1Research Scholar, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur
2Senior Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi
3Project Co-coordinator, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
4Associate Professor, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (UP)
*Corresponding author's email: singh.gajendra1988@gmail.com
Online published on 25 April, 2019.
A 3.74kW single-cylinder water-cooled direct-injection diesel engine was evaluated using different blends of biodiesel. Three ethanol-ethyl acetate- biodiesel selected fuels using 2000 proof ethanol were used. The brake engine power (kW), fuel consumption (FC), brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC), and exhaust gas emissions such as oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx),and nitric oxide (NO) were evaluated as the dependent parameters. The experiments were caried out according to the asymmetric factorial design. The results showed that the selected fuels, viz., diesel, 2000-10/0/90, 2000-15/5/80 and 200020/10/70 produced similar power capabilities, slightly higher fuel consumption and lower exhaust emission than those with biodiesel fuel alone. Based on the study 2000-20/10/70 ethanol-ethyl acetate–biodiesel selected fuel is recommended for use in C.I. Engines. This selected fuel may replace 30 percent biodiesel for lesser emissions.
Diesel engine, Emissions, Ethyl acetate
