Performance, Combustion and Emission Characteristics of a D.I. Diesel Engine Fuelled with Nanoparticle Blended Jatropha Biodiesel

Authors

  • Prabu Arockiasamy
  • Ramachandran Bhagavathiammal Anand
https://doi.org/10.3311/PPme.7766

Abstract

The effect of nanoparticle as additive in Jatropha biodiesel is experimentally investigated in a single cylinder DI diesel engine with the aim of diluting the level of pollutants in the exhaust and for the improvement of engine performance owing to its potential advantage of high surface area to volume ratio, acting as a catalyst for the better combustion. Alumina and Cerium oxide nanoparticles are blended separately with Jatropha biodiesel at 30 parts per million and the engine performance, combustion and emission characteristics are compared with neat diesel and neat biodiesel as base fuels. For alumina blended test fuel, percentage reduction of NO emission by 9 %, Smoke opacity by 17 %, unburned hydrocarbon by 33 % and carbon monoxide by 20 % are observed along with percentage reduction of NO emission by 7 %, Smoke opacity by 20 %, unburned hydrocarbon by 28 % and carbon monoxide by 20 % for cerium oxide blended test fuel. 5 % improvement in brake thermal efficiency is observed for both the test fuels, due to its high surface area to volume ratio of nanoparticle promoting better combustion by improved atomization, better mixing of air-mixture and rapid evaporation of the fuel.

Keywords:

Alumina, cerium oxide, nanoparticle, carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbon

Published Online

2015-03-17

How to Cite

Arockiasamy, P., Anand, R. B. “Performance, Combustion and Emission Characteristics of a D.I. Diesel Engine Fuelled with Nanoparticle Blended Jatropha Biodiesel”, Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering, 59(2), pp. 88–93, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPme.7766

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