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Experimental investigation of combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a modified piston

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In this investigation, the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine powered with Modified piston (MP) are studied. Engine tests have been carried out using conventional diesel and 20% blend of adelfa biodiesel [A20]. Results obtained from renewable fuel A20 in conventional engine have shown reduction in brake thermal efficiency that may be ascribed to poor air fuel mixing characteristics and higher viscosity of the fuel. This prompted the research towards improvement of turbulence for better air fuel mixing through a novel modification of the piston. The engine with modified piston has shown improved Brake thermal efficiency (BTE), Combustion characteristics and reduced hydrocarbon (HC), carbon mono oxide (CO), and smoke emissions. Nevertheless, the nitrogen oxide emissions have been found to be slightly higher than the conventional unmodified engine.

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    J. Isaac JoshuaRamesh Lalvani, M. Parthasarathy, B. Dhinesh & K. Annamalai

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J. Isaac JoshuaRamesh Lalvani is doing research in the Department of Automobile Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology Campus (MIT), Anna University, Chennai - 600044 (India) since 19th July 2012. He has done his Post Graduation in Automobile Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai - 600044 (India) and he did his Under Graduation in Einstien College of Engineering, Anna University, Tirunelveli - 627012 (India). He has published several research articles in National and International Journals of repute. He is also the serving as a reviewer for Journal of oil and palm research, Hindawi publications and Clean Technologies and Environmental Policies, Springer. His current field of research is combustion improvement in internal combustion engines fuelled with bio fuels.

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Lalvani, J.I.J., Parthasarathy, M., Dhinesh, B. et al. Experimental investigation of combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a modified piston. J Mech Sci Technol 29, 4519–4525 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-015-0951-y

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