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| Article Name : | | | PERFORMANCE, COMBUSTION AND EMISSION ANALYSIS OF DIESEL ENGINE FUELLED WITH BLENDS OF DIESEL AND MAHUA OIL METHYLE ESTERS WITH RETARDATION OF INJECTION TIMING | | Author Name : | | | M.V.MALLIKARJUN1,VENKATA RAMESH MAMILLA2, G.LAKSHMI NARAYANA RAO3 | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2011 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Mahua oil, is considered as potential alternative fuels for diesel engines. In order to reduce the problems posed by straight vegetable oils in operation transesterification of vegetable oils is found to be more suitable fuel processing technique...A single cylinder constant speed air-cooled four-stroke direct injection diesel engine of 4.4 KW which is commonly used in the agriculture sector for driving pumps and in small electrical generators is selected for the experimental investigations. The performance, emission and combustion characteristics are analyzed. The combustion parameters considered for this analysis are ignition delay, cylinder pressure and rate of heat release. The brake thermal efficiency is slightly reduced and the Hydrocarbon (UBHC), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate emissions in the exhaust are reduced when fuelled with methyl ester compared to diesel. The results show that methyl esters of vegetable oils can be successfully used in existing diesel engines without any modifications. | | Keywords : | | |
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