Effect on CI Engine Piston by Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel

Abstract

The major contributor to pollution in the environment has been the transportation sector. The compression ignition engine has been a popular engine in the transportation sector. Compression ignition engines have been very popular in power plants and marine engines because of their high compression ratio. Compressors and reciprocating engines (cylinder-piston) are the mechanical assemblies in an IC engine. Change in the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder improves combustion and emission. Rising concern for the environmental emission, strict rules have been implemented because of which automobile manufactures have to modify the engine to suit better the emission standards. Depleting fossil fuels and rising emission standards, biodiesel blend has gained interest as an alternate fuel, for being used in CI engines. Biodiesel could be produced from waste and non-edible oils show similar properties to conventional diesel fuel. Waste cooking oil as biodiesel has gained interest in researchers. Employing waste cooking oil biodiesel in a CI engine, it was important to analyze the effect on cylinder and piston. This paper analyses and compares the thermal effect of the waste cooking oil biodiesel with conventional diesel on the piston of a CI engine.