Open AccessPerformance Assessment of DI-Diesel Engine using the Blend of Sunflower Oil and Rice Bran Oil
Author(s) -
E. Tolivia M.,
P Immanuel,
Mallika Ramanathan,
S Rajavelu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d8455.118419
Subject(s) - biodiesel , rice bran oil , brake specific fuel consumption , sunflower oil , diesel fuel , transesterification , nox , pulp and paper industry , diesel engine , thermal efficiency , environmental science , vegetable oil refining , raw material , materials science , waste management , chemistry , engineering , automotive engineering , food science , methanol , combustion , organic chemistry , bran , catalysis
Biodiesel, a derivative of vegetable oils and animal fats, is used nowadays as an alternative renewable and sustainable fossil fuel. In this work, the investigation of manufacture, characterization, and results of biodiesel blends are carried out using two important feedstock’s, sunflower oil and ricebran oil on engines. For the collective advantageous of sunflower oil and ricebran oil, the two biodiesels are combined together and the mixture is analysed to assess the engine performance and emission characteristics. NaOH catalyzed transesterification process is used for producing the Biodiesels A 4.4 kW, four-stroke, single-cylinder and direct fuel injection diesel engine is used for measuring physic-chemical with full load and varying speed conditions and using the specifications of ASTM D6751 standard, the properties are compared. It is observed that the Biodiesel mixtures produce a low brake torque and high brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) in addition to the reduction of CO and HC emissions. NOx, however, is reduced considerably with the improvement of brake thermal efficiency. The Performance analysis indicates that the mixture of sunflower oil and ricebran oil improves performance and emission characterizes over sunflower oil and ricebran oil biodiesel when they are unmixed..