Combined Effect of Compression Ratio and Fuel Injection Pressure on CI Engine Equipped with CRDi System UsingProsopis juliflora Methyl Ester/Diesel Blends

Abstract

­e exhaustion of worldwide oil reserves has created an incipient need to nd hopeful alternative fuels for the future. Substantial research has been done in this direction, and all studies by researchers have provided results that proved the growing potential of biofuel as a popular alternative in the CI engine. ­e current investigation explores the biofuel potential derived from the wasteland tree Prosopis juli ora (Karuvalam tree seeds). Experimentation was done using a monocylinder 4-stroke water-cooled six holes CRDi CI engine with electrical loading.­e experiment was conducted at three proportions (10%, 20%, and 30% volume basis) of Prosopis juli ora Oil Methyl Ester (PJOME) with diesel using 3 parametric CRs (16, 17.5, and 19) along with three di erent fuel injection pressure (FIP) (400, 500, and 600 bar). ­e impact of CR and FIP on fuel utilization BTE, cylinder pressure, net heat release, and exhaust particulates was scrutinized and characterized. ­e test results demonstrated that increasing the compression ratio from 16 to 19 enhanced the in-cylinder pressure, net heat release (NHR), and BTE for all the (PJOME/Diesel) combinations. With an augmentation in the compression ratio from 16 to 19, carbon monoxide and unburnt hydrocarbon discharge diminished, but the nitrogen oxide discharges augmented. FIP also had an impact of increasing the pressures on the in-cylinder, NHR, brake thermal e£ciency, and nitrogen oxide and reducing the emissions of smoke, CO, and UBHC. ­e current research shows that the use of B20 and CR16 and FIP 600 bar as a combination improved BTE by 33.21%, BSFC by 0.25 kg/kw-hr, cylinder pressure at the maximum to reach 69.28 bar, net heat release of 79.14 J/deg, and exhaust emissions such as UHC at 55 ppm, CO at 0.25%, smoke at 34.33%, and NOx at 2401 ppm. Finally, the BTE and NOx were slightly higher, and the UHC, CO, and smoke values were diminutive compared to other blends.