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An experimental study of the burning characteristics of acetone–butanol–ethanol and diesel blend droplets

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  • Han, Kai
  • Pang, Bo
  • Ma, Xiaokang
  • Chen, Hao
  • Song, Guoqian
  • Ni, Zhaojing

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Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol (ABE), the intermediate product to produce bio-butanol is used as an alternative fuel directly to eliminate needless production costs. In this study, the droplet burning characteristics of neat ABE, diesel and ABE-diesel blends (10%, 20%, 30%, 50% of ABE (vol%)) fuels are investigated by the droplet free falling technique under atmospheric pressure. The initial droplet temperature and diameter are about 300 K and 235 μm respectively. The ambient temperature around the flat-flame burner is about 1123 K, and the residual oxygen concentration is 21 vol%. The results show that the addition of ABE not only increases the average burning rate and the ignition delay of droplets, but also reduces soot emissions. Meanwhile, ABE-diesel blends droplets occur micro-explosion at the end of flame because of the large difference in volatility between ABE components and diesel, which distinctly shortens the burning duration of ABE-diesel blends. In addition, with the increase of ABE content, the micro-explosion performance and overall burning rates increase first and then decrease, which indicates the existence of an optimal volume blend ratio around 30% ABE content for ABE-diesel blends that makes explosion performance and overall burning rates reach the top.

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  • Han, Kai & Pang, Bo & Ma, Xiaokang & Chen, Hao & Song, Guoqian & Ni, Zhaojing, 2017. "An experimental study of the burning characteristics of acetone–butanol–ethanol and diesel blend droplets," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 853-861.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:139:y:2017:i:c:p:853-861
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.08.037
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