A Study on Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Using Ricinus Communis (Castor Oil) Ethyl Esters

Munimathan Arunkumar; Vinayagam Mohanavel; Asif Afzal; Thanikodi Sathish; Manickam Ravichandran; Sher Afghan Khan; Nur Azam Abdullah; Muhammad Hanafi Bin Azami; Mohammad Asif

doi:10.3390/en14144320

Energies (Jul 2021)

A Study on Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Using Ricinus Communis (Castor Oil) Ethyl Esters

Munimathan Arunkumar,
Vinayagam Mohanavel,
Asif Afzal,
Thanikodi Sathish,
Manickam Ravichandran,
Sher Afghan Khan,
Nur Azam Abdullah,
Muhammad Hanafi Bin Azami,
Mohammad Asif

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Munimathan Arunkumar: Department of Agriculture Engineering, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore 641062, India
Vinayagam Mohanavel: Centre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai 600073, India
Asif Afzal: Department of Mechanical Engineering, P. A. College of Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Mangaluru 574153, India
Thanikodi Sathish: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai 602105, India
Manickam Ravichandran: Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy 621112, India
Sher Afghan Khan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIUM Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 53100, Malaysia
Nur Azam Abdullah: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIUM Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 53100, Malaysia
Muhammad Hanafi Bin Azami: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIUM Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 53100, Malaysia
Mohammad Asif: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144320
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 14
p. 4320

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Countries globally are focusing on alternative fuels to reduce the environmental pollution. An example is biodiesel fuel, which is leading the way to other technologies. In this research, the methyl esters of castor oil were prepared using a two-step transesterification process. The respective properties of the castor oil (Ricinus Communis) biodiesel were estimated using ASTM standards. The effect of performance and emission on diesel engines was noted for four various engine loads (25, 50, 75, and 100%), with two different blends (B5 and B20) and at two different engine speeds (1500 and 2000 rpm). The study determined that B5 and B20 samples at 1500 rpm engine speed obtained the same power, but diesel fuel generated greater control. The power increased at 2000 rpm for B5 samples, but B20 samples, as well as diesel, were almost the same values. In the 40–80% range, load and load values were entirely parallel for each load observed from the engine performance of the brake power in all samples.

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ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
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