Studies on combustion performance And emission characteristics of a diesel Engine using diesel and methyl ester of Vegetable oil as fuel

Abstract

newline Irrecoverable rapid depletion of fossil fuel high price fluctuations newlinereducing energy security uncertainty in oil supply to consuming nations high newlineexpenditure on fuel import harmful environmental effects of various newlinepollutants are the significant driving forces that urge to search for alternative newlinefuels that are renewable and non toxic newlineUnder Indian conditions plants which produce non edible oil in newlineappreciable quantity and grown in non cropped marginal lands and newlinewastelands can be considered for biofuel production Although promising newlineresults were obtained in short term engine tests using vegetable oil injector newlinechoking more engine deposits ring sticking and thickening of lubricant were newlineobserved in longer tests These problems led to the use of modified vegetable newlineoil as a fuel Biodiesel is recently gaining prominence as a substitute for newlinepetroleum based diesel mainly due to environmental considerations and newlinedepletion of petroleum fuels Among the methods available to convert newlinevegetable oil into diesel like fuel transesterification process was found to be newlinethe most viable one newline