Production of Composite Biodiesel from Pongamia & Simarouba oil and Comparison of Performance of Composite Biodiesel with Diesel

G. V. Naveen Prakash, Nithyananda B.S, Vinay K.B, S.A. Mohankrishna

Abstract


Pongamia oil and simarouba oil are mixed in equal volume to prepare the composite oil. The composite oil is processed through two stage transesterification process to produce composite biodiesel. The composite biodiesel blends are prepared by mixing neat biodiesel with diesel by 5%, 10% and 20% volume respectively. The engine control factors viz., injection pressure, injection timing and fuel preheating temperature are considered for evaluating the performance of composite biodiesel blends on CRDI engine. The experiments are carried out at injection pressure of 600 bar, 21˚bTDC and 40˚C of fuel temperature. On comparison of biodiesel blends, it is observed that BTE is higher and BSFC is lower for composite biodiesel blends than diesel. The emissions such as CO and CO2 are found to be lower, and NOx is found to be higher for composite biodiesel blends than diesel.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijicegt.v9i2.1588

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