Performance Improvement of a Portable Electric Generator Using an Optimized Bio-Fuel Ratio in a Single Cylinder Two-Stroke Engine

The performance of an electrical generator using bio-fuel and gasoline blends of different composition as fuel in a single cylinder engine is presented. The effect of an optimized blend ratio of bio-fuel with gasoline on engine performance improvement and thereby on the electrical generator output i...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2011-11, Vol.4 (11), p.1937-1949
Main Authors: Misron, Norhisam, Rizuan, Suhairi, Vaithilingam, Aravind, Mailah, Nashiren Farzilah, Tsuyoshi, Hanamoto, Hiroaki, Yamada, Yoshihito, Shirai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agribusiness
bio-fuel
Efficiency
Energy consumption
Engineering
Engines
Ethanol
generator output power
Generators
optimized blending ratio
Ratios
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Summary:The performance of an electrical generator using bio-fuel and gasoline blends of different composition as fuel in a single cylinder engine is presented. The effect of an optimized blend ratio of bio-fuel with gasoline on engine performance improvement and thereby on the electrical generator output is studied. Bio-fuels such as ethanol, butanol and methanol are blended with gasoline in different proportions and evaluated for performance. The effects of different bio-fuel/gasoline blending ratios are compared experimentally with that of the gasoline alone using the output power developed by the electric generator as the evaluation parameter. With a composition of 10% ethanol–gasoline, the engine performance is increased up to 6% and with a blending ratio of 20% butanol–gasoline the performance is increased up to 8% compared to the use of 100% gasoline. The investigations are performed on a portable generator used in palm tree harvesting applications.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en4111937