Performance of Compression Ignition Engine with Coated Piston for Multiple Blends of Methyl Castor Oil

Fossil fuel is getting exhausted at a fast rate and contributes to high carbon monoxide emissions. Biodiesel, being environmentally friendly, has better performance than diesel. Castor oil is an easily available vegetable oil in India. But its high viscosity leads to blockage of the fuel lines. The amount of free fatty acid more than 1% leads to soap formation which necessitates the biodiesel production in a two step process. The first step of acid catalyzed esterification process reduces the free fatty acid content of castor oil to below 1%. The second step of transesterification process converts the preheated oil to castor biodiesel. This two step process gave a maximum yield of 90%.The methyl castor oil (biodiesel) is blended with diesel in different proportions on volume basis as 15:85 (B15), 25:75 (B25), and 35:65 (B35). These blended oils are used to run a single cylinder four stroke compression ignition engine with different coatings of pistons, to study and compare the engine performance and emission characteristics at different load conditions.

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Effect of varying 9-Octadecenoic acid (oleic fatty acid) content in biofuel on the performance and emission of a compression ignition engine at varying compression ratio

Biofuels ◽

10.1080/17597269.2016.1275491 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 441-448 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

P. Dinesha ◽

K. Jagannath ◽

P. Mohanan

Keyword(s):

Fatty Acid ◽

Compression Ratio ◽

Acid Content ◽

Fatty Acid Content ◽

Octadecenoic Acid ◽

Compression Ignition ◽

Compression Ignition Engine ◽

Performance And Emission

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Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Compression Ignition Engine Operating on Blends of Castor Oil Biodiesel–Diesel

Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series C ◽

10.1007/s40032-016-0243-z ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 98 (2) ◽

pp. 147-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Roopesh Kanwar ◽

Pushpendra Kumar Sharma ◽

Aditya Narayan Singh ◽

Yadvendra Kumar Agrawal

Keyword(s):

Castor Oil ◽

Emission Characteristics ◽

Compression Ignition ◽

Compression Ignition Engine ◽

Performance And Emission

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Production, Performance and Emissions of Biodiesel as Compression Ignition Engine Fuel

Volume 6A: Energy ◽

10.1115/imece2013-62748 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Ambarish Datta ◽

Bijan Kumar Mandal

Keyword(s):

Production Performance ◽

Biodiesel Production ◽

Current Status ◽

Engine Fuel ◽

Compression Ignition ◽

Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽

Waste Frying Oil ◽

Compression Ignition Engine ◽

Performance And Emission ◽

Ci Engines

The enhanced use of diesel fuel and the strict emission norms for the protection of environment have necessitated finding sustainable alternative and relatively green fuels for compression ignition engines. This paper presents a brief review on the current status of biodiesel production and its performance and emission characteristics as compression ignition engine fuel. This study is based on the reports on biodiesel fuels published in the current literature by different researchers. Biodiesel can be produced from crude vegetable oil, non-edible oil, waste frying oil, animal tallow and also from algae by a chemical process called transesterification. Biodiesel is also called methyl or ethyl ester of the corresponding feed stocks from which it has been produced. Biodiesel is completely miscible with diesel oil, thus allowing the use of blends of mineral diesel and biodiesel in any percentage. Presently, biodiesel is blended with mineral diesel and used commercially as fuel in many countries. Biodiesel fueled CI engines perform more or less in the same way as that fueled with the mineral diesel. Exhaust emissions are significantly improved due the use of biodiesel or blends of biodiesel and mineral diesel. The oxides of nitrogen are found to be greater in exhaust in case of biodiesel compared to mineral diesel. But the higher viscosity of biodiesel also enhances the lubricating property. Biodiesel being an oxygenated fuel improves combustion.

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Hura crepitans Seed Oil: An Alternative Feedstock for Biodiesel Production

Journal of Fuels ◽

10.1155/2014/464590 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Adewale Adewuyi ◽

Paul O. Awolade ◽

Rotimi Ayodele Oderinde

Keyword(s):

Fatty Acid ◽

Free Fatty Acid ◽

Iodine Value ◽

Seed Oil ◽

Fatty Acid Content ◽

Cetane Number ◽

Reaction System ◽

Biodiesel Production ◽

Esterification Reaction ◽

Hura Crepitans

Oil was extracted from the seed of Hura crepitans using hexane in a soxhlet extractor and analyzed for iodine value, saponification value and free fatty acid content. The dominant fatty acid in the oil was C18:2 (52.8±0.10%) while the iodine value was 120.10±0.70 g iodine/100 g. Biodiesel was produced from the oil using a two-step reaction system involving a first step of pretreatment via esterification reaction and a second step via transesterification reaction. The pretreatment step showed that free fatty acid in Hura crepitans seed oil can be reduced in a one-step pretreatment of esterification using H2SO4 as catalyst. The biodiesel produced from Hura crepitans seed oil had an acid value of 0.21±0.00 mg KOH/g, flash point of 152 ± 1.10°C, copper strip corrosion value of 1A, calorific value of 39.10±0.30 mJ/kg, cetane number of 45.62±0.30, and density of 0.86±0.02 g cm−3. The process gave a biodiesel yield of 98.70±0.40% with properties within the recommended values of EN 14214.

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Research on Performance And Emission on Compression Ignition Engine Fuelled With Blends of Neem Bio-Diesel

International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology - Regular Issue ◽

10.35940/ijeat.f9382.088619 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 3732-3735

Keyword(s):

Diesel Engine ◽

Vegetable Oils ◽

Castor Oil ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

Emission Characteristics ◽

Nox Emissions ◽

Compression Ignition ◽

Compression Ignition Engine ◽

Brake Thermal Efficiency ◽

Performance And Emission

In this contemporary era it is mandatory to increasing the usage of non edible biodiesel to replace the fossil fuels. This non edible biodiesels are produced from vegetable oils which is clean burning and renewable. This paper deals with the performance and emission characteristics on diesel engine with blends of Castor oil as biodiesel. Castor oil biodiesel is prepared by the use of adding 1% v/v H2SO4 after the transesterification process. The engine tests were performed with various blends B20, B40, B60 on a single cylinder, 4-stroke, diesel engine. The result shows Higher performance and lower emissions for B20 than the diesel and other blends. The brake thermal efficiency is higher than the diesel and CO, HC and NOX emissions were 22%, 8.4%, and 21% lesser than that of diesel.

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