An Experimental Study on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of Single Cylinder Compressed Ignition Engine Using Mahua Biodiesel with Additives

Authors

  • Kevin N Pethani  
  • Nikul K Patel  
  • Rakesh K Bumataria  

Keywords:

Conventional Diesel Fuel, Combustion Performance, Exhaust Gas Emissions, Additives, Compressed Ignition Engine (C.I. Engine)

Abstract

In the present research, an experiment is designed and conducted to investigate the effect of Mahua biodiesel i.e. Mahua biodiesel originating from non edible Mahua diesel fuel on the combustion performance and emission characteristics of a direct injection C.I. engine under varying engine loads (0–100%) and constant engine speed (1500 rpm). Three types of blend are tested, which consist of different blends like (B20,B40 and B100) with constant 1% of additives and labeled as B20X1,B20X2 and B20X3,B40X1,X2,X3 respectively. It is also noticed that brake thermal efficiency increases with the percentage of additive in all the test fuels. The brake specific fuel consumption decreases with increase in additive percentage. Exhaust gas temperature increases almost linearly with load for all test fuels and decreases with increase in additive percentage. It is also seen from the results that both CO and HC emissions tend to decrease with increase in additive percentage in biodiesel. Fuel additive improves engine performance and lowers pollutant emission of Mahua bio-diesel blends. Overall, it is observed that the Mahua biodiesel from low-grade conventional diesel is an appropriate alternative fuel method that can bring about greener exhaust emissions and fuel savings without deteriorating engine performance or any major engine modification.

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2015-08-25

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Kevin N Pethani, Nikul K Patel, Rakesh K Bumataria, " An Experimental Study on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of Single Cylinder Compressed Ignition Engine Using Mahua Biodiesel with Additives, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp.258-264, July-August-2015.