PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION IMPROVEMENT OF SINGLE CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE USING DUAL FUEL

Abstract

increasing demand of fuel day by day its consumption and hazards cause serious intensive attention is
required for this problem. Also an Improvement of fuel properties is essential for suppression of pollutant and
optimization of engine performance. One way is use of additives. Oxygenated additives were conventionally
recommended for gasoline. But now days oxygenated additives are widely considered for diesel fuel. These additives can
also be used in combination with diesel. There are number of additives are available for diesel fuel. On the basis of
different experimental investigations by the researchers ,this paper reviews about Di-ethyl Ether (DEE) as oxygenated
additives mixed with diesel blends and compares its effect on performance and exhaust gas emission of compression
ignition engine.
Engine performance can be significantly improved when the di ethyl ether is blended diesel. Hence diesel can be blended
with di ethyl ether to increase the brake power, thermal efficiency, volumetric efficiency as well as mechanical efficiency
and reduce the emissions. Experiment is carried on COMET PPW-5A a vertical, single cylinder, water-cooled, four
stroke Diesel engine for experimental set-up. Then diesel engine will be converted into dual fuel engine by modification
in engine and using different percentage of blend. We Had measure performance and emissions of dual fuelled engine
with various speeds and loads. The experiment had carried on 10%, 20%, and 30% blending of DEE with diesel.