Search Results

Rapid population growth and fuel crisis due to limited availability of fossil fuels, led the research in the fields of alternative fuel for the replacement of conventional fuels. The petroleum-like characteristics of ethanol make it an excellent alternative fuel for the internal combustion (IC) engines. It can be easily derived from waste agricultural resources such as plant biomass and forest residue, ease of production increases the possibility of its utilization locally in the agricultural engine and transport vehicles. A laboratory experiment was carried out, using a common rail direct injection (CRDI) diesel engine at varying load conditions (no-load, 20 Nm and 40 Nm) with two ethanol blends (5% and 10% v/v indicated by E05 and E10) and diesel (D100) to explore the combustion stability, combustion behaviour and emissions parameters of ethanol in existing compression ignition (CI) engine.