Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i4.13
Year: 2009, Volume: 2, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-7
Original Article
Y.V.Hanumantha Rao1 , Ram Sudheer Voleti1 , A.V.Sitarama Raju2 and P.Nageswara Reddy3
1Dept of Mechanical Engg., Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engg., Green Fields, Guntur-522502, AP, India.
2Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Jawaharalal Nehru Technol. Univ. College of Engg, Kakinada-533003, Andra Pradesh.
3Balaji Institute of Technolgy & Science, Narasampet-506331, Warangal Dt, Andhra Pradesh
*Author for the correspondence:
P.Nageswara Reddy
Balaji Institute of Technolgy & Science, Narasampet-506331,
Warangal Dt, Andhra Pradesh.
E-mail: [email protected]
The performance of single cylinder water-cooled diesel engine using Multi-DM-32 diesel additive and methyl-ester of Jatropha oil as the fuel was evaluated for its performance and exhaust emissions. The fuel properties of biodiesel such as kinematic viscosity, calorific value, flash point, carbon residue and specific gravity were found. Results indicated that B25 have closer performance to diesel and B100 had lower brake thermal efficiency mainly due to its high viscosity compared to diesel. The brake thermal efficiency for biodiesel and its blends was found to be slightly higher than that of diesel fuel at tested load conditions and there was no difference between the biodiesel and its blended fuels efficiencies. For Jatropha biodiesel and its blended fuels, the exhaust gas temperature increased with increase in power and amount of biodiesel. However, its diesel blends showed reasonable efficiencies, lower smoke, CO2 and CO. Multi- DM-32 additive with methyl ester of Jatropha offer fuel conservation as well as reduce pollution.
Keywords: Jatropha oil, additive, transesterification, performance and emission characteristics
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