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International Journal of Intellectual Advancements and

Research in Engineering Computations

Experimental Investigation of Novel Methanol Fumigation on

Single Cylinder Constant Speed Diesel Engine
M.Bharathiraja1, S.Mohanesh2, R.Manikandan2, C.Suthan2, R. Revand2
1 2
Assistant Professor (Sr.G), UG Students
Department of Automobile Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode-638060,
Tamil Nadu, India.
1
bharathi.te@gmail.com, 2mohutrendz@gmail.com
Abstract - Bio fuels play an important role as alternate fuel efficiency. It powers much of our land and sea
in diesel engines. In this paper, methanol fumigation on a transport, provides electrical power, and is used in
constant speed single cylinder diesel engine is farming, construction and industrial activities. Despite
experimentally investigated. Fumigation is a method by its significant advantages, the tailpipe emissions from
which volatile fuels are injected into the intake manifold.
CI engines, especially particulate matter (PM) and
Previously Carburetion and injection arrangements are
used for fumigation. In this work, computer control NOx, are still a matter of great concern.
injection using LabVIEW software is attempted for The necessities for the search fuels are to
methanol fumigation and common rail is used to inject at ensure that when the shortfall in crude oil occurs,
same pressure always. Methanol at different rates is used as there can be a smooth transition to other fuels, to
fumigation fuels. The performance and emission provide long-term security of supply because well
characteristics are studied with and without fumigation. over half of the world’s crude oil is in the Middle
Fumigation increases specific fuel consumption, carbon East, to improve air quality because the alternative
monoxide emission, and hydrocarbon emission. Fumigation fuel may give cleaner exhaust gases, and to
decreases brake thermal efficiency at low load, carbon di- overcome the absence of an indigenous crude oil
oxide and smoke. Fumigation increases specific fuel supply together with an adverse balance of payments
consumption at medium and high load conditions. The situation. (Tiruvenkadam 2015) The selection
results show that fumigation replaces diesel up to certain criteria of alternative fuels are, it must be cheap and
percentage and reduces both nitrogen oxides as well as
should be available everywhere, it must burn and
smoke.
produce less emission, it must have high calorific
value, it must be easy and cheaper to produce, it
Index words - Fumigation, Methanol, Electronic injection, should need less modification in existing engines, it
LabVIEW. should increase the engine life, it should require less
engine maintenance, and it should be easy for
I. INTRODUCTION handling and storage.
The world energy demand witnessed fears in Out of available bio-fuels such as biogas,
two dimensions for the last two decades (Nwafor 2004). bio-methanol and biodiesel, methanol is very much
Firstly, the price of conventional fossil fuel is too high striking and capable alternative fuel due to its
and has added burden on the economy of the importing storage facility and handling (Ganesan, 2002).
Biogas requires high pressure for storage and
nations. Secondly, combustion of fossil fuels is the main
leakage is also a problem. Biodiesel is produced
culprit in increasing the global carbon dioxide (CO2)
from edible and non edible sources. Edible sources
level, a consequence of global warming. The scarcity and are not having very much potential for IC engines,
depletion of conventional sources are also cases of since they are the suppliers of food for the
concern and have prompted research world-wide into population. Non edible source cultivation indirectly
alternative energy sources for internal combustion (IC) reduces the sources of edible source.
engines. Compression ignition (CI) engine is in the pace The alcohol is the fuel of the family of
of increasing popularity due to its higher thermal oxygenates. The alcohol molecule has one or more

