ABSTRACT

Due to the depletion of fossil fuels from the conventional sources

becomes essential alternative fuel research. Hence the method of
obtaining biodiesel from various sources and blending them with diesel
is adopted in many economically developed and developing countries
around the world. The current work investigates the engine behaviour
experimentally as well as computationally the use of mahua oil Methyl
Ester blends with diesel in Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) CI
engine. The performance, emission and combustion characteristics of
blends of mahua oil with diesel for various compression ratios will be
studied experimentally.