Emission Analysis of a Compression Ignition Engine Fueled with Different Blends of Mahua Biodiesel

Abstract

The consumption of fossil fuels is increasing day by day and the total utilization of fossil fuels globally is 10million tons on daily basis has been observed. These fuels are being exempted every day as they are present in limited quantity and it is anticipated that the future generation will face an intense energy supply collapse in the upcoming years. Again, the use of these fuels causes environmental problems as it emits harmful gases. The major problems due to fossil fuels occur due to the increased rate of consumption which produces many harmful pollutant emissions like Carbon Monoxide (CO), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), and Hydrocarbon (HC). The use of nonedible oils such as Karanja, Jatropha, Kusuma, Neem, etc., to produce biodiesel mainly in a tropical country like India is an added advantage due to their wide availability. Several research works are going on for use of the biodiesel to run a diesel engine. In the present work, a diesel engine was run by using Mahua biodiesel and engine emission was analyzed. The number of exhaust gases present in engine emission was found to be reduced significantly that supporting its use as an alternative fuel.