Performance and emission of multi-cylinder diesel engine using biodiesel blends obtained from mixed inedible feedstocks

Biodiesel production from non-edible feedstock is now being taken into careful consideration to avoid the negative impact of using edible oils as biodiesel feedstock. This is a study on the combustion, engine performance and emission of a multi cylinder diesel engine fueled with mixed biodiesel blends prepared from two non-edible feedstock kapok and moringa. The kapok–moringa mixed biodiesel blends showed 6–9% higher brake specific fuel consumption and 5–7% lower brake power compared to diesel fuel (B0). However, engine performance of kapok–moringa mixed biodiesel was found comparable with kapok and moringa biodiesel as the performance parameters varied slightly among all tested biodiesels. Average NO and CO2 emissions for kapok–moringa mixed biodiesels were found 14–17% and 1–3% higher than B0 respectively. On the contrary average HC and CO emissions of kapok–moringa mixed biodiesels were 23–38% and 16–31% lower than B0 respectively. As a conclusion, 10% and 20% kapok–moringa mixed biodiesel blends can be used in diesel engines without any modifications.

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