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Complete heat balance, performance, and emission evaluation of a CI engine fueled with Mesua ferrea methyl and ethyl ester’s blends with petrodiesel

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In this investigation, blends of Mesua ferrea methyl esters (FAME) and ethyl esters (FAEE) with petroleum diesel were used for complete thermal analysis (heat balance) in a computerized compression ignition engine at variable load and at different compression ratios (CR 15 and CR 18). In addition to heat balance, performance parameters like brake thermal efficiency and brake-specific fuel consumption of the CI engine fueled with biodiesel and blends were also investigated. The emissions analysis viz. CO, CO2, HC, NOx, and O2 were measured using an AVL DiGas 444 analyzer. It was observed that the work done was increasing with the increase in load and to some extent with the increase in CR and blending ratio. At CR 18, FAEE-B10 showed the maximum 29.3 % useful work, while diesel showed only 26.3 % at full load condition. At highest load and CR 18, HC, NOx, and CO2 emissions were found to be lesser than that from the petroleum diesel, and among all the blends, FAEE-B10 was found as a better substitute for diesel engine.

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Abbreviations

BP:

Brake power

BSFC:

Brake-specific fuel consumption

BTHE:

Brake thermal efficiency

CO2 :

Carbon dioxide

CO:

Carbon monoxide

CR:

Compression ratio

EE-B10:

Ethyl ester B10 blend

EE-B20:

Ethyl ester B20 blend

FAEE:

Fatty acid ethyl ester

FAME:

Fatty acid methyl ester

GHG:

Green house gas

HC:

Hydrocarbon

ME-B10:

Methyl ester B10 blend

ME-B20:

Methyl ester B20 blend

VCR:

Variable compression ratio

CV:

Calorific value (MJ kg−1)

\( C_{\text{Pg}} \) :

Specific heat of gas (kJ kg−1 K−1)

\( C_{\text{PW}} \) :

Specific heat of water (kJ kg−1 K−1)

m a :

Air flow rate (kg h−1)

m f :

Fuel flow rate (kg h−1)

m w :

Engine water flow (kg h−1)

T 1 :

Engine water inlet temperature (K)

T 2 :

Engine water outlet temperature (K)

T 3 :

Exhaust gas to calorimeter inlet temperature (K)

T 4 :

Exhaust gas to calorimeter outlet temperature (K)

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The first author acknowledges with thanks for the platform provided for the experimental work at SSS-NIRE and fellowship granted by MHRD for research works. The authors acknowledge the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, for financial assistance in the form of project grants (FNo. 7/144/2009-NT dt.01.10.2010 & 7/152/2010-BF date 13/09/2011).

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    Neetu Singh, Himansh Kumar & Anil Kumar Sarma

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India

    Neetu Singh & M. K. Jha

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Singh, N., Kumar, H., Jha, M.K. et al. Complete heat balance, performance, and emission evaluation of a CI engine fueled with Mesua ferrea methyl and ethyl ester’s blends with petrodiesel. J Therm Anal Calorim 122, 907–916 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4777-8

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