TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of thermal barrier coating with various blends of pumpkin seed oil methyl ester in DI diesel engine
AU - Karthickeyan, V.
AU - Balamurugan, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their thanks to University Grants Commission- South Eastern Regional Office, Hyderabad, India for financial support through Minor research project for teachers with grant number 4-4/2013-14 (MRP- SEM/UGC- SERO).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - The rise in oil prices, dependency on fossil fuels, degradation of non-renewable energy resources and global warming strives to find a low-carbon content alternative fuel to the conventional fuel. In the present work, Partially Stabilized Zirconia (PSZ) was used as a thermal barrier coating in piston head, cylinder head and intake and exhaust valves using plasma spray technique, which provided a rise in combustion chamber temperature. With the present study, the effects of thermal barrier coating on the blends of Pumpkin Seed Oil Methyl Ester (PSOME) were observed in both the coated and uncoated engine. Performance and emission characteristics of the PSOME in coated and uncoated engines were observed and compared. Increased thermal efficiency and reduced fuel consumption were observed for B25 and diesel in coated and uncoated engine. On comparing with the other biodiesel samples, B25 exhibited lower HC, NOx and smoke emissions in thermally coated engine than uncoated engine. After 100 h of operation, no anamolies were found in the thermally coated components except minor cracks were identified in the edges of the piston head.
AB - The rise in oil prices, dependency on fossil fuels, degradation of non-renewable energy resources and global warming strives to find a low-carbon content alternative fuel to the conventional fuel. In the present work, Partially Stabilized Zirconia (PSZ) was used as a thermal barrier coating in piston head, cylinder head and intake and exhaust valves using plasma spray technique, which provided a rise in combustion chamber temperature. With the present study, the effects of thermal barrier coating on the blends of Pumpkin Seed Oil Methyl Ester (PSOME) were observed in both the coated and uncoated engine. Performance and emission characteristics of the PSOME in coated and uncoated engines were observed and compared. Increased thermal efficiency and reduced fuel consumption were observed for B25 and diesel in coated and uncoated engine. On comparing with the other biodiesel samples, B25 exhibited lower HC, NOx and smoke emissions in thermally coated engine than uncoated engine. After 100 h of operation, no anamolies were found in the thermally coated components except minor cracks were identified in the edges of the piston head.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00231-017-2058-8
DO - 10.1007/s00231-017-2058-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019039776
SN - 0947-7411
VL - 53
SP - 3141
EP - 3154
JO - Warme - Und Stoffubertragung
JF - Warme - Und Stoffubertragung
IS - 10
ER -
