) were done and average was taken. Engine was off for atleast one hour between experiments involving same fuel and three hours when engine was switched to a new fuel. For every experiment, engine was run for atleast 30 mins to get rid of any residual fuel in fuel lines before recording parameters.
The tested samples are
Commercial diesel
Sample 1: 90% Diesel, 5% Jatropha oil (SVO), 5% n-butanol
Sample 2: 85% Diesel, 7.5% Jatropha oil (SVO), 7.5% n-butanol
Sample 3: 80% Diesel, 10% Jatropha oil (SVO), 10% n-butanol
Sample 4: 95% Diesel, 5% n-butanol
Sample 5: 90% Diesel, 10% n-butanol
Sample 6: 90% Diesel, 5% Jatropha oil (SVO), 5% Cardanol
Sample 7: 85% Diesel, 7.5% Jatropha oil (SVO), 7.5% Cardanol
Sample 8: 80% Diesel, 10% Jatropha oil (SVO), 10% Cardanol
Sample 9: 95% Diesel, 5% Cardanol
Sample 10: 90% Diesel, 10% Jatropha oil (SVO)
Sample 11: 90% Diesel, 10% Jatropha biodiesel (transesterified)
Sample 12: 85% Diesel, 15% Jatropha biodiesel (transesterified)
Hydrocarbon Emissions from Exhaust for Above Samples
Carbon Monoxide Emissions from Above Samples
Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Above Samples
Fuel Consumption for Above Samples
Samples 1-3 (SVO-diesel blends with n-butanol), 6-8 (SVO-diesel blends with cardanol) have fuel parameters (both performance & emission) similar to Sample 11-12 (Biodiesel blends) and commercial diesel. This indicates the proposed normal chain alcohols enable the natural oil blends of diesel to behave similar to commercial diesel.
Engine Test—to Compare Opacity of Different Natural Oil Blends in Diesel
The separation of layers in natural oil-diesel blend cause improper spraying of blend, which results in increased smoke and addition of normal chain alcohols like n-butanol addresses the problem.
When a poor/uneven/non-uniform diesel or diesel blend is injected to diesel engine, due to formation of carbon black deposits on injector nozzle, there could be uneven spraying of fuel, which results in large amounts of smoke. Hence, in a uniform running engine, under standard operation conditions, sudden observance of large amounts of smoke can be attributed to uneven spraying of fuel which in turn can be used to identify faulty/bad fuel.
Experiment design: Diesel engine was connected with container having 10 liters of diesel and ran till it stopped. This was continued for three times and observed any awkward smoke increase. It was observed that engine on average run for 5 hours under a load of 6.1 kW. During last three minutes before stoppage, engine gave an up to 3 fold increase in smoke for all fuel blends and diesel. Similarly, when engine was cranked, first few seconds resulted in lot of smoke. Hence, it was concluded that just after cranking and just before stopping, engine tends to give more smoke. It was also observed that, even though engine was made to run at constant speed, due to constant running, there is a variation of up to 20% in smoke from the exhaust.
Test Conditions
Engine: A Kirloskar twin cylinder with 102 mm bore, 116 mm stroke, 1.9 liters displacement, with compression ratio of 17.5 and 20 hp diesel engine was used.
Total fuel added to storage tank: 10 liters of well mixed diesel
Total runtime: Approximately 5 hours
Engine speed (rpm): 1530±10, system tries to maintain constant speed by adjusting the fuel flow
Opacity monitored window: 30 minutes after cranking engine and 30 minutes before engine self-stoppage (about 4 hours for each fuel blend and diesel).
Tolerable change in opacity: up to 50% change from average reading
Temperature of study: 30±5° C.
Number of tests per fuel/fuel blend: Three tests and average result is taken
Opacity: Usually after 15 minutes of cranking the engine, most of the residual fuel will be burnt and the opacity will be of the fuel being tested. Three readings were taken from the opacity between 20 and 30 minutes and average of that value is taken as the average opacity (starting value).
Sudden stoppage of engine: Sudden stoppage of engine on its own after 30 minutes equilibration (for next four hours) is monitored. In case of an engine stoppage, engine was restarted and five minutes equilibration window is provided before the parameters were recorded again.
It is important to note that the average opacity of specific fuel is compared with its number of times awkward changes in opacity (>50% of average value).
Sample Details:
Diesel: Bharat stage-III diesel from a commercial depot in Bangalore
Sample 1: 20% trans esterified (methyl) jatropha biodiesel, 80% of diesel
Sample 2: 10% trans esterified (methyl) jatropha biodiesel, 90% diesel
Sample 3: 20% Jatropha oil (SVO), 80% diesel
Sample 4: 10% Jatropha oil (SVO), 90% diesel
Sample 5: 5% Jatropha oil, 5% n-butanol, 90% diesel
Sample 6: 10% Jatropha oil, 10% n-butanol, 80% diesel
Sample 7: 5% Jatropha oil, 5% cardanol, 90% diesel
Sample 8: 10% Jatropha oil, 10% cardanol, 80% diesel
Between each experiment engine was off for minimum of 3 hours to let it cool.
Every time a fuel is run, fuel injector system was dismantled and cleaned (washing with diesel, opening nozzle and removing carbon and then checking whether nozzle moving freely, using copper brush remove carbon deposits, etc).
It is clear from the above table that:
Decrease in NOx Due to Addition of n-butanol and n-hexanol
Engine: A Kirloskar twin cylinder with 102 mm bore, 116 mm stroke, 1.9 liters displacement, with compression ratio of 17.5 and 20 hp diesel engine was used.
Above study clearly demonstrates that NOx emissions from blends of natural oil and diesel are higher compared to diesel alone and they are reduced by addition of n-butanol, n-hexanol and cardanol.
Decrease in NOx Due to Addition of n-dodecanol, n-decanol, 9Z, 12Z-octadecadien-1-ol
Engine: A Kirloskar twin cylinder with 102 mm bore, 116 mm stroke, 1.9 liters displacement, with compression ratio of 17.5 and 20 hp diesel engine was used.
Above study clearly demonstrates that NOx emissions from blends of natural oil (SVO) and diesel are higher compared to diesel alone and they are reduced by addition of n-decanol, n-dodecanol and 9Z, 12Z-octadecadien-1-ol.
The invention is further elaborated with the help of following examples. However, these examples should not be construed to limit the scope of invention.
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No precipitate: No visible turbidity, precipitate, separation of layers, settling of greasy material, settling of viscous liquid, droplet formation on the walls or any other evidence of non-uniformity in the liquid.
Precipitate: Observation of turbidity, precipitate, separation of layers, settling of greasy material, two different layers, settling of viscous liquid, droplet formation on the walls or observation of non-uniformity in solution.
Thus, it is clear that 5% natural oil (SVO) in diesel is stable for one day and 7.5% or greater than 7.5% blends of SVO in diesel precipitated with in hours. It indicates that, mixing SVO in diesel results in formation of two layers within days. However, there is no precipitation in presence of n-butanol in the blends.
Further, most preferred blends in diesel are containing 1:1 composition of natural oil (SVO) and n-butanol. Concentrations of natural oil and butanol beyond 25% each does not result in a stable composition.
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Similar experiments were carried with cardanol instead of linear chain alcohols such as n-butanol, n-heptanaol, n-decanol etc. Cardanol also showed similar results as compared to butanol and other linear chain alcohols tested above. The experiment and the results obtained by the addition of cardanol to diesel-natural oil mixture is tabulated below:
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