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Experimental investigations on castor biodiesel as an alternative fuel for single cylinder compression ignition engine
Author(s) -
Deep Akash,
Sandhu Sarbjot Singh,
Chander Subhash
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
environmental progress and sustainable energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1944-7450
pISSN - 1944-7442
DOI - 10.1002/ep.12518
Subject(s) - biodiesel , diesel fuel , diesel engine , castor oil , brake specific fuel consumption , nox , thermal efficiency , combustion , environmental science , ignition system , thrust specific fuel consumption , waste management , materials science , pulp and paper industry , automotive engineering , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , aerospace engineering
An experimental investigation was conducted to explore the possibility of castor biodiesel to be used as alternative fuel for an existing compression ignition (CI) engine. The castor biodiesel was produced using the transesterification process and the important physico‐chemical properties of various blends were investigated. A series of experiments were carried out on a CI engine fuelled with various castor biodiesel and diesel blends (B10, B20, B30, B40, and B50), over the entire range of engine loading conditions. The comparative analysis of engine performance parameters such as brake thermal efficiency (BTE), specific fuel consumption (SFC), and exhaust gas temperature (EGT); exhaust emissions such as CO, HC, NOx, and smoke opacity; combustion parameters such as cylinder pressure, heat release rate, ignition delay, cumulative heat release, rate of pressure rise, and combustion duration, were carried out. Results were then compared with the base line data for diesel. Further investigations were conducted to estimate the extent to which the castor biodiesel could replace the mineral diesel. The comprehensive analysis of the data collected from the experimentation revealed that the 20% blend of castor biodiesel with diesel (B20) improved the thermal efficiency of the engine and lower exhaust emissions. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 36: 1139–1150, 2017