Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Performance Combustion and Emission Characterstics of Rapeseed Methyl Ester RME Blends

Abstract

newline quotIn the present work, experiments were carried out on four stroke, single cylinder, water newlinecooled, constant speed, variable compression ratio (VCR) diesel engine. Initially, experiments newlineare done when the engine is fuelled with diesel fuel. After that the experimental tests are newlineconducted by using fuel blends of RME20 (20% Rapeseed methyl ester and 80% diesel), RME40 newline(40% Rapeseed methyl ester and 60% diesel), and RME100 (Pure Rapeseed Methyl Ester) on newlinevolume basis. Combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of diesel and rapeseed newlinemethyl ester (RME) with diesel blends are examined. The engine speed is maintained constant at newline1500 rpm at different loads and at compression ratios of 16:1, 17:1, and 18:1.quot newline