Open AccessEmission characteristics of biodiesel obtained from jatropha seeds and fish wastes in a diesel engine
Author(s) -
K. Bhaskar,
S. Sendilvelan,
G. Nagarajan,
S. Sampath
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sustainable environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 29
ISSN - 2468-2039
DOI - 10.1016/j.serj.2017.06.004
Subject(s) - jatropha , biodiesel , diesel fuel , diesel engine , waste management , environmental science , winter diesel fuel , nox , engineering , internal combustion engine , combustion , chemistry , automotive engineering , diesel cycle , petrol engine , biochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
The concept of waste recycling and energy recovery plays a vital role for the development of any economy. The reuse of fish waste and use of wasteland for cultivation of jatropha seeds have led to resource conservation and their use as blend with diesel as an alternative fuel to diesel engines has contributed to pollution reduction. In this work, the results of using blends of biodiesel obtained from jatropha seeds, fish wastes and diesel in constant speed diesel engines are presented. The experimental results show that both the blends can be used as fuels for diesel engine without any major modification in the engines. It is also seen that the carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons and soot emissions are reduced at all loads for both the blends compared to diesel fuel while NOx emissions are observed to be slightly higher