Performance, emissions and combustion characteristics of a single cylinder diesel engine fuelled with blends of jatropha methyl ester and diesel

International Journal of Renewable Energy Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-131

  Padhee, Debasish ^a   Raheman, Hifjur ^b  

^a BRSM CAET   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Cylinder pressure; Engine performance; Heat release rate; Ignition delay

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BRAKES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; IGNITION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

BIO-DIESEL BLENDS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; CYLINDER PRESSURES; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT RELEASE RATE; IGNITION DELAYS; JATROPHA METHYL ESTERS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RELEASE RATE;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 85027509908     PISSN: 22524940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14710/ijred.3.2.125-131     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Cheng, Y.Y., Fang, Z., Li, B. & Long, Y. (2012) Review and prospects of Jatropha biodiesel industry in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 16, 2178– 2190.
2. Forson, F.K., Oduro, E.K. & Donkoh, E.H. (2004) Performance of jatropha oil blends in a diesel engine. Renewable Energy, 29, 1135–1145.
3. Kalligeros, S., Zannikos, F., Stouranas, S., Lois, E., Anastotoulus, G., Teas, S. Sakellaropoulou, F. (2003) An investigation of using biodiesel/marine diesel blends on the performance of a stationary diesel engine. Biomass & Bioenergy, 24, 141-49.
4. Knothe, G. (2005) Dependence of biodiesel fuel properties on the structure of fatty acid alkyl esters. Fuel Processing Technology, 86, 1059-70.
5. Pramanik, K. (2003) Properties and use of jatropha curcas oil and diesel fuel blends in compression ignition engine. Renewable Energy, 28, 239–248.
6. Puhan, S., Saravanan, N., Nagarajan, G. & Vedaraman, N. (2010) Effect of biodiesel unsaturated fatty acid on combustion characteristics of a DI compression ignition engine. Biomass & Bioenergy, 34, 1079–1088.
7. Rajendra, M., Jena, P.C. & Raheman, H. (2009) Prediction of optimized pretreatment process parameters for biodiesel production using ANN and GA. Fuel, 88, 868-875.
8. Ramdhas, A.S., Jeyaraj, S. & Muraleedharan, C. (2004) Use of vegetable oils as IC engines fuels – a review. Renewable Energy, 29, 727– 742.
9. Reddy, J.N. & Ramesh, A. (2006) Parametric studies for improving the performance of jatropha oil – fuelled compression ignition engine. Renewable Energy, 31, 1994 – 2016.
10. Senthil K.M., Ramesh, A. & Nagalingam, B. (2003) An experimental comparison of methods to use methanol and jatropha oil in a compression ignition engine. Biomass & Bioenergy, 25, 309– 318.
11. Tiwari, A.K., Kumar, A. & Raheman, H. (2007) Biodiesel production from jatropha oil (Jatropha curcas) with high free fatty acids: An optimized process. Biomass and Bioenergy, 31 (8), 569-575.
12. Wang, W.G., Lyons, D.W., Clarck, N.N., Gautam, M. & Norton, P.M. (2000) Emissions from nine heavy trucks fueled by diesel and biodiesel blend without engine modification. Environmental Science & Technology, 34 (6), 933-39.
13. Xue, J., Grift, T.E. & Hansen, A.C. (2011) Effect of biodiesel on engine performances and emissions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15, 1098–1116.