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Comparative Analysis of Performance of Different Models of Diesel Engines using Different Blends of Bio-Diesels
Abstract
It is a well-known fact that petroleum products are available in limited stock and they are depleting rapidly. That’s why there is an urgent need to look for alternative sources of energy. In this research work, biodiesel was manufactured from waste cooking oil. During the process of manufacturing, there are various factors affecting the yield of biodiesel produced. The 4 important factors affecting the yield were identified as methanol to oil ratio, catalyst concentration in weight %, operating temperature and time of reaction. Out of these 4 factors, methanol to oil ratio was found to be most significant factor and operating temperature was least significant out of these 4 factors. Maximum brake power of biodiesel was 0.73% lower than that of diesel fuel. Brake specific fuel consumption was increasing with increase in concentration of biodiesel in blend while it was decreasing with load. Trends of bsfc variations of diesel were very close to B20 blend. At 2kg, 4kg, 6 kg, 8kg and 10 kg load bsfc of B20 blend was 1.51 % higher, 4.79 % higher, 3.1 % lower, 5.18 % higher, and 5.72 % higher than that of diesel fuels at the corresponding loads respectively. Maximum brake thermal efficiency for biodiesel blends was found for B10 and it was 34.26% which was almost same to the maximum brake thermal efficiency of diesel which was 34.38 %. Indicated power of biodiesel blends was in the same range to that of diesel at corresponding load. Variations of indicated power were in a very small range like 0.931 to 0.914 kW at a load of 2 kg. Variations in mechanical efficiency were also almost linear with a small negative slope. Maximum mechanical efficiency foe biodiesel was 86.66 % for B10 blend while maximum value for diesel was 86.75% at a load of 10 kg.
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