Experimental Investigation on Engine Performance and Emission Characteristics using Pongamia – Orange Oil Blends

john samuel koppula, Sreenivasulu nandamuri, Govindarajulu K, Rajasekhar Y, Edison Gundabattini, Thundil Karuppa Raj Rajagopal

Abstract


For the past few decades, research has scaled up in the development of environmental friendly alternative fuels such as biofuels that can replace the use of conventional fuel resources. The present work investigates the usage of Pongamia and Orange oil blended with diesel to run a compression ignition engine. Several experiments were conducted with blends of diesel, Pongamia and Orange oil in different proportions to evaluate engine performance and emission characteristics of full throttle position. The results indicate that the values of Brake Specific Fuel Consumption, Brake thermal efficiency and mechanical efficiency obtained with the use of bio-diesel blends are very close, and emissions are less when compared to diesel.

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Pongamia oil, Orange Oil, performance, emission

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