Experimental Investigation of Performance and Emission Characteristics of Blends of Jatropha Oil Methyl Ester and Ethanol in Light Duty Diesel Vehicle

摘要

Diesel engine are most versatile engine which are mostly use as main prime movers in transportation , decentralized electric generation and agricultures sector. The current growth in environmental degradation and limited availability of fossil fuels has been a matter of concern throughout the world. In view of this fact it has become necessary to explore renewable alternative fuel from resources available locally, such as vegetable oils alcohol, animal fats etc. whose properties are comparable with mineral diesel and it can be used in the existing C.I. engine without any major hardware modification. The fuel should also meet the present energy needs for vast rural population, stimulating rural development and creating employment opportunities. Apart from this, it should address global concerns about net reduction of carbon emissions. The present energy scenario has motivated the world scientist to explore non petroleum, renewable and clean fuel which helps in sustainable development. The bio origin fuel can provide a feasible solution. Biodiesel is the one of the bio-origin fuels, it can derive from vegetable oil (edible or non-edible), and animal fats .However in India it is not viable to produce biodiesel using edible oil due to food security issues. Non-edible oils are more preferred oil as a feedstock to produce bio-diesel. Vegetable oils are the mixture of organic compound which contain straight chain compound to complex structure of proteins and fat which called triglycerides. Triglyceride made of one mole of glycerol and three moles of fatty acids. The vegetable oil has high viscosity than mineral diesel due to high molecular weight and complex molecular structure. Neat vegetable oil due to its poor volatility and high viscosity is not suitable for diesel engine application.