Assessment and performance of ferrocene nanoparticle-hibiscus cannabinus biodiesel admixed fuel blended with Hydrogen in direct injection (DI) engine
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This research uses ferrocene nanoparticle blended with Ambadi-biofuel as fuel while monitoring the resultant effects of varying hydrogen flow-rates on the emission, combustion and performance of a direct injection (DI) engine. The nanoparticles were characterized, ultrasonicated and stabilized in biodiesel. The blended nanofuel was admixed with a fixed volume of hydrogen at flowrates of 10 and 12 lpm in the intake air and further injected into the diesel engine. The Ferrocene-nanoparticle biofuel (BN@50 ppm) blend gave low CO, NOx, and HC emissions with an appreciable increase in the brake thermal efficiency (BTE). Furthermore, with hydrogen enrichment on BN@50 ppm at 10 LPM, (i.e., BNH@10 LPM), there was a marginal increase in the BTE (36%) and a decrease in the CO (0.6 g/kWh), NOx (163 g/kWh) and HC (18 g/kWh), emissions with improved combustion compared those of the diesel and biodiesel which confirm the suitability of BNH@10 LPM fuel.