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oxygen, which contributes to the combustion. The loads is compared (Cheng et al. 2008). Blended mode
alcohols are named accordingly to the basic molecules has lower CO, HC and NO2 and particulate emissions
of hydrocarbon which derives from them: Methanol and however, the fumigation mode gives higher brake
(CH3OH); Ethanol (C2H5OH); Propanol (C3H7OH); thermal efficiency at medium and high engine loads.
Butanol (C4H9OH). Theoretically, any of the organic The experiment clearly shows two different conditions
molecules of the alcohol family can be used as a fuel. with their effects over exhaust gas and engine
Two of the alcohols which are having simplest performance.
molecular structure are technically and economically The fumigation of methanol is tested in 4-
suitable as fuels for internal combustion engines and cylinder direct injection diesel engine which
they are methanol and ethanol. Methanol is produced influences engine combustion and particulate
by a variety of processes, i.e., distillation of wood; emissions (Zhang et al. 2013). It reduces diesel fuel
distillation of coal; natural gas and petroleum gas. consumed and increases the heat release rate in
Ethanol is produced mainly from biomass premixed mode. With the application of fumigation
transformation, or bioconversion. It can also be methanol, the minimum in-cylinder pressure decreases
produced by synthesis from petroleum or mineral coal. from low to medium engine load, but increases at high
The advantages of methanol include they can be made engine load. It also increases the ignition delay, but
out of organic material such as biomass and municipal has no significant influence on the combustion
waste; methanol combustion produces higher duration. It effectively reduces particulate mass and
combustion pressures inside the combustion chamber number of concentrations and increases the fraction of
of the IC engines; methanols have better combustion nucleation mode particles, and thus decreases the
characteristics and performance due to the increased Geometric Mean Diameter (GMD) from medium-to-
volumetric efficiency of methanol fuel; better safety for high engine loads.
fire, leakage and spillages; methanols have a lower The inferences obtained from the above
evaporative emission; carbon content in methanol is discussions are as follows:
very small, and methanols do not require special
 Methanol is used as fumigation fuels.
transportation.
 Fumigation is applied for common rail diesel
The methods of using methanol in diesel
engine are methanol fumigation, methanol-diesel blend, engine, turbo charged engine, indirect injection
methanol-diesel emulsification and dual injection. engines and multi cylinder engines.
II. LITERATURE SURVEY  Biodiesel is combined with methanol fumigations.
 Emulsifier method is comparable with fumigation
The literatures in the areas of fumigations are method and fumigation gives better results.
collected and are reviewed here.  Fumigation improves performance, combustion
In alcohol fumigation, the alcohol fuel is and emission characteristics of diesel engines.
introduced into the intake air up stream of the manifold The objective of this paper is to investigate a
by spraying or carbureting (Abu-Qudais et al ., 2000; constant speed single cylinder diesel engine using
methanol fumigation for performance and emission.
Bhupendra Singh Chauhan et al., 2011). In ethanol–diesel
Methanol is used as a fumigation fuel with three
blend, ethanol and diesel fuels are premixed uniformly
different fumigation ratios of 10%, 20% and 30% on
and then injected into cylinder directly through the fuel
energy basis. Performance and emission
injector (Bilgin et al., 2002; Chaplin and Janius 1987). In characteristics are compared for methanol fumigation
methanol–diesel emulsification, an emulsifier is used to with diesel fuel.
mix the fuels to prevent separation (Cheng et al.,, 2008).
In dual injection, separate injection systems are used for III. MATERIALS AND METHODS
fuels injection (Goldsworthy 2013).
The direct-injection diesel engine operation in a The engine selected for this experimental
duel fuel mode using pongamia methyl ester injection work is a single cylinder, constant speed diesel engine.
The specification of the engine and testing equipments
and methanol carburetion on performance and emission
characteristics is experimentally investigated (Haribabu are given in Table 1.
Table 1. Specification of engine
et al. 2010). It is noted that exhaust gas temperatures are
moderate and there is a better reduction of NOx, HC, CO Parameter Details
and CO2 at a methanol mass flow rate of 16.2 mg/s. Make Kirloskar AV1
Smoke level is observed to be low and comparable. Number of cylinders, Single cylinder, four stroke
strokes
Improved thermal efficiency of the engine is also
Bore and Stroke 80mm and 110mm
observed.
The effect of applying biodiesel with either 10% Power 3.75kW @ 1500rpm
blended methanol or 10% fumigation methanol in 4- Compression ratio 18:01
cylinder diesel engine at 1800rev/min with 5 different Type of cooling Water cooling

