Effects of emission and performance characteristics study of rubber seed biodiesel fueled DI diesel engine fumigated with methanol

Abstract

In response to growing fuel costs, rising demand for fossil fuels, concerns over tailpipe emissions, and research into locally produced renewable and alternative fuels, researchers are exploring for fuels that may be produced from renewable sources that burn efficiently. This article explains how to evaluate a compression ignition engine's performance and emissions using rubber seed oil and methanol fumigation. The viscosity of rubber seed oil is lower. Rubber seed biodiesel was produced using the transesterification process, and the characteristics of pure and blended Rubber seed biodiesel were examined. The emissions of neat diesel fuel are compared to those of B20 rubber seed biodiesel and its methanol fumigation. It has been discovered that as load increases, braking power tends to increase as well. The methanol fumigation decreases when the fuel consumption unique to brakes is taken into account. The brake thermal efficiency is increased by 2.75 %. when the methanol fumigation and in the investigation for CO emissions, B20 is found to be increased at an increase in loads. Thus the same is found while it is done with the methanol fumigation. The incomplete combustion has produced the CO. it is found that there is a few amounts of HC is increased in all loads. There is a drop in the NOX at all the loads when it is under the methanol fumigation which is 12.5 % lesser than the NOX compared with neat diesel. In the CO2 emission there is a reduction in emission in the methanol fumigation up to 4 %.