PERFORMANCE STUDY ON DIESEL ENGINE BY USING WASTE CHICKEN FAT BIODIESEL

Jaikumar, Veerbhadrappa, Sharanappa Godiganur

Abstract: Alternative renewable fuels are being developed and studies are being performed for its better performance and emission controls to replace the conventional petroleum based fuel over a period of time. The chicken fat oil has high viscosity, which leads to problem in pumping and spray characteristics. The inefficient mixing of chicken fat oil with air contributes to incomplete combustion. The use of chicken fat oil as fuel in compression ignition (CI) engines is to convert it into biodiesel. The main resources for biodiesel production can be non-edible oils obtained from plant species such as mahua, jotropha, neem and honge. Different blends of biodiesel can be formulated or a pure form of biodiesel can be used in CI engines with minor engine modifications. Biodiesel can be used in its pure form or can be blended with diesel to form different blends of biodiesel. This paper presents the results of the performance study carried out on biodiesel processed from waste chicken fat in a single-cylinder, four stroke, direct-injection and compression ignition engine. The performance and emission parameters of chicken fat biodiesel blend were found to be very close to neat diesel fuel. Significant improvement in engine performance characteristics was observed for 20% blend. The biodiesel emissions at 20% blend are less when compared to pure diesel fuel emissions.

Keywords: Chicken Fat Biodiesel, Performance, Emissions, Transesterification.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0533020