Claude Valery Ngayihi Abbe, Robert Nzengwa, Raidandi Danwe, Zacharie Merlin Ayissi, Marcel Obounou

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Laboratory of Applied Mathematics, National Advanced School of Engineering, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon;Faculty of Industrial Engineering, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon.
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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Abstract: Diesel engines have proven over the years important in terms of efficiency and fuel consumption to power generation ratio. Many research works show the potential of biodiesel as a substitute for conventional gasoil. Mainly, previous and recent researches have focused on experimental investigation of diesel engine performance fuelled by biodiesel. Researches on the mathematical description of diesel engine process running on biodiesel are scarce, and mostly about chemical and thermodynamic description of the combustion process of biodiesel rather than performance studies. This work describes a numerical investigation on the performance analysis of a diesel engine fuelled by palm oil biodiesel. The numerical investigation was made using a semi empirical 0D model based on Wiebe’s and Watson’s model which was implemented via the open access numerical calculation software Scilab. The model was validated first by comparing with experimental pressure and performance data of a one cylinder engine at rated speed and secondly by comparing with a six cylinders engine performance data at various crankshaft rotational speeds. Simulations were then made to analyze the engine performance when running on biodiesel. The calculations were made at constant combustion duration and constant coefficient of excess air. Results showed that the model matches the overall experimental data, such as the power output and peak cylinder pressure. The ignition delay was somehow underestimated by the model for the first experiment, which caused a slight gap on in cylinder pressure curve, whereas it predicted the average ignition delay fairly well for the second set of validation. The simulations of engine performance when running on biodiesel confirmed results obtained in previous experimental researches on biodiesel. The model will be further investigated for engine control when shifting to biodiesel fuel.

Keywords: Semi-Empirical 0D Model; Scilab; Biodiesel; Performance; Diesel Engine

Cite this paper: C. Abbe, R. Nzengwa, R. Danwe, Z. Ayissi and M. Obounou, "Simulation of a DI Diesel Engine Performance Fuelled on Biodiesel Using a Semi-Empirical 0D Model," Energy and Power Engineering, Vol. 5 No. 10, 2013, pp. 596-603. doi: 10.4236/epe.2013.510066.

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