Effects of Biodiesel in Compression Ignition Engine Performance and Corrosion

Abstract

Energy consumption is increasing globally in various forms for various purposes. The intensity of consumption is directly proportional to a society s development. Today more and more developing countries are prospering through economic reforms and are becoming industrially advanced. Fuel is critical to any strategic plan for economic development and national security. In developing countries like India, fuel has assumed serious economic consequences in the form of budget deficits caused by oil imports and ecological degradation by pollution. The possibility of substituting cleaner-burning alternatives for gasoline and diesel has drawn the attention of the automobile industry over the past decade. Fuels today have opened an interesting debate about the relative merits of conventional and non-conventional fuels. The intrinsic energy content in gasoline and diesel is more per gallon than in any other fuels. Most important, India s transportation infrastructure (Refineries, pipelines, service stations, vehicle assembly plants, etc.) has been designed and optimized for petroleum fuels. However, emissions of reactive Un-Burnt Hydro Carbons (UBHC), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Smoke Opacity (SO) and Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) contribute significantly to the air pollution that plagues all the large Indian cities. Renewable fuel sources hold the potential for many benefits for the environment and local economic development. Environmental benefits can include lower tailpipe emissions from vehicle and reduction in greenhouse gases based on the overall Carbon dioxide (CO2) balance. newlineEconomically, renewable fuels offer the possibility to reduce dependence on foreign crude sources and imported fuel, while boosting the local agricultural industry. Due to the depletion of fossil fuels, there is an urgent need to find alternate fuels, which can replace fossil fuels. The fossil fuels available are expected to last only for the next four to five decades. According to the Indian scenario, the demand for petroleum diesel is increasing day-by-d