An Experimental Evaluation of Combustion & Performance Attributes of Mono Cylinder CI Engine through Jatropha biodiesel Interact With Diesel as an Alternate Fuel

Authors

  • Sahdev R Patel (ME Scholar, Mechanical Engineering Department, LDRP-ITR, KSV University, Gandhinagar, India)
  • Saumil C Patel (Assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, LDRP-ITR, KSV University, Gandhinagar, India)
  • Tushar M Patel (Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, LDRP-ITR, KSV University, Gandhinagar, India)

Keywords:

CI Engine; Jatropha Oil; Biodiesel; Engine Performance; Combustion Characteristics

Abstract

 The aim of this survey is to disclose performance of engine, chemical & physical properties and combustion
characteristics of Jatropha biodiesel-diesel blends used in diesel engine at various load conditions. Now, biodiesels are
more important due to essentiality of substitute energy source because of fossil fuel deadlock. But it is seen that using
edible oil it would affect food chain & may lead to lack of food. Thus, Jatropha as non-edible biodiesel blended with
general fuel is implied for balancing the usage. Jatropha methyl esters (JMEs) can be produced from seeds of Jatropha.
They are blended with diesel using different volumetric percentages for evaluating variation of fuel properties.
Combustion tests are taken on single cylinder CI engine using different JMEs-diesel blends. At higher loading condition
brake thermal efficiency is higher & brake specific fuel consumption is lower. According to different papers amount of
CO2 & NO is rising with higher loading condition and amount of O2 & CO is decreased. As per research blends of JMEsdiesel with little content by volume is useful in diesel engine without modification of engine.

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Published

2018-03-25

How to Cite

Sahdev R Patel, Saumil C Patel, & Tushar M Patel. (2018). An Experimental Evaluation of Combustion & Performance Attributes of Mono Cylinder CI Engine through Jatropha biodiesel Interact With Diesel as an Alternate Fuel. International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), 5(3), 1373–1382. Retrieved from https://ijaerd.org/index.php/IJAERD/article/view/2933

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2018): Volume 5 Issue 3 March 2018

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