PERFORMANCE STUDY OF METHANOL –PERTOL BLEND IN THREE CYLINDER FOUR STROKE SI ENGINE TEST RIG
Author’s Name : Sunil Kumar Singh | Jitendra Raghuwanshi | Rana Manoj Mourya
Volume 02 Issue 02 Year 2015 ISSN No: 2349-3860 Page no: 15-17
Abstract:
This study discusses the performance parameter of a test rig (3-Cylinder 4-Stroke Maruti 800 model) fueled with low content alcohol (methanol) blends and pure petrol. In this study experiment is done to measure performance parameter, exhaust emission and exhaust gas temperature for 4-stroke SI engine one by one using different ratio of methanol-petrol blends. The engine is tested at different load at different rpm and varying blending percentage. It is found that increasing blending percentage increases break power and break thermal efficiency due to higher cylinder temperature. The results show that use of 15% of methanol with commercial petrol in Test Rig improves performance parameter and is good option for replacing any other additives and also methanol is good candidate in all alternative fuels.
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