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Study on extraction of pollutant free flammable fuel from contaminated automobile waste lube oil

Thanikachalam J., Karthikeyan S.

Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

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2020

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Vol. 100, nr 2

78--84

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Purpose: of this paper is to investigate the reusability of contaminated waste lubricant oil as flammable fuel by thermal and catalytic cracking process followed by distillation. It also includes the study of using Zeolite and Nickel nano particles as catalyst and its influence catalytic cracking. Design/methodology/approach: A conventional sterilization technique called Autoclaving method, uses high-pressure steam to separate water and other solid waste from the lube oil. It is followed by thermal cracking which breaks the molecular chains and decompose the waste lube oil. The autoclaving process works by the concept that the boiling point of water (or steam) increases when it is under pressure. Findings: Now a days, Industrial and Automobile waste lubricating oils are giving big threat ecology while burning and disposing on bare land. Furthermore, they discharged into the open environment which might make destructive sicknesses to ecology. In water, oil is a visible pollutant, floating as a scum on the surface. Moreover, there is a gradual rise in fuel requirement across the globe, and the consumption of oil assets have driven the researchers to find elective power for internal combustion engines. By the way, diminishing of fossil sources, growing of demand and cost of petroleum based fuels and its environmental hazards as a result of burning or disposing on land have encouraged to investigate possibility of recycling of waste engine oil. Research limitations/implications: A series of process such as filtration, cracking followed by distillation needs expensive experimental setup and regular maintenance as the extracted flammable oil fuel possess significant range of dynamic viscosity values. As all real fluids has its own viscosity, in near future, an investigation is about to do on its behaviour on blending with other flammable fluids. Practical implications: Although the result of this investigation conforming its flammable characteristic of the extracted fuel, the quantity of pollutant free flammable fuel from waste contaminated lube oil being extracted is significant, the cost of catalyst is considerably more, as it plays the most vital part in cracking. This effort likely also reduces foreign exchange, reduces greenhouse emissions and enhances regional development especially in developing countries. Originality/value: The novelty of the work is to prepare pollutant free flammable fuel from waste Lube oil by catalytic cracking process. Here Zoelite and Nickel nanoparticles are used as catalyst which breaks the long-chain molecules of the high boiling hydrocarbon liquids into much shorter molecules.

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Preparation and characterization of nano magnetic fluid for automotive applications

Thanikachalam J., Nagaraj P., Karthikeyan S.

Archives of Materials Science and Engineering

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2019

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Vol. 96, nr 2

49--55

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Purpose: of this paper is to prepare a nano magnetic fluids with nano additives to have the combined characteristics of high yield stress and better magnetic properties for smart vehicles. This study focuses on increasing the sedimentation time of the fluid using suitable nano additive nickel along with graphene as fillers. Design/methodology/approach: Magnetic nano sized nickel particle based electromagneto-rheological fluid was prepared and graphene nanoparticle with thickness less than 10nm was introduced as an additive to reduce its sedimentation. This added plate like graphene acts as filler which seals the interfaces of nickel particles and thereby it improves the resistance to sedimentation. Triton X 100 was added as the surfactant for the fluid to reduce the agglomeration of the particles. Findings: Morphology of pure nickel and graphene were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. Research limitations/implications: The important limitations is that freely dispersed micron sized iron particles could settle over a period of time, in the form of cakes at the bottommost, and it is tedious to recuperate as dispersed phase. In this investigation, nano sized nickel particles were used as additive to reduce the sedimentation of micron sized iron particles so that, the mixture is homogeneous for extended period of time. In future, addition of different types composite additives in the magnetorheological fluid could be made for the better sedimentation control. Practical implications: The sedimentation problem is one of the major drawback in the smart fluids, which can be eliminated by adding nano particles. For conventional fluid, the complete sedimentation will occur in 2 hours while the improved nano magnetic fluid with additive has good resistance to settle the micron sized iron particle up to 10 hours. Originality/value: To prepare a low cost magnetorheological fluid with nano additives like nickel particles along with fillers as graphene nano particles. With this addition of nickel and inclusion of graphene, the sedimentation problem in magnetorheological fluids is significantly reduced. This magnetorheological fluids can be used in brakes and dampers of automobiles.

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Electromagnetic analysis of magnetorheological brakes

Thanikachalam J., Ramkumar M., Nagaraj P.

Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

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2016

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Vol. 76, nr 2

61--66

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Purpose: In this proposed work, make a electromagnetic analysis of magnetorheological brake for creating the automobile structure under the drive by wire concept. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed brake system consists of rotating disks with shaft and immersed in a MR fluid and enclosed in an electromagnet. When the current is passing through the coil wire then electromagnet is formed and magnetic field is applied. Due to the external magnetic filed, the MR fluid is converted to semi solid state and disc produced shear friction generating the braking torque. The relationship between the electric current and braking torque can be determined using electromagnetic analysis created on AutoCAD-2D model and analysed in ANSYS electromagnetics Software. In this work various types of MR fluids has been tested. Findings: In this study paper are presented at electromagnetic magnetic analysis are solved using ANSYS 15 and determined magnetic field applied on MR Brake and generating braking torque. Research limitations/implications: In an electromagnetic analysis was also carried out to magnetic distribution of the MR fluid with in brake. For various speed of rpm, when a current of 2A is applied of MRB and No. of coil 300, with the help of analytical model and magneto-static analysis the braking torque obtained.

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Effect of graphene as anti-settling agent for magnetorheological fluid

Thanikachalam J., Nagaraj P., Hikku G. S.

Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

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2016

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Vol. 77, nr 2

49--56

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Purpose: Magnetorheological fluids are field-responsive fluids containing magnetic particles suspended in a suitable medium. In this proposed work, the iron powder was dispersed in silicone oil to obtain magnetorheological fluid. These fluids can be transformed from liquid-like state to solid-like state within milliseconds by applying magnetic field and vice versa. The particles arrange as chain like pattern with the application of magnetic field, increasing the yield strength of the fluid. However, when the shear stress reaches the critical value, the chain like pattern breaks causing reduction in yield strength. One of the major limitations of these fluids is that the suspended particles settle down quickly forming cake like structure at the bottom, which is very difficult to re-disperse. Design/methodology/approach: The present study focuses on increasing the Sedimentation time of the fluid by adding suitable Nano additives. For this purpose graphene nanoparticles with atomic thickness were introduced as an additive to decrease the sedimentation of the fluid. The added graphene sheets (gap-fillers) filled the interspaces of Iron particles and improved the sedimentation resistance. Different quantities of graphene were added (0.5 g, 1.5 g, 2.5 g and 3.5 g) and their normalized height was calculated with time. Interpolation method was also done to find the sedimentation values with Graphene addition which were not done experimentally. Findings: The prepared samples were characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscope, Optical Microscopy, Viscometer etc. Contour plot was interpreted to understand the effect of graphene addition towards the normalized height and viscosity of the fluid.