International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access

Performance and Emission Characteristics of a CI Engine Fuelled with Palm and Sesame Oil Blended Diesel


Affiliations
1 Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Amirtha School of Engg.,Bengalurui,Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
 

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


Biodiesel can be considered as a clean, renewable and domestically produced diesel fuel. At present, a lot of research is being carried out to make biodiesel more efficient so that it can be substituted for conventional diesel. In the present investigation, biodiesel is extracted from palm and sesame oil by transesterification method. The different properties of biodiesel like flash point, fire point, density, viscosity, pour point, cloud point and calorific value are measured. The obtained values are meeting the standards of biodiesel. This dual biodiesel was blended (0-40%) with diesel and was tested in a 4 stroke single cylinder diesel engine at different loads. The performance characteristics like thermal efficiency and BSFC are compared. BSFC increases and thermal efficiency decreases with the percentage increase in the blends at higher loads. At part loads, biodiesel blends are more efficient. Emission contents like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbon, oxides of nitrogen and smoke density are recorded. For B10 and for B20 blends these contents are more comparable to diesel fuel.

Keywords

Biodiesel, Methanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Palm Oil, Sesame Oil, Free Fatty Acid, Transesterification.
User
Subscription Login to verify subscription
Notifications
Font Size

  • V. Kotebavi, D. Sahu and D. Shetty. 2016. Performance and emission characteristics of a CI engine run on waste cooking oil-diesel blends, EM Int. Poll. Res., 35(1), 159-166.

  • M. Sunil kumar, M. Vinod and M. Kotebavi. 2016. Performance analysis of a diesel engine fuelled with blends of neem and simarouba oils, Indian J. Sci. and Tech., 9(45), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i45/104590.

  • P.V. Ramana, P.R. Reddy, C. Balaram and A.S. Kumar. 2015. Experimental study on CI engine performance using biodiesel blends, Int. Research J. Engg. and Tech., 2(02), 1107-1116.

  • A. Kumar, S.K. Shukla and J.V. Tierkey. 2015. A review of research and policy on using different biodiesel oils as fuel for C.I. engine, Proc. 5th Int. Conf. Advances in Energy Research, Mumbai, India.

  • F.A. Dawodu, O.O. Ayodele and T.B. Ojo. 2014. Biodiesel production from sesamum indicum L. seed oil: An optimization study, Egyptian J. Petroleum Research, 23(2), 191-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpe.2014.05.006.

  • A. Nalgundwar, B. Paul and S.K. Sharma. 2016. Comparison of performance and emissions characteristics of DI CI engine fuelled with dual biodiesel blends of palm and jatropha, Fuel, 173, 172-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2016.01.022

  • K. Srithar, K.A. Balasubramanian, V. Pavendan and B.A. Kumar. 2017. Experimental investigations on mixing of two bio-diesels blended with diesel as alternative fuel for diesel engines, J. King Saud University - Engg. Sci., 29, 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksues.2014.04.008.

  • N.H. Azeman, N.A. Yusof and A.I. Othman. 2015. Detection of free fatty acid in crude palm oil, Asian J. Chemistry, 27(5), 1569-1573. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.17810.

  • M.V. Kumar, A.V. Babu and P.R. Kumar. 2016. The impacts on combustion, performance and emissions of biodiesel by using additives in direct injection diesel engine, Alexandria Engg. J., 57(1), 509-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2016.12.016.

  • A.S.D. Shetty, L. Dinesh kumar, S Koundinya, K. Swetha and K. Mane. 2017. Experimental investigation on CRDI engine using butanol – biodiesel - diesel blends as fuel, Proc. AIP Conf., 1859(1). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4990181.


Abstract Views: 247

PDF Views: 98




  • Performance and Emission Characteristics of a CI Engine Fuelled with Palm and Sesame Oil Blended Diesel

Abstract Views: 247  |  PDF Views: 98

Authors

Pala Tejesh
Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Amirtha School of Engg.,Bengalurui,Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
Vinod Kotebavi
Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Amirtha School of Engg.,Bengalurui,Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
Pamarthi Shyam
Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Amirtha School of Engg.,Bengalurui,Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
P. Siva Durga Prasad
Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Amirtha School of Engg.,Bengalurui,Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India

Abstract


Biodiesel can be considered as a clean, renewable and domestically produced diesel fuel. At present, a lot of research is being carried out to make biodiesel more efficient so that it can be substituted for conventional diesel. In the present investigation, biodiesel is extracted from palm and sesame oil by transesterification method. The different properties of biodiesel like flash point, fire point, density, viscosity, pour point, cloud point and calorific value are measured. The obtained values are meeting the standards of biodiesel. This dual biodiesel was blended (0-40%) with diesel and was tested in a 4 stroke single cylinder diesel engine at different loads. The performance characteristics like thermal efficiency and BSFC are compared. BSFC increases and thermal efficiency decreases with the percentage increase in the blends at higher loads. At part loads, biodiesel blends are more efficient. Emission contents like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbon, oxides of nitrogen and smoke density are recorded. For B10 and for B20 blends these contents are more comparable to diesel fuel.

Keywords


Biodiesel, Methanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Palm Oil, Sesame Oil, Free Fatty Acid, Transesterification.

References





DOI: https://doi.org/10.4273/ijvss.10.5.07