Physicochemical and FTIR Study of Diesel-Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Blend

Physicochemical properties of combustion fuels play a key role in determining the qualitative and quantitative characteristics, reliability and health effects associated with emissions. This paper reports the preparation of polysaccharide (PS) based emulsifier for stable blending of petroleum diesel-hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and investigated the influence of H₂O₂ as diesel fuel blends on the physicochemical properties and characteristics. The quantity of PS-emulsifier was kept at 5 volume % (vol. %) and the volume ratio of H₂O₂ were varied 5-15 vol. % to reference diesel (RD), respectively. The blended diesel/H₂O₂ fuel were prepared under inert oxygen (O₂) gas closed heating system; afterthought, physiochemical properties of diesel/H₂O₂ blend were evaluated at standard ASTM D-975 testing method. The kinetic properties show the interaction of RD and H₂O₂ blend at presence of PS emulsifier which exhibit the phenomenon to diminish the interfacial tension among the two different phases to form a homogenized stable solution. Results revealed that H₂O₂ is capable of enhancing the diesel fuel properties and showed that the addition of H₂O₂ in a diesel fuel blend are lied within the ranges of standard ASTM D-975. Due to further oxygen atom present in H₂O₂, it can facilitate the combustion process which ultimately effect on exhaust emission.