DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE, EMISSION AND COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS WITH OPTIMIZED BLEND OF B25 METHYL ESTER OF MANGO SEED OIL

Abstract

Oil based fuels worldwide have not just brought about the speedy consumption of available energy sources, yet have likewise caused extreme air pollution.The quests for a substitute fuel has prompted numerous findings because of which wide assortment of alternative fuels are available now.The current investigations have revealed the utilization of vegetable oils for engines as an option for diesel fuel.Since there is a restriction in using vegetable oils in diesel engines because of their high viscosity and low volatility.In the current work, mango seed oil is converted into respective methyl ester by trans esterification process.Tests are conducted using different blends of methyl ester of mango seed oil with diesel in a diesel engine.The investigation consequences demonstrated that the MEMSO biodiesel has comparable qualities to that of diesel.The brake thermal efficiency and smoke are seen to be lower in case of MEMSO biodiesel blends than diesel.Then again, BSFC and NOx of MEMSO biodiesel blends are seen as higher than diesel.It is observed that the combustion characteristics of methyl ester of mango seed oil blends seem to be similar with that of the diesel.From this investigation, it is concluded that B25 as optimized blend and could be used as an alternative fuel in a diesel engine with no engine modifications.