PEFORMANCE AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL IN D.I SINGLE CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE

Environmental concern and availability of petroleum fuels have caused interests in the search for alternative fuels for internal combustion engines.. There is a need to search for alternative fuels for the automobile applications. Conversion of waste to energy is one of the recent trends in minimizing not only the waste disposal but also could be used as an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines. Waste plastics are indispensable materials in the modern world and application in the industrial field is continually increasing. In this context, waste plastics are currently receiving renewed interest.. In this, waste plastic pyrolysis oil and its blend with diesel has been introduced as an alternative fuel. In the first step the test were conducted on four stroke single cylinder diesel engine by using diesel and base line was generated. Further in the second step experimental investigations were carried out on the same engine with same operating parameters by using plastic pyrolysis oil blended with diesel in different proportions such as 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% waste plastic pyrolysis oil with diesel fuel (DF) to find out the performance parameters and emissions. It is found that the engine performance with blends improved to a certain extent, without any adverse effect in terms of emissions