JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, Biodiesel - Production and Properties

Course Objectives:

• Gain knowledge of various alternative fuels
• Know about Natural gas, LPG, hydrogen and bio gas.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Identify the need of alternate fuels and list out some prospective alternate fuels.
• Categorize, interpret and understand the essential properties of fuels for petrol and diesel engines.
• Infer the storage and dispensing facilities requirements.
• Analyze the implement limitations with regard to performance, emission and materials compatibility.
• Identify and understand possible harmful emissions and the legislation standards

UNIT - I

Need for alternate fuel: Availability and properties of alternate fuels, general use of alcohols, LPG, hydrogen, ammonia, CNG and LNG, vegetable oils and biogas, merits and demerits of various alternate fuels, introduction to alternate energy sources. Like EV, hybrid, fuel cell and solar cars.

UNIT - II

Alcohols: Properties as engine fuel, alcohols and gasoline blends, performance in SI engine, methanol and gasoline blends, combustion characteristics in CI engines, emission characteristics, DME, DEE properties performance analysis, performance in SI & CI Engines.

UNIT - III

Natural Gas, LPG, Hydrogen and Biogas: Availability of CNG, properties, modification required to use in engines, performance and emission characteristics of wiring CNG & LPG in SI & CI engines. Hydrogen; storage and handling, performance and safety aspects.

UNIT - IV

Technical Background of Diesel/Bio-diesel fuels-Oil feed stocks- Transesterification-Bio-diesel production from Vegetable oils and waste cooking oil-High blend levels of bio-diesel-Testing, Bio diesel-Oxidation stability-Performance in Engines, Properties of bio-fuels and their importance in the context of IC Engines. Vegetable Oils: Various vegetable oils for engines, esterification, performance in engines, performance and emission characteristics, bio diesel and its characteristics

UNIT - V

Electric, Hybrid, Fuel Cell and Solar Cars: Layout of an electric vehicle, advantage and limitations, specifications, system components, electronic control system, high energy and power density batteries, hybrid vehicle, fuel cell vehicles, solar powered vehicles.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Alternate Fuels by Dr. S. S. Thipse, Jaico Publications
• 2. Alternative Fuels Guide Book by Richard. L & Bechfold, SAE International Warrendale - 1997. R19 M.Tech. Thermal Engineering

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Energy Today & tomorrow by Maheswar Dayal, 1 & B Horishr India-1982.
• 2. Power Plant Engineering by Nagpal, Khanna Publishers, 1991.
• 3. Alcohols as motor fuels progress in technology, Series No. 19 - SAE Publication USE - 1980.
• 4. SAE paper nos. 840367, 841333, 841334, 841156, Transactions, SAE, USA
• 5. Alternative Fuels Guidebook by Bechtold R. R19 M.Tech. Thermal Engineering M. TECH. I Year I Sem. (THERMAL ENGINEERING)