Experimental Study on the Combustion, Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Diesel Engine Operated with the Blends of Waste Chicken Oil Biodiesel and Diesel

V. Nadanakumar, R. Christupaul, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, R. Sathish Kumar*

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Abstract

The decline in the availability of fossil fuel, increase in cost and the stringent emission norms are the main concerns identified in the automotive sector during the recent years. Biodiesel is one of the hopeful alternate resources for the mineral diesel to address the above-listed problems. In the present investigation, waste chicken fat biodiesel has been prepared and used to investigate the performance features of single cylinder naturally aspired direct injection diesel engine. The waste chicken fat biodiesel is prepared using transesterification process, and the yield is found to be 94.8%. The physicochemical characteristics of the waste chicken fat methyl ester have been tested and found in line with ASTM standards. The blends of waste chicken fat biodiesel with mineral diesel have been prepared and experimented in a single cylinder standard compression ignition diesel engine without any modifications. The combustion, performance and emission characteristics have been studied, and it is found that the blend B20 resulted in higher performance and lesser emissions among the other test fuels.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Design and Thermal Systems - Select Proceedings of ETDMMT 2020
EditorsLionel Ganippa, R. Karthikeyan, V. Muralidharan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages143-154
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789813364271
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Virtual Conference on Emerging Trends in Design, Manufacturing, Materials and Thermal Sciences, ETDMMT 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 24 Sep 202025 Sep 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

ConferenceInternational Virtual Conference on Emerging Trends in Design, Manufacturing, Materials and Thermal Sciences, ETDMMT 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period24/09/2025/09/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Keywords

  • Biodiesel
  • Diesel engines
  • Emission
  • Performance
  • Waste chicken fat

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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