Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai

This experimental study aims to optimize the injection timing to achieve higher performance from biodiesel fueled Direct Injection (DI) diesel engine. Experiments were performed using a naturally-aspirated single cylinder DI diesel engine equipped with a conventional jerk type injection system to st...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S., Jaichandar, K., Annamalai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & UiTM Press 2017
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17469/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17469/1/AJ_S.%20JAICHANDAR%20JME%2017.pdf
id uitm-17469
recordtype eprints
spelling uitm-174692018-07-16T08:47:18Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17469/ Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai S., Jaichandar K., Annamalai Biotechnology Fuel This experimental study aims to optimize the injection timing to achieve higher performance from biodiesel fueled Direct Injection (DI) diesel engine. Experiments were performed using a naturally-aspirated single cylinder DI diesel engine equipped with a conventional jerk type injection system to study the effects of varying injection timing on the combustion, performance and exhaust emissions using a blend of 20% Jatropha Oil Methyl Ester (JOME) by volume with diesel. The test results showed that improvement in terms of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption for the engine operated at retarded injection timing, particularly at 21o bTDC. Substantial improvements in reduction of emission levels particularly oxides of nitrogen (NOx) were observed for retarded injection timing of 21o bTDC. Compared to the engine operated at standard injection timing of 23o bTDC, the retarded injection timing of 21o bTDC provided a better performance of 2.27% and 3.4% in terms of BTE and BSFC respectively and NOx emission level improvement of 4.5%. However, CO, UBHC and smoke emission levels were slightly deteriorated compared to standard injection timing operation. It has also been found that retarding the injection timing lowers marginally ignition delay, peak in-cylinder pressure and maximum heat release rate. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & UiTM Press 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17469/1/AJ_S.%20JAICHANDAR%20JME%2017.pdf S., Jaichandar and K., Annamalai (2017) Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 14 (1). pp. 61-80. ISSN 1823-5514
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
building UiTM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
language English
topic Biotechnology
Fuel
spellingShingle Biotechnology
Fuel
S., Jaichandar
K., Annamalai
Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai
description This experimental study aims to optimize the injection timing to achieve higher performance from biodiesel fueled Direct Injection (DI) diesel engine. Experiments were performed using a naturally-aspirated single cylinder DI diesel engine equipped with a conventional jerk type injection system to study the effects of varying injection timing on the combustion, performance and exhaust emissions using a blend of 20% Jatropha Oil Methyl Ester (JOME) by volume with diesel. The test results showed that improvement in terms of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption for the engine operated at retarded injection timing, particularly at 21o bTDC. Substantial improvements in reduction of emission levels particularly oxides of nitrogen (NOx) were observed for retarded injection timing of 21o bTDC. Compared to the engine operated at standard injection timing of 23o bTDC, the retarded injection timing of 21o bTDC provided a better performance of 2.27% and 3.4% in terms of BTE and BSFC respectively and NOx emission level improvement of 4.5%. However, CO, UBHC and smoke emission levels were slightly deteriorated compared to standard injection timing operation. It has also been found that retarding the injection timing lowers marginally ignition delay, peak in-cylinder pressure and maximum heat release rate.
format Article
author S., Jaichandar
K., Annamalai
author_facet S., Jaichandar
K., Annamalai
author_sort S., Jaichandar
title Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai
title_short Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai
title_full Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai
title_fullStr Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai
title_full_unstemmed Experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a B20 JOME biodiesel fueled diesel engine / S. Jaichandar and K. Annamalai
title_sort experimental investigation on the influences of varying injection timing on the performance of a b20 jome biodiesel fueled diesel engine / s. jaichandar and k. annamalai
publisher Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & UiTM Press
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17469/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17469/1/AJ_S.%20JAICHANDAR%20JME%2017.pdf
first_indexed 2023-09-18T22:58:23Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T22:58:23Z
_version_ 1777418007868342272