PROBATIONARY RESEARCH OF MICROBUBBLES’

ATTRIBUTES IN DIESEL FUEL

PREPARED BY : MUHAMMAD AMIRUL AMRI BIN ABDULLAH
SUPERVISOR : DR. ERNY AFIZA BINTI ALIAS

INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVE
i. To gain knowledge about the characteristics of bubbles in
Diesel fuel is difficult to be effectively pre-mixed with oxygen
water medium as the reference.
compared to gasoline, which cause incomplete combustion. By
ii. To obtain the practical understanding of the characteristics of
adding the bubbles containing oxygen into diesel fuel, it has been
bubbles in diesel medium.
considered to be an effective way to reduce the particulate
iii. Compare the reference characteristics of bubbles with various
emission with small penalties on NOx and fuel consumption. This
size by using diesel medium.
method might be one of the simplest way and cost saving, thus
provide the solutions for improving existing diesel engines to meet
increasingly strict emission regulations.
METHODOLOGY
Experiment Set Up
Start
Image Description
Study the Characteristics of
Microbubbles

Digital Microscope Literature Review

Define the current problem

Analyze the new and current

Micro Diaphragm Pump experiment:-
Currently at 1) By using water medium
this stage 2) By using diesel fuel medium

Study and design the experiment

Power Supply Any Yes

improvement
No

End

Preliminary Results
Petri Dish

Before After
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PVC Tube

Microbubble Generator [Foam Taro]

[BL12AA-12-R4]

PROBLEM STATEMENT
1. The diesel fuel engine is less efficient than petrol engine due to
incomplete combustion
2. The environmental pollution due to the emission of PM and NOx
from incomplete combustion of the diesel fuel.
1.
PROJECT SCOPE
1. To analyze the characteristics of microbubbles whether it is
suitable to be used in diesel fuel to increase the rate of 2.
combustion in diesel engine.
2. According to previous experiments, the size of the bubbles is an 3.
important factor in frictional drag reduction by microbubbles
3. Usually bubbles larger than a certain diameter (for example 1
mm) have no effect on frictional drag reduction. 4.
4. Moreover, the bubble size does not increase with increasing flow
rate, this is a favorable characteristic for practical purposes.
INITIAL DISCUSSION
Size of the microbubbles against the life span were
performed to investigate the characteristics of the
microbubbles.
Considerable increment or decrement of size of the
microbubbles was observed after 3 days.
When the size of the microbubbles is small, it has high
density, pressure and temperature, thus the ion charge
does not stable and vice versa.
As a result, produce a better reducing resistance in
diesel fuel engine.