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Cubic capacity 0.553 ltr

Loading Eddy current water cooled
dynamometer
Measurement of CO, AVL 444 gas analyzer
HC, Nox, Co2
Measurement of smoke AVL 437 smoke meter
opacity
The alcohol selected for this experiment is
methanol, which is readily available in India. The fuel
properties of methanol and diesel are tabulated in Table
2. Fig. 1Fumigation Arrangement
Table 2. Fuel Properties Methanol is injected into the manifold by
Fuel / property Methanol Diesel using electronic injector. Electronic injector is getting
methanol from the common rail tube. Fuel pulse
Chemical formula CH3OH C10H22 widths are generated by LabVIEW programs and are
Density (kg/m3) 792 856 given to the injector through driver circuit. Fuel pulse
Boiling temperature at 1.013 bar 64 188- widths are calculated for various loads using base fuel
(oC) 343 diesel. Common rail is getting methanol through the
Cetane number 4 40-55 electronic pump and fuel filter. The pressure regulator
Viscosity at 20oC (mPa S) 0.59 2.8 maintains the pressure at the common rail. When the
Lower heating value (MJ/kg) 19.7 43.8 pressure is more than the set value the regulator opens
Heat of vaporization (kJ/kg) 1178 270 and send the methanol to the tank. The pressure set on
the common rail is 300 kilo Pascal, which is always
Oxygen content (weight %) 50 0
o constant. The common rail fitted in the intake pipe is
Ignition temperature ( C) 470 316
shown in
Stoichiometric fuel / air ratio 0.12 0.15
Figure 2.
Methanol possesses high self ignition
temperature, high latent heat of vaporization and low
cetane number. Methanol contains 50% oxygen. Hence it
allows the engine to completely combust the fuel and
yielding low emissions. Methanol have lower energy
density compared to diesel and lower stoichiometric Air /
Fuel Ratio (AFR) which increases the fuel mass that must
be injected per cycle to achieve the same fuel equivalence
ratio. Cetane number determines the ignition
characteristics of fuel in diesel engines. If the cetane
Fig 2. Common rail fitted in intake pipe
number is higher, its ignition properties are better. Cetane
Common rail is mainly used to maintain the
numbers of methanol is 4. Lower cetane numbers
pressure constant at all loading conditions and when
indicated longer ignition delays, allowing more time for
there is excess pressure created, it is released to the
the fuel to vaporize before combustion starts. Methanol
tank through pressure regulator. At this pressure
has lower calorific value compared to diesel by 75.6%
methanol is injected in atomized and vaporized form
respectively. Therefore more methanols are to be
which is required to mix with inlet air.
replaced for getting the same power from the engine.
The Fuel map is the graph which shows the
In this experiment, fumigation method is
amount of fuel required for operating the engine at
selected for using methanols in diesel engines.
different operating conditions. In this experiment fuel
Carburetion technique is widely used for fumigating fuel
map is required for operating the engine at different
into the air. Instead of carburetion, electronic injection is
fumigation ratios. Using this fuel map only the
considered for fumigating methanol in this work. The
quantity of methanol required for different load
block diagram of the injection system developed is
condition is calculated. The fuel map is shown in
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 3.
Using base diesel reading the quantity of
fumigation fuel required is calculated on the basis of
energy. Methanol is injected at the ratio of 10%, 20%
and 30% on energy basis. For instance the energy
requirement for full loading of the engine when
operating in diesel only is 37350 kJ/hr which is
calculated by using diesel fuel consumption rate of

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0.8788 kg/hr. And 10% methanol fumigation ratio is

replacing 10% energy at full load i.e., 3735 kJ/hr and the IV. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND TESTING
amount of methanol injection required is 0.1895 kg/hr.
The schematic of the experimental setup is
Similarly for all loads and for all fumigation ratios, the
injection requirement is found using Figure 3. shown in Figure 7. The photographic view of the
experimental setup is shown in Figure 8. Smoke meter
1 Diesel was used to measure smoke and exhaust gas analyzer
Quantity Required in kg/hr

0.8 M10% was used to measure the emission values. Range and
M20% accuracy of different instruments used was shown in
0.6
M30% Table 3. Burettes were used to measure the volumetric
0.4 fuel consumption rates of diesel and methanols. The
exhaust gas temperature and cooling water outlet
0.2
temperature were measured online by a K-type iron
0 constant thermocouple.
0 20 40 60 80 100
Different Loads in %

Fuel pulse widths are required for operating the methanol

injector with different fumigation rates. In this
experiment, fuel pulse width can be obtained by
LabVIEW software, data acquisition hardware and driver
circuit. In LabVIEW software, square pulses are created
with different frequency and duty cycle. The program
developed is shown in Figure 4. Through data acquisition
hardware, square pulses are given to the driver circuit.
Analog output card NI 9263 and USB method data Fig 7. Schematic of the Experimental Setup
acquisition chassis NI 9472 are used as data acquisition
hardware. The data acquisition hardware is shown in
Figure 5. The L293D electronic chip is used as a driver
circuit. This electronic chip circuit is connected across
the data acquisition hardware, battery and methanol
injector. This driver circuit is used for injecting the fuel,
according to pulse width given by the software. The
driver circuit connection is shown in Figure 6.

