Experimental Analysis and Energetic Evaluation for Mahua Oil Methyl Ester with Diethyl Ether

A theoretical method based on various existing process models has been developed for the performance evaluation of a compression ignition engine by using diesel and Mahua oil as an input fuel. Experimental evaluations of Mahua oil methyl ester/diesel along with diethyl ether were tested on a single cylinder naturally-aspirated indirect-injection diesel engine. The purpose of using diethyl ether with diesel/biodiesel is to control the emission from the diesel engine and to improve its performance. The effect of test fuels at different volumetric proportion and loads are also analyzed on the engine performance and emission. The comparisons of theoretical and experimental results are discussed. Engine performance characteristics predicted by this model are in closer approximation to that of experimental results. Engineering equation solver has been used to validate the model with the experimental results