Experimental investigation on emission reduction in diesel engine by using biodiesel with catalytic converter

Abstract

Major research is focused on fuel consumption and emission reduction in the past few years. There is growing interest on alternative fuels due to volatile fossil fuel price and depletion. In many applications like Transportation, Power generation, Marine applications etc., diesel Engines are being used as a major source. During last century, the uses of fossil resources are increasing due to significant growth of population and change in life style. This causes crises of fossil fuel depletion For the diesel engines there is an urgent need for suitable alternative fuels. In this work we will examine the use of diesel-wheat germ oil in diesel four stroke engine. With diesel and different blends of wheat germ biodiesel, additionally the efforts to reduce NOx emission by developing Catalytic converter device for a diesel engine fuelled with diesel and wheat germ biodiesel fuel are discussed. Catalytic converter is vital after treatment technology attempted in this work to simultaneous control of NOx, HC, and PM emissions. The experiment was conducted on a 1500rpm, four stroke, diesel engine with single cylinder which is water cooled. an attempt will be made to analyze the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine.