A Study of Hybrid Methyl Ester on Single Cylinder Diesel Engine

Consumption of fossil fuels to meet increasing demand of globalization is increased considerably resulting in depletion of fossil fuel reserves. Stringent environmental norms and increase in greenhouse gases emissions has forced researchers to search alternatives to fossil fuels. Biodiesel (Methyl Ester) is one of the alternatives that can be used as fuel in conventional diesel engine without any design modifications. Thispaper deals with synthesizing good quality of Methyl Ester from nahar and karanja seeds which is available cheaply in rural areas and grown in marginal lands. Different blends of nahar and karanja are prepared in order to investigate the properties of blends and if necessary eco-friendly additives are added with blends. Also, it deals with validation of properties of synthesized nahar and karanja Methyl ester according to ASTM 6751-96 standards.