Experimental Investigation on the Performance & Emission Characteristics of non edible oil ( Jatropha Curcus & Honge ) as an alternate fuel in variable compression ignition engine

Due to increase in the demand and scarcity in the availability of the fossil fuel, there is a need of alternate fuel in order to overcome the present crisis. The properties of the alternate fuel should be sustain the technology and have less detrimental effect on the environment in the light of the above properties, the researchers are attempting to develop the alternate fuel in the aspect of economic, environment and to continue the technology without the modification. Among all the available alternate fuel like hydrogen, methanol, etc., Biodiesel is considered as promising alternative fuel for the future. The present work aims to investigate the performance and emission characteristics of the Biodiesel like Honge and Jatropha for the CI engines. Engine test was performed at different loads and different compression ratio for constant engine speed. The emission characteristics are analyzed for different loads, compression ratio and for different blends. The experimental results showed J10 and H10 has less emission characteristic and have agreeable performance in compared with the diesel.