STUDY ON PERFORMANCE OF DIESEL ENGINE BY USING COTTON SEED METHYL ESTERS ALONG WITH ADDITIVE AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL

In our present investigation oil is extracted from the Cotton seeds with the help of Expeller machine. Obtained oil is transesterified with Methanol as reagent and Potassium Hydroxide as catalyst and biofuel solution has been formed. This biofuel is further treated to remove the glycerol content. This biofuel is blended with diesel in B5 B10 B20 B30 proportions and fuelled into single cylinder diesel engine and performance has been verified by taking D100(Diesel) as the base reference. We found B10 blend to the optimum and this blend is added with Dimethyl Carbonate and once again the performance has been verified. We identified a reasonable change in the parameters and the obtained results suggest that Cotton seed oil added with DMC can be used as an alternative fuel.