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Improvement of diesel engine fuel combustion by addition of wood essential oils

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24580478
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Boundary agriculture
Research InstitutionKochi University

Principal Investigator

OHTANI Yoshito  高知大学, 教育研究部自然科学系, 教授 (30253339)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywordsディーゼルエンジン排ガス / Particulate Matter / NOx / 樹木エッセンシャルオイル / ディーゼル燃料添加物 / 汚染微粒子濃度 / 燃費 / ユーカリ油 / ヒノキ精油 / テレピン油 / ディーゼル排ガス微粒子 / ディーゼル燃料 / 燃焼効率
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The PM (particulate matters) and NOX in the diesel engine exhaust gas are largely generated, and the latter two indicate trade-off relationship one another. In this research, 5 kinds of tree essential oils were added into the diesel fuel and the diesel engine was driven. Then PM, NOx, COx concentrations of exhaust gas were investigated. By adding the tree essential oils, number of PM in the exhaust gas was significantly reduced, it means that combustion efficiency was significantly increased. On the other hand, the concentrations of COx were little changed, however, NOx had slightly descending tendency. The observation of PM by SEM elucidated that PM sizes were enlarged by adding the tree essential oils into the diesel engine fuel. So the enlargement of the PM may result in the reduction of number of PM in the exhaust gas. Simultaneous reduction of both PM and NOx can be achieved by addition of tree essential oils.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2015 2014 2013

All Presentation (5 results)

  • [Presentation] Addition of tree essential oils into diesel engine fuel improves exhaust gas pollution2015

    • Author(s)
      Chaonan Wang, Yoshito Ohtani, Masaki Kawakatu, Hideaki Ichiura
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on Wood Science and Technology 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Tawer Hall Funabori, Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-15 – 2015-03-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ディーゼルエンジンにおける樹木精油添加燃料の影響2014

    • Author(s)
      川勝正貴、王超男、大谷慶人、市浦英明
    • Organizer
      日本木材学会中国・四国支部第26回研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      サンポート高松、高松市
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-24 – 2014-09-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ディーゼルエンジンにおける樹木精油添加燃料の燃焼効率2013

    • Author(s)
      大谷慶人、王超男、市浦英明
    • Organizer
      第63回日本木材学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      盛岡市
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ディーゼルエンジンにおける樹木精油添加燃料の燃焼効率2013

    • Author(s)
      王超男、川勝正貴、大谷慶人、市浦英明
    • Organizer
      日本木材学会中国・四国支部第25回研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      鳥取市
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ディーゼルエンジンにおける樹木精油添加燃料の燃焼効率2013

    • Author(s)
      大谷慶人、王超男、市浦英明
    • Organizer
      第63回日本木材学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      盛岡市岩手大学教育学部
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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