Improvement of Engine Combustion with Diesel-Biodiesel Blend Using Nanoparticles

Abstract

Various studies have demonstrated the characteristics of diesel fuel by adding biodiesel. Furthermore, nano additives can be added to these fuels for the improvement of engine combustion. The present investigation concerns improvement in combustion characteristics of a single cylinder, four-stroke, water cooled, direct injection, diesel engine with cotton seed methyl ester using multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). The results of combustion and performance characteristics depends on the study of the combustion parameters, like cylinder pressure, rate of heat release, mechanical efficiency and volumetric efficiency; these parameters have been determined and presented in the following sections.