Abstract
The diesel fuel is most extensively used fossil fuel in automotives and a single major source of hazardous environment pollutant across the globe. As of late, the exploration thinks about distinguished that plant based biodiesel are turning into a promising option sustainable fuel and the consumable/non-eatable oils and creature fats can be utilized feed-stock in arrangement of biodiesel, in light of the fact that its chemical properties practically like fossil diesel fuel, non-poisonous, clean consuming and inexhaustible source. In this work, the performance analysis and emission characteristics of single cylinder, 4-stroke, and water cooled diesel engine was carried-out using Palm oil methyl ester as biodiesel alternative to diesel fuel. Experimental tests have been conducted with range of engine loads using palm oil methyl ester (PME) and its diesel blends with biodiesel in the ratio of 10:90 (B10), 20:80 (B20), and 30:70 (B30), 40:60 (B40), PME 100% (B100) and petro-diesel 100% by volume with and without antimony tin oxide (ATO) additive. In this research work brake power (BP), brake thermal efficiency (BTE), brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC), fuel consumption (FC) are considered as engine performance characteristics and carbon monox ide (CO), hydro carbons (HC), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are considered as emission characteristics. The experimental results revealed that B10 blend of biodiesel has comparable brake thermal efficiency as diesel. B10 has lowest and B100 has highest BSFC, FC among all the biodiesel blends and biodiesel has lower CO emission, lower HC emission and moderately higher NOx emission when compared with diesel. B10 has shown comparable performance as diesel and it can be considered as alternative to diesel fuel.
Highlights
Worldwide industrialization, population growth, and declining fuel reserves lead to search for alternative renewable fuels
In among all the blends of biodiesel, biodiesel in the ratio of 10:90 (B10) has closest Brake power (BP) with diesel fuel when compared with biodiesel blends
The BP of B10 fuel is only decreased by 0.47 % compared to diesel fuel
Summary
Population growth, and declining fuel reserves lead to search for alternative renewable fuels. Free unsaturated fat methyl esters referred to as biodiesel which is considered as option to petro-diesel is making progress as a bio-degradable, ecological neighborly, effectively accessible, vitality protection and the board. Biodiesel is a clean and renewable fuel which is made from natural elements such as plants, vegetables and reusable materials. The idea of utilizing vegetable oil as a engine fuel likely dates to when Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913) built up the main engine to keep running on shelled nut oil, as he showed at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Revised Manuscript Received on December 30, 2019.
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