Parametric Study of Jatropha Blended Gasoline Fuel In Compression Ignition Engine Of A Small Capacity Diesel Engine

摘要

In this study, Jatropha Biodiesel was tested in a single cylinder direct-injection diesel engine to investigate the operational parameters of a small capacity diesel engine under six engine loads. Here the jatropha oil is used as a non edible oil to produce the biodiesel. The investigated blends were 40/60%, 30/70%, 20/80% and 100% jatropha biodiesel at various loads. The jatropha biodiesel was obtained from National Research Institute for Chemical Technology Zaria-Nigeria and was within EN, BIS and Brazil specifications for biodiesel. Each blend was tested on a short term basis of three hours. The result shows that the brake thermal efficiency increased for all tested blends at lower engine loads and decreases at higher engine loads. The specific fuel consumption (S.F.C) increased for lower blends compared to neat jatropha oil while higher engine powers were obtained for lower blends compared to neat jatropha oil. In all the investigated operational parameters, the diesel reference fuel had better performance to jatropha biodiesel blends except in the percentage heat loss to the exhaust where jatropha biodiesel blends had better performance.