Open AccessDetermination of the stability of the water-fuel emulsions obtained by the method of water injection into diesel fuel for agricultural enterprises
Author(s) -
E.I. Maltseva,
N A Karnyushev
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/1010/1/012027
Subject(s) - diesel fuel , emulsified fuel , emulsion , combustion , environmental science , viscosity , vapor lock , surface tension , alcohol fuel , waste management , materials science , chemical engineering , chemistry , combustion chamber , engineering , composite material , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics
When studying the possibility of using water-fuel emulsions (WFE) as fuels for diesel engines, researchers face the difficult task of obtaining an emulsion of a given quality. The most important requirement when using WFE as a fuel is their stability, which determines the safety of the emulsion, combustion efficiency and depends on many factors, such as: the difference in the densities of water and diesel fuel: the size of water droplets formed in the fuel; viscosity of water and fuel; surface tension of water and diesel fuel; the presence of surfactants that contribute to the stabilization of WFE. The purpose of this work is to study the stability of WFE obtained by the method of water injection into diesel fuel for efficient use in agriculture.