Biodiesel combustion, emissions and emission control

James P. Szybist; Juhun Song; Mahabubul Alam; André L. Boehman

doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2006.12.008

Biodiesel combustion, emissions and emission control

James P. Szybist, Juhun Song, Mahabubul Alam, André L. Boehman

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Abstract

The use of biodiesel is rapidly expanding around the world, making it imperative to fully understand the impacts of biodiesel on the diesel combustion process, pollutant formation and exhaust aftertreatment. Because its physical properties and chemical composition are distinctly different from conventional diesel fuel, biodiesel can alter the fuel injection and ignition processes whether neat or in blends. As a consequence, the emissions of NO_x and the amount, character and composition of particulate emissions are significantly affected. In this paper, we survey observations from a spectrum of our earlier studies on the impact of biodiesel on diesel combustion, emissions and emission control to provide a summary of the challenges and opportunities that biodiesel can provide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	679-691
Number of pages	13
Journal	Fuel Processing Technology
Volume	88
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2006.12.008
State	Published - Jul 2007
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The authors wish to express their thanks to the U.S Department of Energy and ConocoPhillips with whose support much of this work was performed under a project entitled “Ultra Clean Fuels from Natural Gas,” sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy under Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC26–01NT41098. The authors wish to thank Etop Esen, Kirk Miller, Doug Smith, Keith Lawson, Ed Casey, Rafael Espinoza and Jim Rockwell of ConocoPhillips, and John Wright and Edward Lyford-Pike of Cummins Engine Company for their support of this work. In addition, the authors wish to thank Dr. Robert McCormick of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for his guidance and encouragement. The authors are also deeply indebted to Vince Zello of Penn State University for technical support.

Funders	Funder number
Natural Gas
U.S Department of Energy and ConocoPhillips
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-FC26–01NT41098

Keywords

Biodiesel
Bulk modulus
Diesel particulate filter
Ignition
NO
Soot

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Biodiesel combustion, emissions and emission control

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