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Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Diesel and Simarouba Biodiesel Blends

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This article intends to determine the available work and various losses of a diesel engine fuelled with diesel and SB20 (20 % Simarouba biodiesel by volume blended with 80 % diesel by volume). The energy and exergy analysis were carried out by using first law and second law of thermodynamics respectively. The experiments were carried out on a 3.5 kW compression ignition engine. The analysis was conducted on per mole of fuel basis. The energy analysis indicates that about 37.23 and 37.79 % of input energy is converted into the capacity to do work for diesel and SB20 respectively. The exergetic efficiency was 34.8 and 35 % for diesel and Simarouba respectively. Comparative study indicates that the energetic and exergetic performance of SB20 resembles with that of diesel fuel.

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Abbreviations

BTE:

Brake thermal efficiency

BSFC:

Brake specific fuel consumption

SOME:

Simarouba oil methyl ester

SB20:

20 % Simarouba biodiesel by volume blended with 80 % diesel by volume

POME:

Palm oil methyl ester

JME:

Jathropha methyl ester

OUAT:

Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology

CVRCE:

C. V. Raman College of Engineering

kW:

Kilowatt

H/C:

Mass fraction ratio of hydrogen and carbon

O/C:

Mass fraction ratio of oxygen and carbon

S/C:

Mass fraction ratio of sulphur and carbon

CR:

Compression ratio

IT:

Injection timing

BTDC:

Before top dead centre

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Authors are thankful to the DS&T, Government of India for financial help and for experimental setup at OUAT, Bhubaneswar, India. Authors also acknowledge the support from C.V.R.C.E, Bhubaneswar for conducting the engine performance tests.

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  1. Gandhi Institute For Technology (GIFT), Bhubaneswar, 752054, Odisha, India

    Nabnit Panigrahi

  2. College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (CAET), Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India

    Mahendra Kumar Mohanty

  3. C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, 752054, Odisha, India

    Sruti Ranjan Mishra

  4. Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Bhubaneswar, 752050, Odisha, India

    Ramesh Chandra Mohanty

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Panigrahi, N., Mohanty, M.K., Mishra, S.R. et al. Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Diesel and Simarouba Biodiesel Blends. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C 99, 9–17 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-016-0335-9

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