Hybrid MWCNT and TiO2 Nanoparticle-Suspended Waste Tyre Oil Biodiesel for CI Engines

T Sathish; V Mohanavel; T Raja; M Ravichandran; P Murugan; S Suresh Kumar; Sultan Alqahtani; Sultan Alshehery; J Isaac Joshua Ramesh Lalvani

doi:10.1155/2023/8626155

Hybrid MWCNT and TiO₂ Nanoparticle-Suspended Waste Tyre Oil Biodiesel for CI Engines

Bioinorg Chem Appl. 2023 Feb 3:2023:8626155. doi: 10.1155/2023/8626155. eCollection 2023.

Authors

T Sathish¹, V Mohanavel^{2

3}, T Raja⁴, M Ravichandran^{5

6}, P Murugan², S Suresh Kumar², Sultan Alqahtani⁷, Sultan Alshehery⁷, J Isaac Joshua Ramesh Lalvani⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai 602105, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Centre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai 600073, Tamil Nadu, India.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, Glocal University, Delhi-Yamunotri Marg, Uttar Pradesh, 247121, India.
⁴ Material Science Lab, Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, SIMATS University, Chennai 600077, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy 621112, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering and University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali 140413, Punjab, India.
⁷ College of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Department, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Production Engineering, AMIT, Arbaminch University, Ethiopia.

Abstract

Nowadays, scarcity arises in almost all our basic needs, including water, fuel, and food. Recycling used and scrapped things for a valuable commodity is highly appreciable for compensating for the globally fast-growing demand. This paper aims to investigate waste tyre oil for preparing biodiesel for CI engines by enhancing their performance with hybrid nanoparticles for preparing nanofuel and hybrid nanofuel. The nanoparticles (30-40 nm) of MWCNT and TiO₂ were utilized to prepare nanofuels with nanoparticle concentrations of MWCNT (300 ppm) and TiO₂ (300 ppm), respectively. In the case of hybrid nanofuel, the nanoparticle concentration of MWCNT (150 ppm) and TiO₂ (150 ppm) was preferred. The performance of the proposed nanofuel and hybrid nanofuel with pure diesel was evaluated. The proposed fuel performance outperforms the combustion performance, has higher engine efficiency, and has fewer emissions. The best performances were noticed in hybrid nanofuel that has 32% higher brake thermal efficiency than diesel and 24% and 4% lower BSFC and peak pressure than diesel, respectively. The emission performance is also 29%, 50%, and 13% lower in CO, HC, and CO₂ emissions than that in pure diesel.

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