Improving environmental indicators of the wheeled tractor diesel engine by using biofuels

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2024.301328

Keywords:

technological transport, biodiesel fuel, environmental indicators, waste gases, total toxicity

Abstract

The object of this study is the process of operation of a diesel engine in a wheeled tractor on methyl ether of spent frying sunflower oil. The task being solved is to improve the environmental performance of a diesel engine in a wheeled tractor during the operation of its diesel on such biodiesel fuel and its mixtures with mineral diesel fuel. The characteristics of the diesel D-243 were determined by the experimental method with the measurement of the toxicity of the waste gases during its operation on the methyl ether of the spent sunflower oil, mineral fuel, and their mixtures. A decrease in the content of soot in diesel exhaust gases and a slight increase in the types of nitrogen oxides was registered. The theoretical method using a mathematical model determined the indicators of a wheeled tractor during its movement with a trailer for the accepted driving cycle and the operation of its diesel on different fuels. To that end, the characteristics of a specific diesel engine were described by polynomial models. The adequacy of the mathematical model of the movement of a tractor with a trailer over  a driving cycle was tested. By means of a mathematical model, the total road emissions of harmful substances of a diesel engine were calculated when the tractor is running with a trailer over the accepted driving cycle. Calculations were performed for two types of fuel: mineral diesel fuel and biodiesel fuel. Biofuel consumption increases by almost 10 % compared to diesel fuel. The total emissions of harmful substances are 1.1 times lower in a diesel engine running on biofuel than when using mineral fuel. The results could be used in the operation of technological transport in the industry and agriculture provided there is a sufficient volume of raw materials for the production of biofuel

Author Biographies

Victor Zakharchuk, Lutsk National Technical University

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Automobile and Transport Technology

Oleh Zakharchuk, Lutsk National Technical University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Automobile and Transport Technology

Mykola Skalyga, Lutsk National Technical University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Automobile and Transport Technology

Nadiia Kuts, Lutsk National Technical University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Automobile and Transport Technology

Viktor Yaroschuk, Lutsk National Technical University

Postgraduate Student

Department of Automobile and Transport Technology

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Improving environmental indicators of the wheeled tractor diesel engine by using biofuels

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2024-04-30

How to Cite

Zakharchuk, V., Zakharchuk, O., Skalyga, M., Kuts, N., & Yaroschuk, V. (2024). Improving environmental indicators of the wheeled tractor diesel engine by using biofuels. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 2(10 (128), 51–58. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2024.301328