Obed Majeed Ali, Rizalman Mamat, Nik R. Abdullah, Abdul Adam Abdullah, Fitri Khoerunnisa, Ratnaningsih Eko Sardjono
Biodiesel fuel can be used as an alternative to mineral diesel, its blend up to 20% used as a commercial fuel for the existing diesel engine in many countries. However, at high blending ratio, the fuel properties are worsening. The feasibility of pure biodiesel and blended fuel at high blending ratio using different chemical additives has been reviewed in this study. The results obtained by different researchers were analysed to evaluate the fuel properties trend and engine performance and emissions with different chemical additives. It found that, variety of chemical additives can be utilised with biodiesel fuel to improve the fuel properties. Furthermore, the chemical additives usage in biodiesel is inseparable both for improving the cold flow properties and for better engine performance and emission control. Therefore, research is needed to develop biodiesel specific additives that can be adopted to improve the fuel properties and achieve best engine performance at lower exhaust emission effects. © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2016.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Pahang, 26600, Malaysia; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40450, Malaysia; Department of Chemistry, Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia
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