combustion which in turn increases engine
performance. In addition, mixing the two fuels is
carried out with the aim of improving engine
performance, so the purpose of this study is to
analyze the effect of magnetic fields on engine
performance using a mixture of LPG and bioethanol.
In the future, this research will be used as an engine
model with maximum performance and minimum
exhaust emissions using environmentally friendly
fuels.
2 LITERATURE REVIEW
Excellent fuel structure for internal combustion
engine is the most challenging approach to achieve
good engine performance and lower gas emissions.
Therefore, some researchers have made efforts to
modify the characteristics of the fuel to increase
combustion efficiency and reduce pollutant products
using a magnetic field. Among the fuels structural
modification method, utilizing electromagnetic field
is one of the powerful techniques that has been used
to produce better fuel conditioning (TH. Nufus, R. P.
A. Setiawan, W. Hermawan, 2017). Strategy
facilitates the alternation of fuel properties with
changes in molecular structure. Magnetic fuel
treatment affects better atomization which reduces
the amount of HC, CO and NOx.
The study reveal that, a significant improvement
in performance of coated engine operating on dual
fuel mode (LPG-biodiesel) with additive by an
increase in efficiency of 4.5% and decrease in brake
specific fuel consumption of 4.2% at 80% of full
load, HC and CO emissions are reduced between 9%
and 12% at entire load spectrum compared to
uncoated engine operating on diesel fuel. NOx
emission is drastically reduced up to 32% for dual
fuel with additive compared to without additive in
coated engine operation and very close to diesel fuel
in uncoated engine operation (Musthafa, 2019).
In this study; an experiment was carried out to
examine the effects of LPG-ethanol fuel blends on
the emission performance of a four cylinder SI
engine.
Performance tests were conducted to determine
the correct air/fuel ratio (lambda = 1). Exhaust
emissions were analyzed for CO, CO2, NOx, HC,
O2 using LPG-ethanol blends with different
percentages of fuel blends at variable engine speeds
ranging between 1000 and 5000 rpm. It was
observed that depending on the rate of ethanol
increase in mixture, the CO2, CO, NOx and HC
emission concentrations in the engine exhaust gases
decreased (TH Nufus et al., 2020).
Automobile fuel system created with the concept
of dual fuel, which allows the car can be operated
with gasoline or LPG and bioethanol mixture
alternately. The result is the lowest CO emission is
obtained at 30% gas valve opening and 750 rpm
engine speed. The lowest HC emission is obtained at
50% gas valve opening and 3000 rpm engine speed.
Optimum torque is obtained at 50% gas valve
opening and 3000 rpm engine speed. While the
bioethanol valve opening has no significant effect
(Nibin, Raj and Geo, 2021).
The present investigation was conducted on a 4-
cylinder diesel engine fueled with either pilot diesel,
or pilot waste cooking oil biodiesel (WCOB), and
fumigated liquified petroleum gas (LPG) at three
loads. The LPG addition is expressed in terms of a
LPG power substitution percentage (LPSP), ranging
from 10 to 30% at each load. the result that both
types of dual fuel operation can lead to reduction in
both NOx and PM emissions, with LPG-Diesel
operation being more effect in reducing NOx
emissions while LPG-WCOB operation more
effective in reducing particulate emissions (Duc and
Duy, 2018).
Diesel engine using diesel/biodiesel mixture with
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and cooled exhaust
gas recirculation (EGR) inducted in the intake port.
The optimal operating factors for acquiring the
largest fuel consumption time, the lowest smoke and
NOX are decided for 1500 rpm and different loads.
The results display that predictions by Taguchi
method are in fair consistence with the confirmation
results, and this method decreases the number of
experimental runs in this study. The best fuel
consumption time, smoke, and NOX at each load is
acquired at a combination of B10 (A1), 40% LPG
(B3) and 20% EGR ratio (C1) (Vinoth et al., 2017).
3 RESEARCH METHODS
The materials used in this study were bioethanol
from cassava with a content of 98% and gasoline
with an octane number of 90 as a mixture of
bioethanol. The fuel system is made with a dual fuel
concept that can be operated with gasoline or with
fuel mixture of LPG and bioethanol alternately. the
test engine is a 125cc motorcycle. The engine
performance test is carried out using a dynamometer
with the scheme shown in Figure 1. The parameters
measured in this test are torque, engine power at
various percentages of mixtures, and exhaust