A SEMINAR REPORT

ON

“DUEL FUEL ENGINE”

Is submitted to
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, ANANTAPURAMU
In partial fulfillment of the requirement

For the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OFTECHNOLOGY

In

MECHANICALENGINEERING
During the academic year 2019 – 2020
SEMINAR ASSOCIATE
S.MAHABOOBBASHA 169F1A0317
Under the esteemed guidance of
Mr.J.SREE HARI, M.Tech.
Assistant Professor

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICALENGINEERING
SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(Affiliated to JNTUA, and Approved by A.I.C.T.E, NewDelhi)
NH– 44, HAMPAPURAM, ANANTAPUR – 515722.www.svitatp.org
2016 – 2020

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICALENGINEERING
SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY

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 (Affiliated to JNTUA, and Approved by A.I.C.T.E, New Delhi)
NH – 44, HAMPAPURAM, ANANTAPUR – 515722.www.svitatp.org

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the seminar work entitled “DUEL FUEL ENGINE" the
bonafide record work done by
S.MAHABOOBBASHA 169F1A0317
Under my supervision and guidance, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for
the award of the degree of “Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering” during
the academic year 2019 – 2020.
During the period to of the project their conduct was found to be satisfactory.

Project Guide: Head of the Department:

Mr. J.SREE HARI M.Tech., Mr. K. PAVAN KUMAR REDDYM.Tech.,

Assistant Professor (Ph.D).,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor,
Sri Venkateswara Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Anantapuram. Sri Venkateswara Institute of Technology,
Anantapuram

Date of External Viva –voce: External Examiner

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The satisfaction that accompanies the successful companies of any task would be incomplete

without introducing the people who made it possible and whose constant guidance and

encouragement crowns all the efforts with success.

It gives us an immense pleasure to express our profound gratitude and indebtedness to

our seminar guide Mr. J.SREE HARI, Assistant Professor for his valuable and inspiring

guidance throughout the progress of the seminar.

We express our heartfelt thanks to Mr. K. Pavan Kumar Reddy, Head of the

Department of Mechanical Engineering, for his kind attention and valuable guidance to us

throughout the course.

We avail this opportunity & our deep sense of the gratitude and sincere thanks to our

principal, Dr. T. Surya Sekhara Reddy, who always is a tremendous source of inspiration to

the student fraternity.

We here by submit our earnest and humble thanks to our beloved Vice-Chairman,

Sri. C. Chakradhar Reddy, for his great appreciation and endorsement.

We are also thankful to all my college teaching and non-teaching staff for providing us

with necessary facilities, which enabled us to complete the seminar successfully in time.

We take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to my parents and to all those who

helped us directly or indirectly at various stages of this project.

SEMINAR BY

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 ABSTRACT

DUAL FUEL ENGINE COMBUSTION AND EMISSIONS – AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

COUPLED WITH COMPUTER SIMULATION

Alternative fuels have been getting more attention as concerns escalate over

exhaust pollutant emissions produced by internal combustion engines, higher fuel costs, and

the depletion of crude oil. Various solutions have been proposed, including utilizing

alternative fuels as a dedicated fuel in spark ignited engines, diesel pilot ignition engines, gas

turbines, and dual fuel and bi-fuel engines. Among these applications, one of the most

promising options is the diesel derivative dual fuel engine with natural gas as the supplement

fuel.

This study aims to evaluate diesel and dual fuel combustion in a natural gas-

diesel dual fuel engine. More dual fuel engines are being utilized due to stricter emission

standards, increasing costs of diesel fuel and decreasing costs of natural gas. Originally sold as

diesel engines, these units are converted to natural gas-diesel fuel engines using an

aftermarket dual fuel kit. As natural gas is mixed with air intake, the amount of diesel used is

reduced. The maximum natural gas substitution is limited by knock or emissions of carbon

monoxide and total hydrocarbons.

In this research a John Deere 6068H diesel engine is converted to dual fuel

operation. The engine is a Tier II, 6 cylinder, 6.8 liter, 4-stroke compression ignition engine

with a compression ratio of 17:1 and a power rating of 168 kW at 2200 rpm. A natural gas fuel

system is installed to deliver fuel upstream of the turbocharger compressor. The engine

operates at 1800 rpm through five different load points in diesel and dual fuel operating

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CONTENTS

Sl.No. Description Page. No.

Acknowledgement Iii

Abstract Iv

1 CHAPTER – I : INTRODUCTION 01 – 06

1.1 Compression ignition engine emission 01

1.2 The effect of exhaust emission 01

1.3 Gaseous fuels in CI engines
03
1.4 natural gas
2 CHAPTER – II :: LITERATURE SURVEY 04 – 06
CHAPTER – III :: EXPERIMENTAL SETUPAND TEST
3 07 – 32
PLAN
3.1 Introduction 07
3.2 Flow meters 08

3.3.1 Avl fuel balance and DEVX measurement 08

3.3.2 Neutral gas flow measurement 08

3.3 Emission concentration measurement 09

3.3.1 Gas analyzer 09

3.3.2 Fourier transform infra Red -spectrometer 10

3.4.3 PM concentration measurement 10

3.4 Test plan 12

3.4 Advantages and disadvantages duel fuel engine 13

3.6 Combustion analysis 14

3.7 Effects of diesel displacements and injection timing 14

3.8 optimization timing 14
4 CHAPTER-4 CONCLUSION 15-16

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References 17- 18

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure
Description Page. No.
No.

1.1 Global carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion 03

1.2 Diesel fuel and natural gas price comparisons 04

3.1 Engine test setup figure 08

3.2 Nicolet Magna 560 FTIR spectrometer used in the research 11

3.3 Dilution tunnel schematic diagram 12

3.4 Diesel fuel injection timing at various loads 13

COV of IMEP of diesel and dual fuel engines as a function of brake

3.5 power 15