Experimental investigation of the effect of compression ratio and injection pressure in a direct injection diesel engine running on Jatropha methyl ester |
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| Authors: | S Jindal BP Nandwana NS Rathore V Vashistha |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Mechanical Engineering Dept., College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur 313 001, India;2. Renewable Energy Sources Dept., College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur 313 001, India;1. School of mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Chennai, India;2. Alternative Fuels & Advanced Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Chennai, India;3. Mechatronics Division, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, India |
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| Abstract: | Being a fuel of different origin, the standard design parameters of a diesel engine may not be suitable for Jatropha methyl ester (JME). This study targets at finding the effects of the engine design parameters viz. compression ratio (CR) and fuel injection pressure (IP) jointly on the performance with regard to fuel consumption (BSFC), brake thermal efficiency (BTHE) and emissions of CO, CO2, HC, NOx and Smoke opacity with JME as fuel. Comparison of performance and emission was done for different values of compression ratio along with injection pressure to find best possible combination for operating engine with JME. It is found that the combined increase of compression ratio and injection pressure increases the BTHE and reduces BSFC while having lower emissions. For small sized direct injection constant speed engines used for agricultural applications (3.5 kW), the optimum combination was found as CR of 18 with IP of 250 bar. |
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