Liquid fuel from waste tires: novel refining, advanced characterization and utilization in engines with ethyl levulinate as an additive

Mohan, Akhil and Dutta, Saikat and Balusamy, Saravanan and Madav, Vasudeva (2021) Liquid fuel from waste tires: novel refining, advanced characterization and utilization in engines with ethyl levulinate as an additive. RSC Advances, 11 (17). pp. 9807-9826. ISSN 2046-2069

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Abstract

Pyrolysis is a promising thermochemical strategy to convert scrap tires into diesel-like fuels. Crude tire pyrolysis oil (CTPO) was produced in a 10 ton rotating autoclave reactor by thermal depolymerization of the tire polymers. In this work, the prior-reported straightforward and inexpensive strategy of upgrading CTPO using a combination of silica gel (as adsorbent) and petroleum ether (as the solvent) has been scaled up with minimal loss in mass of oil and improved physicochemical characteristics (e.g., lowered acid value, low sulfur content). The upgraded TPO (StTPO) was characterized extensively to better understand their chemical compositions, physicochemical properties, and combustion characteristics. StTPO was mixed with diesel in different volumetric proportions and the blends were studied for performance and emission characteristics in a single-cylinder engine. The use of biomass-derived ethyl levulinate (EL) as a fuel oxygenate improved the cold-flow properties of StTPO-diesel blends as well as lowered the exhaust emissions (e.g., lower NOx). A fuel blend consisting of 50% diesel, 40% StTPO, and 10% EL demonstrated the best fuel properties in the single-cylinder diesel engine.

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Balusamy, SaravananUNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chemical compositions; Cold flow properties; Combustion characteristics; Performance and emissions; Physicochemical characteristics; Single cylinder engine; Single-cylinder diesel engine; Thermal depolymerization
Subjects: Physics > Mechanical and aerospace
Depositing User: . LibTrainee 2021
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2021 04:10
Last Modified: 09 Aug 2021 04:10
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/8728
Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra08803j
OA policy: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/25266
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