Fig 8. Experimental Setup

Table 3. Range and Accuracy of Instruments
Instruments Range Accuracy
Fig 4. LabVIEW Program Gas analyzer CO 0-10 , +0.02 to -
CO2 0-20 , 0.02
HC 0-10000 +0.03 to -
ppm 0.03
NOx 0-5000 +20 ppm to -20
ppm ppm
+10 ppm to -10
ppm
Exhaust gas temperature 0-900 +1 to -1
Fig 5. Data Acquisition Hardware indicator
Speed measuring unit 0-1000 rpm +10 rpm to -10
rpm

The experiments were carried out for

different loads on the engine. The engine was run for
20 minutes to warm up. The quantities of fuel
Fig 6. Driver Circuit consumed at different loads of the engine were
measured. The intensity of smoke is measured by the

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light obscuration method in which the intensity of the power. The variation of BTE with loads of diesel and
light beam is reduced by smoke, which is a measure of fumigation fuels was shown in Figure 10. The result
smoke intensity. The carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons showed that methanol fumigation decreases the BTE
(UBHC) emissions were measured by Non-Dispersive at low load and increases the BTE at medium and
Infra Red (NDIR) analyzer. The exhaust gases are higher engine loads. The decrease in efficiency is up
allowed to pass through a water trap immersed in an ice to about 11% for 30% methanol fumigation at 20%
bath to separate the condensed water so that only dry load condition. The results indicate that the
exhaust gas is allowed into the exhaust analyzer. The combustion efficiency decreases at low loads, but
AVL five gas analyzer and smoke meter were used for could be improved at high loads, with an increase in
the measurement of exhaust gas emissions and smoke. the level of fumigation methanols. At low loads, the
The readings are taken for diesel and methanol with three fumigation methanol and the intake air to form a
fumigation rates. mixture which might be too lean to support
V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION combustion, resulting in deterioration in the
In this experiment, performance and emission combustion efficiency. At medium to high loads, the
mixture might be rich enough to support combustion,
were evaluated using diesel and diesel with methanol
resulting in better combustion. The enhanced rate of
fumigation. Three fumigation ratios are used and they are
heat release due to the combustion of the
10%, 20% and 30%. These ratios are obtained by using
homogeneous air/methanol mixture should help to
fuel map and electronic injection. The results on engine
performance and emission are discussed here. improve the brake thermal efficiency.
Specific Fuel Consumption (SFC) is calculated 35

Brake Thermal Efficiency in

by following equation. 30
SFC = (qm,d + qm,a)/Pb
25 D
Here qm,d and qm,a are mass consumption rated of
% D90M10
diesel and methanol and Pb is brake power. The variation 20
of SFC with loads of diesel and fumigation fuels was D80M20
15
shown in Figure 9. D70M30
0.9 10
Specific Fuel Consmuption

D
0.8 0.75 1.5 2.25 3 3.75
Brake Power in kW
0.7 D90M10
in kg/kw-hr

Fig 10. BTE Vs BP

0.6
D80M20 The variation of Oxides of nitrogen (NOx)
0.5
with loads of diesel and fumigation fuels was shown in
0.4 D70M30 Figure 11.
0.3 300
Oxides of Nitrogen in PPM

D
0.2 250 D90M10
0.75 1.5 2.25 3 3.75 D80M20
Brake Power in kW 200
D70M30
Fig 9. SFC Vs BP 150
The results showed that SFC was higher than 100
that of diesel fuel for any percentage of fumigated fuel 50
and increased with the level of fumigation. It showed
0
0.662 kg/kW-hr, 0.727 kg/kW-hr and 0.799 kg/kW-hr
0 0.75 1.5 2.25 3 3.75
SFC at 20% load for methanol fumigation, which is Brake Power in kW
12.9%, 24.1% and 36.3% higher than operating on diesel
Fig 11. NOX Vs BP
fuel. The methanol fumigation has higher SFC for all
The results showed that all rates of
ratios at all loads. The lower calorific value of methanol
fumigation gives lower NOx emission than diesel fuel.
is the reason for the increase of SFC in methanol
However, NOx emission increases with the rate of
fumigation. And also due to methanol fumigation, more
fumigation. Depending on engine load, NOx emission
cooling is happening inside the cylinder. Because of
is higher at low engine load than medium and higher
cooling effect more amount of fuel is needed to support
engine load. The reduction in NOx is about 9.33% at
the complete combustion and to provide the required
no load, 12.6% at 20% load, 21% at 40% load, 21.8%
amount of power.
at 60%, 14.4% at 80% load and 8.4% at full load for
Brake Thermal Efficiency (BTE) is calculated
30% methanol fumigation. The formation of NO x in a
by following equation.
BTE = { Pb / [(qm,d X QLHV, d) + (qm,a X QLHV, m)] } X 100 % diesel engine strongly depends on the temperature of
Here qm,d and qm,a are mass consumption rate of combustion and along with the concentration of
diesel and methanol, QLHV, d and and QLHV, m are lower oxygen present in the combustion process. Methanol
heating value of diesel and methanol and P b is brake has a high latent heat of vaporization hence less

