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Performance investigation of a four stroke diesel engine, using water-based ferrofluid as an additive

Daneshvar, F ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. Abstract:
  3. In this experimental study, a four stroke diesel engine was conducted to investigate the effect of adding water-based ferrofluid to diesel fuel on engine performance. To our knowledge, Magnetic nanoparticles had not been used before. To this end, emulsified diesel fuels of 0, 0.4, and 0.8 water-based ferrofluid/Diesel ratios by volume were used as fuel. The ferrofluid used in this study was a handmade water-based ferrofluid prepared by the authors. The results show that adding water-based ferrofluid to diesel fuel has a perceptible effect on engine performance, increasing the brake thermal efficiency relatively up to 12%, and decreasing the brake specific fuel consumption relatively up to 11% as compared to diesel fuel. In addition, the results indicate that increasing ferrofluid concentration will magnify the results. Furthermore, it was found that magnetic nanoparticles can be collected at the engine exhaust using magnetic bar
  4. Keywords:
  5. Brake specific fuel consumption ; Brake thermal efficiency ; Engine performance ; Experimental studies ; Ferrofluid ; Four stroke diesel engines ; Magnetic nanoparticles ; Water based ; Brakes ; Diesel fuels ; Emulsification ; Exhaust systems (engine) ; Exhibitions ; Mechanical engineering ; Nanoparticles ; Systems analysis ; Thermodynamics ; Diesel engines
  6. Source: ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011, 11 November 2011 through 17 November 2011 ; Volume 4, Issue PARTS A AND B , November , 2011 , Pages 1339-1343 ; 9780791854907 (ISBN)
  7. URL: http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1643434