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The Use of Mustard Cake Pyrolytic Oil Blends as Fuel in a Diesel Engine

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The performance, emission and combustion characteristic of bio-oil and its blends with diesel obtained from the pyrolysis of mustard de-oiled cake have been presented in this paper along with its fuel properties. A single cylinder, four stroke, air cooled IC engine with 4.4 KW brake power was run on diesel, mustard cake pyrolytic oil (MCPO) and its blends at a constant speed of 1,500 rpm under variable load conditions. Engine performance (brake specific energy consumption, thermal efficiency and exhaust gas temperature), emissions (CO, HC, CO2 and NOx) and combustion (cylinder peak pressure, heat release rate, combustion pressure and ignition delay) were measured to evaluate and compute the behavior of the diesel engine running on blends of MCPO. There was a significant increase in brake thermal efficiency with slight increase in specific energy consumption when compared to diesel operation. Exhaust emissions including CO, NOx were lower while un-burnt hydrocarbon and CO2 emissions were slightly higher, making blends of MCPO (B30) a suitable alternative fuel for diesel.

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    Vikranth Volli & R. K. Singh

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Volli, V., Singh, R.K. & Murugan, S. The Use of Mustard Cake Pyrolytic Oil Blends as Fuel in a Diesel Engine. Waste Biomass Valor 5, 661–668 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-013-9270-7

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