Influence of fuel temperature on combustion and emission of biodiesel

To study the influence of fuel temperature on performances of biodiesel engine, combustion and emission performances of biodiesel engine at different fuel temperatures are tested and studied. It is found with the increase of fuel temperature, combustion pressure and instantaneous heat release rate curves leave far away from the top dead center and at high loads the combustion delays obviously; peak combustion pressure and peak instantaneous heat release rate decrease and at high loads the reduction increases; the backward combustion increases; at 1500 r/min, compared with 25 degrees C, NOx emissions of biodiesel at 40 degrees C and 55 degrees C averagely decrease by 7.6% and 9.1%, but smoke emissions averagely increase by 29.1% and 54.1%. Results indicate that fuel temperature has important influence on performances of biodiesel and it can be selected as a basic parameter to control the combustion and emission of biodiesel. (C) 2015 Energy Institute. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.