EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING OF MICROBUBBLES IN

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

INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVE
Diesel fuel is difficult to be effectively pre-mixed with oxygen i. To gain knowledge about the characteristics of bubbles in
compared to gasoline, which cause the incomplete combustion. By water medium as the reference.
adding the bubbles containing of oxygen into diesel fuel, it has ii. Learning about new application that can be apply about the
been considered to be an effective ways to reduce the particulate characteristics of bubbles in diesel medium
emission with small penalties on NOx and fuel consumption. This iii. Compare the reference characteristics of bubbles with various
method might be one of the simplest way and cost saving, thus size with diesel medium.
provide the solutions for improving existing diesel engines to meet
increasingly strict emission regulations.
LITERATURE REVIEW METHODOLOGY

Start
Micro Nano Micro-nano
Study the Characteristics of
Microbubbles
Characteris 1) High Gas 1) Range from 1) Diameter
tics Dissolution 100 nm to ranging from Currently at Literature Review
Rate 200 nm tens of this stage
2) Rising Speed 2) Different nanometers
3) Reduced according to 2) Has high
Frictional not only the internal Defining the current problem
Resistance kinds of pressures and
4) High Inertial mixing device rapid mass
Pressure and operating transfer rates Analysis the new and current
5) Large Gas- conditions, but 3) Have lower experiment:-
Liquid also the time rising velocity 1) By using water medium
Interfacial they are in the liquid 2) By using diesel fuel medium
Area mixed phase.
6) Microbubbles 4) Can persist in
Study and design the experiement
Bubbling water for long
7) Zeta Potential periods
8) Dissolution
Any Yes
and Shrinking
9) Rheological improvement
Behaviour
No
Application 1) Reduce 1) Had advanced 1) Surface water
nitrogen oxide and activated treatment End
emission from combustion by
oxygen a physical and Experiment Set Up
enrichment chemical
2) Increased action.
oxygen level 2) Used for the Image Description
in the energy saving
combustion and
chamber environmental
tends to load reduction Digital Microscope
reduce the of diesel
energy engine
required to
burn
combustible
mixture.
Conclusion Suggested size Nano bubbles is The inconsistency Microbubbles encapsulated
because the too tiny that has of the size of with oxygen
bubbles is not too high density and bubbles can
big or small that pressure which affect the engine
has moderate harder to efficiency due to
amount of density compress in the the different
and pressure diesel engine. density and
which may be pressure of the
suitable to be bubbles during Microbubbles encapsulated
used in the diesel compression. with diesel fuel
fuel

PROBLEM STATEMENT REFERENCES

1. The diesel fuel engine is less efficient than petrol engine due to
the incomplete combustion
2. The environmental pollution due to the emission of PM and NOx
from incomplete combustion of the diesel fuel.
PROJECT SCOPE
To analyse whether the suggested size of bubbles, which is
microbubbles is suitable to be used in diesel fuel to increase the
rate of combustion of diesel engine.
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