Alternative Fuels for a Single Cylinder Direct Injection Diesel Engine

Author

Radha, Kalyani K. ; Kumari, Aruna A. ; Sarada, Naga S. ; Nagesh, E.L. ; Rajagopal, K.

Author_Institution

JNTU, Hyderabad

fYear

2008

fDate

16-18 July 2008

Firstpage

1083

Lastpage

1088

Abstract

This paper presents the results of investigations carried out on a single cylinder, direct injection, water cooled diesel engine operating on diesel, straight vegetable oils (Thumba oil and Neem) and 20% biodiesel blend of Thumba oil. The experiment covered a range of loads. Results show that Thumba oil can be used as an alternative fuel with better performance and lower emissions compared to Neem oil. The most significant conclusion is that 20% biodiesel blend of Thumba oil shows maximum brake power, reduced BSFC, emissions, smoke opacity and NOx than straight vegetable oils.

Keywords

biofuel; diesel engines; oils; Neem oil; Thumba oil; alternative fuels; biodiesel blend; single cylinder direct injection diesel engine; smoke opacity; vegetable oils; Biofuels; Costs; Diesel engines; Educational institutions; Engine cylinders; Fuels; Internal combustion engines; Petroleum; Testing; Vegetable oils; Neem oil; Thumba oil; alternate fuels; diesel engine; exhaust emissions; performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology, 2008. ICETET '08. First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagpur, Maharashtra

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3267-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3267-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETET.2008.261

Filename

4580064