Performance and Exhaust Emission Analysis of Thermal Barrier Coated Diesel Engine Using Rice Bran Oil Biodiesel
Sunil I. Patel1, Dipak C. Gosai2, Vandana Y. Gajjar3
1Sunil I. Patel, Mechanical Engineering. Department, S.V.M.I.T., Bharuch, India.
2Dipak C. Gosai, Mechanical Engineering Department, S.V.M.I.T, Bharuch, India.
3Vandana Y. Gajjar, Mechanical Engineering Department, S.V.M.I.T., Bharuch, India.
Manuscript received on March 02, 2013. | Revised Manuscript received on April 13, 2013. | Manuscript published on April 30, 2013. | PP: 734-739 | Volume-2, Issue-4, April 2013. | Retrieval Number: D1594042413/2013©BEIESP
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Abstract: Increasing the performance of an internal combustion engine requires the transformation of total fuel energy to useful energy at the highest as possible. Increase of inner cylinder heat plays important role in the increase of engine performance and decrease of exhaust emissions. It is understood that coating combustion chamber elements with thermal barriers contributes a lot to the increase of inner cylinder heat. This study includes an evaluation of experimental studies and its results carried out upon the methods applied on coating with thermal barrier in diesel engines, the effects of coating on the performance of engine using rice bran oil biodiesel blends of B10, B20, B40, B100 with the diesel fuel. By using rice bran biodiesel blends with diesel fuel, the result showed that brake thermal efficiency and mechanical efficiency of different blends with diesel fuel were less as compared to conventional diesel. Fuel consumption was increased with blending percentage in the engine. Emission level of HC decreased (40-50 %) with blending percentage increased with all type of fuel modes. NOx , CO also decreased with blending percentage increased with diesel fuel.
Keywords: Rice bran biodiesel, TBC engine, Brake thermal efficiency, Mechanical efficiency, Heat balance sheet, Exhaust emission.