Effect of supercharging and combustion improving additives on the performance and combustion characteristics of diesel engine fueled with mahua biodiesel

  Tukaram Chavan,  Dr.M.C.Navindgi

An experimental study has been conducted to evaluate the effects of supercharging and using diethyl ether as an additive to biodiesel blend on the performance and emission of a direct injection diesel engine. The mahua biodiesel and diesel are blended with diethyl ether (DEE) in the ratio of 0:100:0, 15:80:5, 20:75:5, 25:70:5, 100:0:0 by volume and tested in CI engine. The results obtained were compared with neat diesel, there was slightly lower brake specific fuel consumption for diesel-biodiesel blend. Strong reduction in emissions was observed with diesel – biodiesel-DEE at various engine loads. Methyl ester of mahua biodiesel at 20% and DEE 5% blend with 75% diesel gave best performance in terms of low smoke intensity and emissions characteristics. The optimum blend, M20 (D75M20A5) fuel is used in diesel engine with supercharged condition. In this experimental work M20 blend at 20% supercharging gave best performance in terms of low smoke intensity and emission characteristics.

Keywords- Diesel, biodiesel, diethyl ether, performance, emission

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1703151
Page Number(s) - 1070-1079
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 3 | September 2017
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Tukaram Chavan,  Dr.M.C.Navindgi,   "Effect of supercharging and combustion improving additives on the performance and combustion characteristics of diesel engine fueled with mahua biodiesel", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 3, pp.1070-1079, September 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1703151.pdf