A characteristic evaluation of alumina–zirconia-coated engine fuelled with punnai methyl ester

Abstract

All these years, several studies have been carried out to find feasible, viable and dominant alternate source to fossil fuels, with the primary interest of enhancing engine performance and reducing exhaust tail pipe emissions. The present work enumerates the performance and emission characteristics of low-heat rejection engine (LHRE) coated with the alumina–zirconia (Al2O3–ZrO2) composite. Experimental results proved improvement in brake thermal efficiency, brake-specific fuel consumption and well-to-wheel reduction of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon and smoke emission for coated engine (CE) in comparison with uncoated engine (UCE). Neat diesel, new high-potential punnai methyl ester and its diesel blends were used as test fuels. However, in the experimental study, oxides of nitrogen increased for CE than UCE.