Study of the Effect of Alternative Fuels on the Generation of Emissions from the Diesel Engine

Abstract

This master thesis deals with the Study of the Effect of Alternative Fuels Generation of Emissions from the Diesel Engine. The first part of the thesis deals with the analysis of performance, emission and combustion characteristics , compression ignition (CI) engine using a suitable biodiesel as fuel. The experimental study is conducted on a four stroke, four cylinder diesel engine using Rapeseed biodiesel and its blends with diesel. The emission constituents measured are carbon monoxide (CO), unburnt hydrocarbons (HC), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon dioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2) and SOx (Oxides of sulphur). Along with emission constituents, the smoke intensity is also measured in terms of Hartridge Smoke Units (HSU).