Affiliation:
1. PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, India
Abstract
The importance of biodiesel increases day by day due to the depletion of petroleum reserves and increasing environmental concerns. The performance, emission, and combustion characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with waste cooking palm oil-based biodiesel were improved by varying the engine parameters like fuel injection pressure injection timing and thermal barrier-coated engine components. Further, simultaneous improvement of biodiesel fuel properties, as well as engine characteristics, were achieved by implementing fuel modification such as the use of a fuel-borne catalyst added biodiesel, ternary blends, and water micro-emulsion. Modified fuels such as biodiesel-diesel-ethanol or diestrol and diestrol-microemulsion fuel engine modification on the diesel engine. Experiments were carried out on a Kirloskar make, naturally aspirated, single-cylinder, four-stroke, water-cooled, and direct injection (DI) diesel engine developing 5.2 kW at a constant speed of 1500 rpm.