Investigation on tyre oil diesel Blends doped with cerium oxide nano Particles in a direct injection Compression ignition engine

Abstract

In India, day by day raise in the utilization of fossil fuels as well as an increase in petroleum fuel price will be a huge worry. An increase in crude oil price and the massive out-go of foreign exchange affect the progress of India. Global warming, climatic change, fossil fuel exhaustion, energy demands, accessibility of non-renewable conventional fuels have led to the search for alternative energy. Finding alternative fuels is; especially important to address this problem. The Present work, focused mainly on using oil derived from waste tyre as an alternative fuel for compression ignition engine. The direct use of waste tyre pyrolysis oil is not suitable for Compression Ignition (CI) engine; because it has dust, humidity and it affects the engine characteristics. It is converted into pure tyre oil by using bubble washing technology. Then the purified tyre oil is mixed in the proportion of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% with diesel. The test fuel property was analyzed as per the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards and compared with that of diesel. It reveals that among the four blends the fuel properties of B5 blend are nearer to that of diesel properties and the results are presented in this report. The doping of nanoparticles with diesel and tyre oil blend are carried out to enhance the combustion characteristics of the engine and to reduce the emission level. In this point of view, this work also aims to prepare the Cerium Oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles by sol-gel process because it is an excellent semiconducting material with a wide band gap that is widely-known for its catalytic properties. newline