Emission Characteristics of a CI Engine with the Addition of Kamala Orange Skin Additive Applying Uncertainity Analysis Kumar M. James Selva*, Alexis S. John** *Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India **Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India Online published on 14 October, 2016. Abstract The presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases the temperature. The objective of the present study is to conduct an uncertainity analysis on the experiments conducted to investigate the effects of petro diesel and biodiesel blends on the emission characteristics on a four stroke single cylinder diesel engine when biomas additive is added. Biodiesel fuel used in the study was prepared from goat and sheep fats. The fats were collected from meat stalls in and around Hosur town of Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu, India. Biodiesel is produced by the transesterification process and subsequently the kamala orange skin additive is blended with the petro diesel-biodiesel blends. The additive is added in varying proportions. The kamala orange skin additive is used to solve some technical problems generated by the use of petro diesel-biodiesel blends. The results showed a reduction of 11.8% NOx, 9.5% HC, 91% smoke and no significant reduction in CO when biomass additive B20 + 30 mL was used as fuel. Top Keywords Fats, bio diesel, uncertainity analysis, kamala orange additive and emission. Top |