Influence of Canola Oil on the Emission and Performance Characteristics of Four Stroke Diesel Engine as a Bio Fuel

The present work focuses on the experimental investigation on performance characteristics and emission analysis conducted with canola biodiesel. The raw diesel and canola oil mixed diesel in proportions of 10 %, 20 %and 30 % named as B10, B20, B30 blends were considered in the current study. The behaviour of these blends on the performance and emission characteristics are examined using 4 stroke single cylinder diesel engine (Kirloskar engine) integrated with AVL437C smoke meter. It is observed that the increased percentage of canola oil reduced the emissions but the calorific value is decreased. Therefore, from the investigation presented here, B20combination of canola oil mixed diesel is an optimum mixture to achieve the reduced emissions with improved performance