Title: A comparative study of performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine using various non-edible extracts

Authors: R. Rajkumar; K. Gopi Kannan; M. Mohanraj

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nandha Engineering College, Erode, 638 052, India ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632 014, India ' Logesh Ganga Power Looms, Erode, 638 052, India

Abstract: In this study, the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel such as cottonseed oil, castor oil, Calophyllum inophyllum oil and mustard oil by transesterification are investigated. All biodiesels are mixed together on mass basis and allowed to transesterification is named as totally mixed esterified (TMEx). Separately transesterified and mixed together on mass basis becomes separately esterified mixer (SEMx). The biodiesel samples are prepared by a volume proportions such as 10% (SEMx10, TMEx10) and 20% (SEMx20, TMEx 20). The experiment is conducted on a single-cylinder, water-cooled, direct injection diesel engine loaded by eddy current dynamometer at different loads. Result shows that brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption of TMEx blends are closer to diesel compared with SEMx blends. Also, the emission characteristics of TMEx20 are less in comparison with other blends and it is suggested as a promising replacement for diesel without engine modification.

Keywords: biodiesel; methyl ester; diesel engine; exhaust emission.

DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2020.109846

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal, 2020 Vol.14 No.2, pp.91 - 103

Received: 13 May 2019
Accepted: 22 Oct 2019
Published online: 28 Sep 2020 *

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