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Comparision of Operational Charecteristics of Diesel Engine Run by Bio Diesel (Rubber Seed Oil) With Diesel Fuel Operation
Comparision of Operational Charecteristics of Diesel Engine Run by Bio Diesel (Rubber Seed Oil) With Diesel Fuel Operation
Comparision of Operational Charecteristics of Diesel Engine Run by Bio Diesel (Rubber Seed Oil) With Diesel Fuel Operation
CHARECTERISTICS OF DIESEL
ENGINE RUN BY BIO DIESEL
(RUBBER SEED OIL) WITH DIESEL
FUEL OPERATION
By
T. Mohan Raj
Lecturer, SASTRA University
Thanjavur
Introduction
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel, derived
from vegetable oils such as
Soybean oil
Jatropha oil
Corn oil
Sunflower oil
Cotton Seed oil
Rice Bran oil
Rubber Seed oil and etc.,
“The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels
may seem insignificant today. But such oils
may become in the course of time as
important as petroleum and the coal tar
products of the present time.”
Rudolf Diesel (1912)
Importance of Biodiesel
Renewable
Clean burning
High Lubricity
Fuel Efficiency
Very low greenhouse gases
Reduces need to import oil
Biodegradable
Safe: non-toxic, non-hazardous, non-flammable
Properties of Rubber seed oil
properties diesel Rubber
seed oil
Kinematic viscosity in 7.956 6.0
CS
Flash point in 0C 65 72
Pour point 0 C 20 12
Cetane number 56 45
Transesterification Process
Crude bio-diesel
Glycerol
Washing Methanol Recovery
Neat bio-diesel
Experimental Setup - Schematic
Cooling 9
water in 8
1 2
Cooling
water out
Experimental Setup - Photograph
Engine Configuration
Make and Model : COMET
No. of Cylinder : One
Orientation : Vertical
Cycle : 4 Strokes
Ignition System : C.I.
Bore and stroke : 80 x 110 mm
Arrangement of valves : Overhead
Rated power : 3.5 kW @ 1500 rpm
Cooling Medium : Water
Combustion Chamber : Open
Compression ratio : 18:1
Displacement volume : 553 cc
Procedure
¾The engine is coupled with an eddy current
dynamometer.
¾ Two separate fuel tanks were used, one for diesel fuel
and other for Rubber seed oil. Both the fuels were injected
at the room temperature only.
40
35
BREAK THERMAL EFFICIENCY (%)
30
25
DIESEL
20
BIODIESEL
15
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD (Kgf)
Load Vs Specific Fuel Consumption
4
SFC(kg/kW-hr)
DIESEL
3
BIODIESEL
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD (Kgf)
Load Vs Exhaust Gas Temperature
400
350
C)
O
EXHAUST GAS TEMPARATURE (
300
Diesel
250 Biodiesel
DIESEL
200
BIODIESEL
150
100
50
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD (Kgf)
Load Vs Volumetric Efficiency
60
50
VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY(%)
40
DIESEL
30
BIODIESEL
20
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD (Kgf)
Load Vs Delay Period
10
7
DELAY PERIOD ( CA)
O
DIESEL
5
BIODIESEL
4
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD (Kgf)
Load Vs Peak Pressure
90
80
70
PEAK PRESSURE(bar)
60
50
DIESEL
BIODIESEL
40
30
20
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD (Kgf)
Load Vs Rate of Pressure Rise
8
\)
7
RATE OF PRESSURE RISE(dp/ d
5
DIESEL
BIODIESEL
4
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD (Kgf)
Conclusion
The performance and the combustion
characteristics of diesel engine and
biodiesel almost match.
Biodiesel is very effective and can be used
as an alternative fuel without any engine
modifications.
Rubber seed oil as biodiesel is considered
as cost effective when produced in large
quantity.
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RUBBER SEED
Soybean Plantation
Jatropha curcas