Improving the performance and emission characteristics of a single cylinder diesel engine having reentrant combustion chamber using diesel and Jatropha methyl esters

2015 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Premnath ◽  
G. Devaradjane
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Methyl Esters ◽  
Emission Characteristics ◽  
Single Cylinder ◽  
Performance And Emission

Performance and emission characteristics of a Kirloskar HA394 diesel engine operated on fish oil methyl esters

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharanappa Godiganur ◽  
Ch. Suryanarayana Murthy ◽  
Rana Prathap Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Fish Oil ◽  
Methyl Esters ◽  
Emission Characteristics ◽  
Performance And Emission

Engine Analysis of Single Cylinder DI Diesel Engine Fuelled With Sunflower Oil, Sunflower Oil Methyl Ester and Its Blends

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Anandram ◽  
S. Ramakrishnan ◽  
J. Karthick ◽  
S. Saravanan ◽  
G. LakshmiNarayanaRao
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Sunflower Oil ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Emission Characteristics ◽  
Single Cylinder ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Di Diesel Engine ◽  
Engine Emission ◽  
Oil Sunflower

In the present work, the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of sunflower oil, sunflower methyl ester and its blends were studied and compared with diesel by employing them as fuel in a single cylinder, direct injection, 4.4 KW, air cooled diesel engine. Emission measurements were carried out using five-gas exhaust gas analyzer and smoke meter. The performance characteristics of Sunflower oil, Sunflower methyl ester and its blends were comparable with those of diesel. The components of exhaust such as HC, CO, NOx and soot concentration of the fuels were measured and presented as a function of load and it was observed that the blends had similar performance and emission characteristics as those of diesel. NOx emissions of sunflower oil methyl ester were slightly higher than that of diesel but that of sunflower oil was slightly lower than that of diesel. With respect to the combustion characteristics it was found that the biofuels have lower ignition delay than diesel. The heat release rate was very high for diesel than for the biofuel.

Effect of Combustion Chamber Geometry on Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Diesel Engine Fueled with Mahua Biodiesel Blends

2014 ◽  
Vol 984-985 ◽  
pp. 900-906
Author(s):  
L. Saravanakumar ◽  
B.R. Ramesh Bapu ◽  
B. Durga Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Emission Characteristics ◽  
Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽  
Plant Oil ◽  
Brake Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Performance And Emission ◽  
Standard Configuration ◽  
Mahua Biodiesel ◽  
High Fatty Acids

The present work investigates the effect of change in combustion chamber geometry on performance and emission characteristics of single cylinder diesel engine fuelled with mahua biodiesel. Since plant oil derived from the mahua tree has high fatty acids, it undergoes esterification followed by transesterification process to reduce its viscosity. Experiments were conducted using a blend of 20% biodiesel (B20) 40% biodiesel (B40) with diesel and compared with diesel by using two types of combustion chamber geometry, explicitly hemispherical and modified hemispherical combustion chamber. Performance parameters such as Brake Thermal Efficiency (BTE), Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC) and emission parameters like Unburned Hydro Carbon (UBHC), Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) were studied from the diesel engine with above mentioned configurations. It is obvious that there is considerable improvement in the performance parameter viz, BTE, BSFC and reduction in UBHC emissions by using the modified geometry piston. However, the NOx emission was found to be higher than that of standard configuration. The results obtained from the blend B20 at modified combustion chamber geometry are on par with diesel and hence mahua biodiesel can be suggested as an alternative fuel for Compression Ignition (C.I) engine with modified combustion chamber geometry.

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