Evaporation rate and engine performance analysis of coated diesel engine using Raphanus sativus biodiesel and its diesel blends |
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| Authors: | V Ravikumar D Senthilkumar C Solaimuthu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dhirajlal Gandhi College of Technology, Salem, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sona College of Technology, Salem, India;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Er. Perumal Manimegalai College of Engineering, Housur, India |
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| Abstract: | An experimental investigation to measure the evaporation rates, PSZ-coated engine performance and emissions of radish biodiesel (Methyl Ester of radish oil) and its blends in different volumetric proportions with diesel is presented. The thermo-physical properties of all the fuel blends have been measured and presented. Evaporation rates of neat radish biodiesel, neat diesel and their bends have been measured under slow convective environment of air velocity of 0.2?m/s with a constant temperature of 200°C. Evaporation constants have been determined by using the droplet regression rate data. The neat fuels and fuel blends have been utilised in a test engine with different load conditions to evaluate the performance and emission characteristics of the fuels. From the observed evaporation, performance and emissions characteristics, it can be suggested that a blend of B25–B75 could be optimally used in coated diesel engine settings without any modifications on it. |
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| Keywords: | Radish seed oil biodiesel diesel evaporation rate engine performance emissions |
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