Journal Article
Experimental Investigation to Study the Influence of Fuel Additive with Pre-Heated Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO) by Comparing the Injection, Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Based on IR Diagram
2015-04-01
2015-01-9072
The use of locally available non-edible type SVO (Straight Vegetable Oil) in existing diesel engine without any modification becomes an attractive option in rural and remote areas in decentralized power generation for irrigation and electrification, where grid power is not available, if performance is comparable to diesel fuel. The purpose of the present work is to determine how the commercially available additive influences the injection, combustion and emission characteristics of CI (Compression Ignition) engine fuelled with SVO at elevated temperature. In the present paper attention is concentrated to elucidate how IR (Injection Rate) diagram focuses on the injection characteristics which in turn affects the combustion and emission characteristics of DI (Direct Injection) diesel engine.
