Open AccessComparison of performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with different blends of bio-diesel
Author(s) -
Nirab Kumar Das,
R. Gowtham,
Atthreya Venkatesan,
S. Malarmannan,
G Manikanda Raja
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2054/1/012063
Subject(s) - diesel fuel , palm stearin , diesel engine , biodiesel , palm oil , environmental science , materials science , vegetable oil , pulp and paper industry , waste management , automotive engineering , engineering , chemistry , food science , organic chemistry , agricultural science , catalysis
In these times of potential energy crisis and climate change, search for alternative sources for conventional fuel has led us to bio-diesel. Vegetable oils are typically highly dense and viscous and to overcome it we prefer the methyl ester of the oil. In our study we have used methyl ester of Palm stearin oil, which can be found in our country (India) abundantly, and conducted emission and performance tests on a non-modified diesel engine. Diesel along with four different blends of 5%, 10%, 20% and 30% by mass were used to carry the tests in different loading conditions. The results have shown promising possibility of the use of palm-stearin oil blended bio-diesel as CO, NO X and HC emissions reduced and B-30 provided the best mechanical efficiency.