Certain Explorations on the Effect of Performance Characteristics of Dual Fuel Diesel Engine Run on Lime Treated Biogas Ravi M.*, Kumar K. C. K Vijaya**, Dr. Murugesan A.*** *Department of Mechatronics Engineering, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, India **Principal, Vivekandha Institute of Engineering Technology for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, India ***Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, India Online published on 14 October, 2016. Abstract The usage of automotive has been rapidly increasing in the past years. Various technologies and researches has being implemented and conducted since its evolution to increase its efficiency and economy. The usage of diesel in these automobile vehicles as a fuel made the underground carbon resources to dwindle at a faster rate. To overcome this problem, the only key solution is renewable energy. Since biogas is a renewable source and has triggered a keen research in the use of Biogas in addition with diesel products instead of petroleum based products to alleviate economic crisis. Bio gas can be produced at cheaper rate than the petroleum products which makes it more affordable. This paper depicts the efficiency and emission norms of lime treated and pre heated bio gas injected with conventional diesel in C.I engines at variable compression ratios of 18, 18.5, 17.5 and 17. The power output and efficiency can be greatly increased by treating the raw biogas with lime, providing a change in its characteristics which can be further changed by pre heat treatment. The Brake power value obtained from the resultant output diesel mixed with biogas is graphed against various factors such as Brake Thermal Efficiency (BTE), Carbon mono Oxide Emission (CO), Hydrocarbon (HC), Carbon-di-Oxide (CO2) Emission, smoke and NOx Emission for detailed study. The obtained result shows that biogas with compression ratio 18 provides higher efficiency and low emission than duel fuel diesel engine that runs on raw biogas at high compression ratios. Top Keywords Biogas, CI Engine, SI Engine, Bio diesel, Optimization. Top |