International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD) Volume 5, Issue 02, February-2018, e-ISSN: 2348 - 4470, print-ISSN: 2348-6406
Cooling of the engine was accomplished by a disciple connected to the engine. The engine was loaded by a powermag build eddy current measuring system with electronic torsion exciter. A load cell RS232 from Essae Teraoka restricted was purchased and connected with the measuring system for the measuring of the torsion. The load on the engine was varied with the assistance of the controller given the measuring system. Fuel flow rates were measured victimization the quality buret equipment. Exhaust gas temperature was measured victimization the graduated non contact infrared temperature instrument. Associate degree AVL smoke meter and exhaust gas instrument were used for the measuring of Nox, CO2, CO, HC and smoke opacity severally. Technical details of the engine square measure given in Table three. Table 3. Engine Specifications. Make & Type Number of cylinder Stroke x Bore (mm) Compression Ratio Rated speed (rpm) Brake Power (kW)
Kirloskar, Air cooled diesel engine 1 87.5×110 17.5:1 1500 4.4
The engine was started and run at no load at a rated speed of 1500 rate. it had been run at this speed for couple of minutes to realize steady state and so loaded step by step from no load to full load mistreatment the eddy current measuring system A series of engine tests were disbursed exploitation diesel and biodiesel to search out the result of varied blends on the performance and emission characteristics of the engine. Investigations area unit disbursed on the engine primarily to review the result of specific fuel consumption, brake thermal potency, and exhaust gas temperature and emissions like Roman deity, CO, CO2, HC and smoke opacity. it had been found that the precise fuel consumption decreases from zero.649 to 0.336 kg/kW-hr at varied hundreds within the vary of zero – three.9 BkW whereas Pramanik [10] reported a decrease in SFC from zero.693 to 0.332 kg/kW-hr. The brake thermal potency varies from 029.39% within the load vary of 0-3.9 BkW whereas Pramanik [10] reported a most brake thermal potency of twenty seven.11% for a load vary of zero – three.078 BkW in his studies on one cylinder ICE plus a hydraulic measuring system. Exhaust gas temperature and Roman deity emission will increase with increase in BkW for all the cases. Roman deity emission reaches all most of 1656 ppm for a mix of fifty at full load whereas a most of 1800 ppm for biodiesel was reported within the literature by the researchers5. These trends and therefore the variations within the fuel properties like viscous ness and density for numerous blends area unit in accordance with the findings of the many such researchers [5-10]. an in depth discussion on the Roman deity, CO, CO2, HC and smoke opacity were conferred here below to grasp the behavior of the engine running on biodiesel. 1.3K.Sudhakar, M.Rajesh, M.Premalatha Material Jatropha plantation was drained 2008 at Energy center, MANIT, Bhopal (23° 16' N, 77° 36' E).Five metric weight unit of genus Jatropha seeds were obtained from the plantation. Then the kernel is obtained from the seeds by removing the shell covering them, the oil content of the kernel is around 50-60%. The kernel is processed by a hand operated oil expeller (Rajkumar Agro Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Nagpur, India). The oil obtained is then filtered to induce pure oil sample. Genus Jatropha oil of around one liter was obtained victimization hand operated oil expeller. Analytical chemical agent grade chemicals like fuel and caustic potash (KOH) were procured from high purity laboratory chemicals
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