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

Table 6

Comparative experimental and simulated results for methyl ester biodiesel and each surrogate at 1700 rpm.

RPM	MEB
1700	(Mpa)	Error	(ppm)	Error	Thermal eff	Error
Experimental	9.75		1525		43%
(1) Methyl butanoate	9.91	1.69%	1782	16.85%	43.66%	1.53%
(2) Ethyl butyrate	9.20	5.57%	128.3	91.59%	37.75%	12.21%
(3) Methyl decanoate	9.70	0.49%	686.6	54.98%	40.16%	6.60%
(4) Methyl 9 decenoate	9.25	5.09%	180	88.20%	38.18%	11.21%