STUDY OF DIESEL ENGINE OUTPUT USING ALTERNATIVE FUEL BLENDS OF NEEM OIL AND DIESEL

The depletion of oil resources as well as the environmental regulation has led to the development of alternate energy sources. In this present work the performance characteristics of a single cylinder diesel engine when fulled with blends of neem oil and diesel are evaluated. Experiments were conducted with different blends (B10&B20) of neem oil and diesel as various loads. The results show that the brake thermal efficiency of diesel is slightly higher at all loads followed by blends of neem oil and diesel, it has been established that 20% of neem oil biodiesel can be used as a substitute for diesel without any engine modification thus neem oil as non-edible oil can be a good renewable raw material for biodiesel production