Abstract
Experimental investigation on the performance and emission characteristics of ethanol–cerium oxide blended diesel in a single cylinder four-stroke diesel engine is presented. Solubility of cerium oxide in diesel and ethanol is investigated with diethyl ether. Four blended diesel test fuels have been prepared using ethanol, diethyl ether, and cerium oxide in diesel. A computerized CI engine with eddy current dynamometer test rig with gas analyzer has been used. Result shows that the prepared blended fuel is capable of replacing neat diesel as fuel for diesel engine with lower CO2 emission. The blended fuel has higher thermal efficiency with nominal variations in fuel consumption, due to nano additives. NO x emission is also observed lower when compared to neat diesel.
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