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A Study on the Corrosion Characteristics of Internal Combustion Engine Materials in Second-Generation Jatropha Curcas Biodiesel
Energies, Vol.14(14), pp.1-15
19/07/2021
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Abstract
The corrosiveness of biodiesel affects the fuel processing infrastructure and different parts of an internal combustion (IC) engine. The present study investigates the corrosion behaviour of automotive materials such as stainless steel, aluminium, cast iron, and copper in 20% (B20) and 30% (B30) by volume second-generation Jatropha biodiesel using an immersion test. The results were compared with petro-diesel (B0). Various fuel properties such as the viscosity, density, water content, total acid number (TAN), and oxidation stability were investigated after the immersion test using ASTM D341, ASTM D975, ASTM D445, and ASTM D6751 standards. The morphology of the corroded materials was investigated using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy SEM), whereas the elemental analysis was carried out using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The highest corrosion using biodiesel was detected in copper, while the lowest was detected in stainless steel. Using B20, the rate of corrosion in copper and stainless steel was 17% and 14% higher than when using diesel, which further increased to 206% and 86% using B30. After the immersion test, the viscosity, water content, and TAN of biodiesel were increased markedly compared to petro-diesel.
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- Title
- A Study on the Corrosion Characteristics of Internal Combustion Engine Materials in Second-Generation Jatropha Curcas Biodiesel
- Creators
- M. Shahabuddin - Federation UniversityM. Mofijur - University of Technology SydneyMd. Bengir Ahmed Shuvho - National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research (NITER)M. A. K. Chowdhury - Southern Cross UniversityM. A. Kalam - University of MalayaH. H. Masjuki - University of MalayaM. A. Chowdhury - Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology
- Publication Details
- Energies, Vol.14(14), pp.1-15
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Grant note
- The authors would like to thank the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya and FRGS research grant with Project no: FP142-2019A for the experimental and financial support.
- Identifiers
- 991012961195802368
- Copyright
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article