USE OF JATROPHA OIL METHYL ESTER AND ITS BLENDS AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL IN DIESEL ENGINE

摘要：

Biodiesel derived from nonedible oils are quite promising alternative fuels for agricultural diesel engines.Use of Biodiesel oils in diesel engines leads to slightly inferior performance and higher smoke emissions due to their high viscosity.The performance of Biodiesel can be improved by modifying them through the transesterification process.In the present work, the performance of single cylinder water-cooled diesel engine using methyl-ester of Jatropha oil as 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 B20 has closer performance to diesel and B100 has 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.But, diesel blends showed reasonable efficiency, and CO emissions

关键词： Jatropha oil biodiesel transesterification performance and emission

作者: AMAR PRADEEP PANDHARE A.S.PADALKAR

作者单位: Stnt,Kashibai Navale College of Engineering,Pune Sinhgad College of Engineering,Pune

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technology(ICMET2011) (2011第三届机械与电气技术国际会议)

会议地点: 大连

会议语种:英文

页码: 557-561

在线出版日期: 2011-08-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）