EFFECT OF DI-TERT BUTYL PEROXIDE ON DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE FUELLED BY BIODIESEL BLENDS
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2019
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DEPARTMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, GODHRA
Abstract
This study is motivated by the fact that the vegetable oils are being considered
as the fuel of the future for the internal combustion engines, especially the
compression ignition engines which are working with diesel as fuel. The vegetable
oils are characterized by different set of properties than diesel and hence cannot be
used as such in the existing engines. Different approaches for using the vegetable oils
in CI engines as fuel are either to modify the oils to match with that of diesel to run
successfully with these oils. Transesterification is one of the common methods to
bring the properties of these oils within acceptable limits. Still, the performance loss
is seen with biodiesel with standard design of the engine. Fuel additives are
compounds formulated to enhance the quality and efficiency of the fuels used in
motor vehicles. There are several benefits associated with the use of fuel additives.
Di-tert butyl peroxide (DTBP) is effective for enhance the quality and efficiency of
the fuels used in CI engine. The investigation was to check the feasibility of di-tert
butyl peroxide as an additive in different blends of diesel and jetropha bio-diesel on
engine performance.