Performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine fueled with ternary blends of linseed and rubber seed oil biodiesel

Fossil fuels are being exhausted and new energy options are being pursued. The processing of fuel can be used as diesel fuel from vegetable oils and animal fat. The goal of this research is to study the efficiency and emissions of diesel in combination with linseed and rubber seed oil as biodiesels simultaneously. Five ternary blends have been prepared in a variety of proportions from linseed and rubber seed oil. These two oils have relatively similar physical characteristics, and these two oils are not edible. Output and emissions tests were carried out using ternary biodiesel mixtures in a single-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine. The experimental study has shown the performance efficiency of ternary blend1 (5% linseed biodiesel, 5% biodiesel rubber seed, 90% diesel) and blend2 (10% linseed biodiesel, 10% biodiesel rubber seed, 80% diesel) is optimum compare to the other blends. Blend1 and blend2 have a calorific value of 42.33 MJ/kg and 41.95 MJ/kg while. Cetane number (CN) is 51 or 52 respectively which is almost same of the diesel fuel. At higher loads, the SFC deviation from base diesel to mixture is very small. Ternary blends are lower in NO2 and CO emissions than base diesel. Compared to base diesel, however, the value of NO and CO2 is high.

Automated summary

Fossil fuels are being depleted and researchers are turning to new energy options. A study was conducted to investigate the efficiency and emissions of diesel fuel blended with linseed and rubber seed oil as biodiesels. The experimental results showed that blends with 5% and 10% of linseed and rubber seed oil had the optimum performance efficiency compared to other blends.