THE EFFECT OF NANOPARTICLE BLENDED BIO-DIESEL ON THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BIODIESEL
Dr. H V Mulimani1, Dr. Pani Sharanappa2, Mahesh R Reddy3
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, BGMIT, Mudhol 587313, India
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Polytechnic Gulbarga, Gulbarga - 585102, India
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, K G Reddy College of Engineering and Technology Hyderabad
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Abstract— Renewable fuels are very important when we consider the environment. The overuse of fossil fuels is affecting the environment of water, land, and air and even increasing the global warming effect too. Hence, overcoming these issues and also strict limits on pollutant emissions has encouraged the use of alternative fuels like biodiesel. Biodiesel is one of the most used fuels in compression ignition (CI) engines, as it has many advantages compared to other renewable fuels. Many works have been carried out for the production of biodiesel. The blended biodiesel, when used in CI engines showed promising results. The emission parameters were lower when compared to conventional diesel fuel. Many research papers showed that Carbon Monoxide (CO), Particulate Matter (PM), and Total Hydrocarbons (THC) were reduced. The presence of oxygen which leads to complete combustion a with cleaner combustion process is one of the important reasons for less emission. The combustion of biodiesel also showed lesser emission of PM when compare the diesel fuel, this was due to the absence of aromatic compounds in biodiesel.
In this paper, biodiesel was produced from madhuca indica seeds and also an attempt is made to add the nanoparticles in biodiesel and check its effect on basic properties and combustion properties. The addition of nanoparticles showed an improvement in ignition properties and better performance with lesser emission.
Key Words: BioDiesel, Nano-Particles
