Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Science, and Innovation
Vol 4, No 2 (2024): (October)

Performance and Emissions Investigation of Methanol-Butanol-Ethanol Accumulation as an Alternative Gasoline Mixture in Spark Ignition Engines

Setyono, Gatot (Unknown)
Khusna, Dwi (Unknown)
Kholili, Navik (Unknown)
Diantoro, Nova Arizal (Unknown)
Saputra, Firman Dirga (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Nov 2024

Abstract

Alternative fuels such as Methanol-Butanol-Etanol (MBE) are worthy of development because of their optimal characteristics in SI engines. Selective government regulations on vehicle emissions require a shift to environmentally friendly innovative energy. Fuel-containing alcohol has been proven to reduce pollution levels in vehicles optimally. This research has explored MBE fuel mixtures with three variants through experimental methods. Variations MBE1, MBE2 and MBE3 were mixed with gasoline (RON-90) with capacities (5:2:1, 8:4:1, and 10:6:1)v/v when tested using a dyno test on an SI engine automatic type compression ratio 10:1 with a speed gap of 4000-9000rpm. During testing, torque and Mep experienced an optimal increase in MBE3 fuel of 10.78% and 10.55% compared to commercial fuel (RON-90). Engine power and thermal efficiency increased respectively by 10.03% and 10.69%. This condition is inversely proportional to SFC, which decreased by 21.05%. Furthermore, CO and HC exhaust emissions decreased by 12.12% and 4.60% respectively. This phenomenon shows that MBE fuel shows environmentally friendly performance and exhaust emissions for SI engines in daily activities.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jmesi

Publisher

Subject

Control & Systems Engineering Energy Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Description

Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Science, and Innovation (JMESI) is a peer-reviewed journal in English published two issues per year (in April and October). JMESI dedicated to publishing quality and innovative research in the field of mechanical engineering and science, thereby promoting ...