Experimental Studies of Diesel Engine Performance, Combustion and Emission Characteristics with Diesel and Pumpkin Seed Oil Blends
M.Kannan1, M. ArunKumar2, K.Senthil Kumar3, R.Prabhu4
1M.Kannan, Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science , Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
2M. Arun Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
3K.Senthil Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
4R.Prabhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Manuscript received on September 15, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on 28 September, 2019. | Manuscript published on October 10, 2019. | PP: 1294-1299 | Volume-8 Issue-12, October 2019. | Retrieval Number: L39161081219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.L3916.1081219
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Abstract: In the current study, the primary components used are pumpkin seed oil biodiesel with diesel was tested in diesel engine and its performance, exhaust emissions, and its effects were observed. The pumpkin seed oil that is used to produce biodiesel undergoes transesterification process along with ethanol, sulphuricacid ,andNaOH catalysts . With blends like B0,B20,B40,B60,B80,and B100, the test on engine performance is obtained, and the reports exposed that, B40 is overlying blend among the other biodiesel blends. In addition, to enhance the performance characteristics of B20,B60,B80 by volume was combined with B40 blend. Due to lower heating characteristics of biodiesel, the observations of BTE for B40 is 4.6% lower than diesel. But the observations of BSFC for B40 is 7.3% higher than diesel. The heat emission rate ofB20,B40,andB60 are almost identical to diesel fuel ,apace with ,at higher loads B40 emitted37.5%less CO and NOx emission was raised at the rate of 95% when correlated to diesel fuel. However, It is observed that there is no major difference not much difference in the emissions (HC, NO, andCO) and characteristics of the engine when using the diesel fuel and Pumpkin seed biodiesel fuel blends.
Keywords: Diesel Engine, Pumpkin Seed Oil, NOx Reduction, Performance, Biodiesel Blends.
Scope of the Article: Bio-Science and Bio-Technology