Comparative Numerical Study of Four Biodiesel Surrogates for Application on Diesel 0D Phenomenological Modeling

Table 5

Comparative experimental and simulated results for methyl ester biodiesel and each surrogate at 1400 rpm.

RPM	MEB
1400	(Mpa)	Error	(ppm)	Error	Thermal eff	Error
Experimental	9.89		1550		42%
(1) Methyl butanoate	9.79	0.96%	1511	2.52%	41.82%	0.43%
(2) Ethyl butyrate	9.09	8.06%	108	93.03%	36.22%	13.76%
(3) Methyl decanoate	9.57	3.22%	578	62.71%	38.43%	8.50%
(4) Methyl 9 decenoate	9.13	7.61%	152.2	90.18%	36.63%	12.79%