Performance and Emission Characteristics of Tylosema Esculentum Biodiesel in a Diesel Engine： An Experimental Investigation.pdfVIP

JournalofEnergyandPowerEngineering8(2014)50-58 PerformanceandEmissionCharaCteriStiCSofTylosema Esculentum BiodieselinaDieselEngine：An ExperimentalInvestigation JerekiasGandure，CleverKetlogetsweandAbraham Temu ，．MechanicalEngineeringDepartment．UniversityofBotswana，GaboroneP／BagUB0061，Botswana 2．ChemicalandMiningEngineeringDepartment,UniversityofDaresSalaam，DaresSalaamP0．Box35131，Tanzania Received：August04，2013／Accepted：August27，2013／Published：January31，2014 Abstract：BiodieseIderivedfrom indigenousfeedstockssuchasTylosemaesculentum kerneloilisdeemedafeasiblealternativeto petroleum dieseIforthedieseIengine．ThisPaDcrpresentsresultsofinvestigationofperformanceandemissionscharacteristicsof dieselengineusingTylosemabiodiese1．Inthisinvestigation，Tylosemabiodieselwasprepared，analyzedandcomparedwiththe performanceofpetroleum dieselfuelusing asinglecylindercompression ignitiondieselengine．Thespecificfuelconsumption， enginetorque，enginebrakepower，hydrocarbons，carbonmonoxideandcarbondioxidewereanalyzed．Thetestsshowedadecrease jnenginebrakepowerandtorquewithincreaseinengine1oad．whilespecificfuelconsumptionshowedanincreasingtrendwith maximum variation0f33％ betweenthetwofuelsatengineIoadof9O％．Emissionlevelsofhydrocarbons．carbonmonoxideand carbondioxideshowedanincreasingtrendwithincreaseinloadforbothfuels．TylosemabiodieselproducedsignificantlyIower concentrationsofhydrocarbonsthanpetroleum diese1．whilelevelsofcarbondioxideandcarbonmonoxidewerelargelycomparableto thoseofpetroleum diese1．Sootproductionfrom combustionofTylosemabiodieselwasfoundtobeapproximately98％Iowerthanthat fromcombustionofpetroleum biodiese1．demonstratinginsignificantcontributiontoenvironmentalpollution． Keywords：Tylosema，biodiesel，performance，emissions Nomenclature interestonbiodieselasasuitablealternativefueltor petroleum dieselin dieselengines．Thishasbeen PD