EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF A SINGLE CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE FUELED WITH JATROPHA BIODIESEL-DIESEL AND WASTE PLASTIC OIL-DIESEL BLENDS

In this study different fuels are synthesized by preparing blends of jatropha biodiesel-diesel and liquid fuel from waste plastic ?diesel. Various means are employed to characterize the fuels and then their performance and emission characteristics are studied on compression ignition engine. The results were analyzed and the jatropha blended and waste plastic oil blended fuels are compared considering the reference test fuel diesel. The results showed that both types of fuels have some similar physico-chemical properties as compare to diesel. The results of performance and emission showed that performance wise jatropha blended fuels are slightly superior than waste plastic oil blended fuels but the exhaust gas temperature and NOx emission of waste plastic oil blended fuels are lower. Both the fuels have a potential for utilization as an alternative fuel.