Analysis to Determine Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Blended with Calophyllum Inophyllum Methyl Ester (CIME) in a VCR Engine

Abstract:

The energy sources present in our world is dwindling day by day, in order to overcome these shortages an experimental analysis and investigation was carried out to get maximum benefit from the available resources .There are variety of fuels available suiting to the various requirement and it is mainly chosen on the basis of viscosity and free fatty acid content. An experimental study was conducted on the performance and emission characteristics of Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) diesel engine with Calophyllum Inophyllum Methyl Ester (CIME). A four stroke, single cylinder and water cooled engine of 4.4 kW rating and compression ratio 17.5:1, 18:1 and 18.5:1 was used for the experiment. Also the blend of B20 (20%CIME+80%Diesel), B40 (40%CIME+60%Diesel) and B60 (60%CIME+40%Diesel) biodiesel was used for conducting the performance and emissions tests at varying load conditions. Various parameters such as brake thermal efficiency, brake specific fuel consumption and emissions of smoke and unburnt hydrocarbon gases in exhaust were recorded .In order to satisfy these escalating needs, potential feedstock for biodiesel was analysed and process was carried out .Production of biodiesel from plant gives the tremendous way to overcome all the difficulties. The compression ratio has been set at 17.5, 18, and 18.5 to know the various characteristics of bio fuel. The type of software used to carry out the experiments are AVL INDICOM MOBILE software version v2.5 .The rated power and compression ratio were 4.4 kw and 16-22:1 .There will be an enormous growth in alternative fuel industry and it will be the future source of energy.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 854)
• Pages: 78-86
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.854.78
• Online since: October 2016
• Authors: M. Ranjithkumar, S. Varunraj*, J. Raghav, T. Thangavel
• Keywords: BSFC, BTE, CIME, Smoke, UBHC

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