Journal Article

Evaluation of Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Oil Performance with Diethyl Ether Additive on Insulated Piston Diesel Engine

Padmanabhan, S., Joel, C., Harsha, K.G.D. Sri, Ganesan, S., Joel, Linda, Reddy, Obulareddy Yuvatejeswar

2021

Overview

Considering the amount of waste plastics has risen significantly, energy may be extracted from it. Not only is it possible to dispose of waste plastics by converting them to fuel, but it is also possible to extract energy from them. Our research is motivated by the prospect of using waste plastics as a source of energy through waste plastic pyrolysis oil (WPPO). The innovation of this research is that it will assess the efficiency of plastic pyrolysis oil derived from Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) on a Thermal Barrier Coated (TBC) piston engine. The incremental ratio of WPPO to pure diesel with the addition of diethyl ether (DEE) was determined and its output and exhaust emission standards were evaluated using a direct injection single cylinder low heat rejection diesel engine. The results for the WPPO blends were promising as with TBCW20DEE10 demonstrating a 5 to 15% increase in carbon monoxide under different load conditions. TBCW20DEE10 confirmed a greater reduction of hydrocarbons varying from 5 to 12 %. At half load condition, TBCW20DEE10 emits approximately 3.5 % less unit of smoke.

• Publisher: Technoscience Publications
• Subject: Carbon monoxide / Diesel / Diesel engines / Diesel fuels / Diethyl ether / Emission analysis / Emission standards / Energy sources / Exhaust emission / High density polyethylenes / Low density polyethylenes / Oil wastes / Piston engines / Plastic debris / Polyethylene / Pyrolysis / thermal barrier coating, coated piston, diethyl ether, diesel engine, waste plastic pyrolysis oil