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amount of heat is released during combustion process poor fuel distribution and low exhaust temperature,
which reduces the combustion temperature, leading to the lean fuel–air mixture regions may survive to escape
reduction of NOx formation, especially under the lean into the exhaust resulting in higher HC emissions.
conditions at lower engine loads. The variation of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) with
The variation of carbon monoxide (CO) with loads of diesel and fumigation fuels was shown in
loads of diesel and fumigation fuels was shown in Figure Figure 14.
12.
1.2
D
Carbon Monoxide in % Vol

Carbon dixoide in % Vol

1 D90M10 7
D90M10
0.8 D80M20 6
D80M20
0.6 D70M30 5 D70M30
0.4 4

0.2 3

0 2
0 0.75 1.5 2.25 3 3.75 0 0.75 1.5 2.25 3 3.75
Brake Power in kW Brake Power in kW
Fig 12. CO Vs BP Fig 14. CO2 Vs BP
The results showed that there is a significant The results showed that there is a significant
increase in CO emission with methanol fumigation decrease in CO2 emission with methanol fumigation
compared to diesel fuel. The results showed that the compared to diesel fuel. At an average reduction of
average CO emission increase was 3.1 times, 3.8 times 2.9%, 3.5% and 4.3% is obtained for methanol
and 4.7 times of diesel value for 10%, 20% and 30% fumigation at 10%, 20% and 30% fumigation rates
methanol fumigation ratios. Methanol lowers the in- respectively. In fumigation mode, brake thermal
cylinder gas temperature, which might be not able to efficiency decreases, which results in a significant
ignite the methanol during the expansion stroke. The increase in fuel consumption, which reduces the CO2.
rapid burning of vaporized methanol and subsequent CO2 emission greatly depends on the CO emission. In
charge cooling decrease the in-cylinder temperature that fumigation mode, due to having a higher heat of
might lead to incomplete oxidation of the CO to CO2 vaporization, methanol reduces the in-cylinder
during expansion stroke, resulting and increase in CO temperature, which leads to incomplete oxidation of
emission. the CO to CO2 during the expansion stroke and thus
The variation of Hydro Carbon (HC) with loads results in an increase in CO emission and decrease in
of diesel and fumigation fuels was shown in Figure 13. CO2 emission.
700 The variation of smoke with loads of diesel
D
Hydrocarbon in ppm

600 and fumigation fuels was shown in Figure 15.

D90M10
500
D80M20 40
400 D
D70M30
D90M10
Smoke in HSU

300
30 D80M20
200 D70M30
100 20
0
0 0.75 1.5 2.25 3 3.75 10
Brake Power in kW
Fig 13. HC Vs BP 0
From the results, it has been clear that methanol 0 0.75 Brake
1.5 Power
2.25
in kW 3 3.75
fumigation increases the HC emission compared to diesel The result showed that methanol fumigation
fuel. Moreover, the emission increases with the level of causes low smoke emission than diesel fuel. For
fumigation and decreases with increasing engine loads. methanol fumigation it was 13-30%, 18-39% and 22-
Their investigation showed that HC emission increases 45% at 10%, 20% and 30% fumigation. There is less
from 65 ppm to 585 ppm at no load while it varies from diesel fuel consumed with increasing methanol
46 ppm to 179.4 ppm at full load for 30% methanol fumigation since a portion of diesel fuel is replaced by
fumigation. Since methanol has cooling effect on methanol. Therefore, less diesel fuel is burned during
combustion processes, as a result poor combustion combustion and combust together with the methanol/
temperature might not be able to ignite the unburned air mixture which helps to burn faster and with higher
fumigated methanol during the expansion stroke which availability of oxygen, leading to a reduction in PM
leads to increase in HC emission. Especially at low emission.
engine load condition, due to large amount of excess air,

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