Experimental Analysis of a Diesel Engine Run on Different Biodiesel Fuel Blends

Abstract

Ever increasing rate in the production of automotive vehicles and the significance of decreasing the pollutions in nature trigger numerous researches to find the alternative solution. Biodiesel has been considered a vital fuel for diesel engine view point. In the present study a single cylinder diesel engine was run fully on non-petroleum fuels blends. In this regard Jatropha methyl ester (JME) and waste transformer oil (WTO) were selected as a fuel for the replacement of diesel. diesel engines such as fuel direct injection method is used. The WTO at low percentages (10-40% at regular intervals of 10% on a volume basis), was blended with diesel, to get the fuel blends for the investigation. The performance and emission terms were compared, analyzed and presented in this article.