Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
ISSN: 2090-4541
S K Mahla, D Jagga, P Rosha and A Dhir
Adesh Institute of Engineering & Technology, India
Thapar University, India
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy App
Experimental investigation have been carried out to analyze the effects of castor oil based biodiesel fuel on performance and emissions characteristics in a constant speed (1500 rpm), direct injection commercially used small utility diesel engine. Biodiesel fuel was produced from non-edible grade castor oil. All the measured parameters were compared with the base diesel fuel by using different biodiesel/diesel blends (B20, B40 and B60). The performance parameters evaluated were brake power (BP), brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) and brake thermal efficiency (BTE). Tests were conducted at different load conditions to evaluate the emission characteristics such as oxides of nitrogen (NOx), un-burnt hydrocarbon (UHC) and carbon monoxide (CO). At full load condition, results showed that B40 and B60 produced lesser brake power when compared to B0 by 17.4 and 25.6% respectively. While BSFC increased by 15.6 and 20.4% for B40 and B60 blends. In addition, CO and UHC emission were reduced by 26.21 and 42.30%, while NOx increased by 28.22% for B20. It is evident from the study that the Castor oil based biodiesel significantly affects the performance and emission characteristics of the conventional diesel engine without any major hardware modification.
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