Experimental investigation of DI diesel engine performance with oxygenated additive and SOME Biodiesel

Abstract

This study investigates the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine which is fuelled with sardine oil methyl ester and diesel in a diesel engine with cerium oxide as nano particle. A single cylinder four stroke diesel engine was used for the experiments at various load and constant speed. This study deals with an innovative method to improve the efficiency by reducing the fuel consumption and improving the combustion using nano particles. The objective of this study is to analyze the possible effects of adding nano particles with diesel and SOME. The nano particles used for this test is 25ppm. The present work mainly focuses on comparing the nano particles with diesel and biodiesel to improve the performance of compression ignition engine. The tests revealed that nano particles can be used as additive in diesel and biodiesel to improve complete combustion of the fuel and increase the exhaust emissions significantly.