This study presents effect of injection timing on performance, combustion and emission characteristics of mahua biodiesel (Madhuca indica) and its blends with pure diesel on a 4 stroke tangentially vertical single cylinder (TV 1) direct injection diesel engine. At injection timing of 22° bTDC, blend B25 (25% mahua biodiesel and 75% pure diesel, by vol) gave optimum performance, which is very close to pure diesel. Thus B25 fuel can be effectively used in a diesel engine as an alternative fuel without any modification in the engine. Diesel (25%) thus saved will greatly help the interests of railways in meeting the demand for fuel, as diesel trains are operated at maximum load condition.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/effect-injection-timing-performance-combustion-and-emission-characteristics-diesel
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/chandrakasan-solaimuthu
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/palanisamy-govindarajan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-scientific-and-industrial-research
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/alternative-fuels
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diesel
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiesel
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/science-and-technology
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-technology
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
