Investigation of a Naturally Aspirated Diesel Engine Fueled with Blends of Thevetia Peruviana Seed Oil under 8-Mode Testing Cycle 2018-28-0006
In the present work, bio-diesel produced from Thevatia Peruviana seed oil which is commonly called as Yellow oleander is blended with diesel to investigate the performance and emission characteristics of a naturally aspirated diesel engine. The testing is carried out under 8-mode testing cycle used for off-road vehicles. The extracted bio-oil is subjected to gas chromatography-mass spectrometer to obtain its fatty acid profile. It is then converted into bio-diesel by transesterification process. The properties of bio-diesel produced are conforming to EN14214 standards except for a slightly lower density. Two blends of B10, B15 with diesel are used for experiments. The reduction in power and torque is observed to be proportional to increasing blend ratio. Results show that there is a reduction of 15.71% of CO and 32.30% reduction in HC for B15 blend compared to base line diesel. However, CO2 and NOX emissions are found to be increased for blends as compared to baseline engine.
Citation: Sreenivas, R., Senthilkumar, S., Jerome, M., and R PhD, C., "Investigation of a Naturally Aspirated Diesel Engine Fueled with Blends of Thevetia Peruviana Seed Oil under 8-Mode Testing Cycle," SAE Technical Paper 2018-28-0006, 2018, https://doi.org/10.4271/2018-28-0006. Download Citation
Author(s):
Rohit Sreenivas, Sundararaj Senthilkumar, Martin Stanley Jerome, Chandraseelan Edison R PhD
Affiliated:
Vel Tech Inst. of Science and Technology, SRM Inst. of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar SRR Engineering College
Pages: 9
Event:
International Conference on Advances in Design, Materials, Manufacturing and Surface Engineering for Mobility
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Vegetable oils
Diesel / compression ignition engines
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