Dr. D. K. VyasKachot Pareshkumar K.2021-06-082021-06-082019https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810169751This 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.EnglishThesis