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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 25, Issue 26, Pages 26167-26172Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2618-6
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Diesel engine; Neem oil methyl ester; Silver nano-additives; Oxides of nitrogen; Emissions
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This work investigates the experimental study to examine the operation characteristics of a neat neem oil methyl ester (BD100) along with silver oxide nano-particles as a metal-based additive in various mass fractions. Silver oxide nano-particle is mixed into 100% of BD100 at 5 and 10ppm. The experimental investigation on diesel engine reveals that the addition of silver oxide nano-particles to BD100 resulted in enhancement of brake thermal efficiency (BTE) with a reduction in brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC). The tested emission parameters such as CO, HC, NOx, and smoke were decreased by 12.22, 10.89, 4.24, and 6.61% for BD100+ Ag2O (5ppm) and 16.47, 14.21, 6.66, and 8.34% for BD100 respectively when compared to BD100. Overall, improvement in ignition characteristics of the engine was finer by adding 5 and 10ppm of silver oxide nano-particle to BD100 on account of the enhanced surface area to volume ratio.
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