PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERISATION OF BIODIESEL FROM SIMAROUBA GLAUCA SEED OIL WITH DIETHYL ETHER AS AN ADDITIVE AND ITS PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION EVALUATION ON SINGLE CYLINDER, FOUR STROKE C.I ENGINE

Danesha D, Manjunath H

Abstract: In the present years due to diminishing petroleum reserves and stringent emission norms it is necessary to search for alternative for petroleum, since they are exhaustible. Hence it is very important now to find an alternative which is renewable and environmental friendly, hence various process are employed for production of alternate fuel, one of it is production of biodiesel, which is produced by the transesterification of oil by methanol as an alcohol. In the present paper methyl ester produced from the transesterification of simarouba glauca oil is evaluated in single cylinder, 4 stroke, and direct injection compression ignition engine for its performance and emission characteristic for a simarouba glauca methyl ester and its blend with additive diethyl ether and diesel with varying proportions. The engine was operated at different loads i.e.., 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and full load condition for the various blends of biodiesel. Performance characteristics of an engine such as brake thermal efficiency, brake specific fuel consumption and exhaust gas temperature were evaluated and emissions such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide are measured

Keywords: BIODIESEL , EMISSION

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0525011