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Extent of replacement of methyl ester of rice bran oil by producer gas in CI engine
Author(s) -
Singh R. N.,
Singh S. P.,
Pathak B. S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.1311
Subject(s) - diesel fuel , diesel engine , fossil fuel , rice bran oil , carbureted compression ignition model engine , waste management , nox , environmental science , gas engine , producer gas , thermal efficiency , compression ratio , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , engineering , fuel gas , bran , combustion , automotive engineering , organic chemistry , diesel cycle , raw material
The methyl ester of rice bran oil (MERBO), known as bio‐diesel, is receiving increasing attention as an alternative fuel for compression ignition (CI) engine. Although MERBO has several advantages over fossil diesel, in the present scenario, the use of MERBO is restricted due to its high cost. Therefore, use of producer gas to fuel a CI engine along with MERBO seems to be the most interesting option for substitution of fossil diesel. In the present study MERBO was partially replaced by producer gas. The performance of CI engine was compared with fossil diesel partially replaced by producer gas in the CI engine. It was found that MERBO blended with producer gas give higher brake thermal efficiency than fossil diesel producer gas mixture. The addition of producer gas to MERBO has significantly reduced NO x , but it also increases the concentration of other pollutants. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.