Abstract:
An experimental investigation of orange oil methyl ester with ethanol (E) and diethyl ether
(DEE) is presented in this work. The biodiesel preparation was carried out with the clear knowledge
on performance and emission characteristics of stationary single cylinder agriculture purpose direct
injection diesel engine subjected to the hybrid combination of orange oil methyl ester (OME) and
oxygenated additives. Prepared orange oil methyl ester was analysed using GC-MS. On engine
analysis, it was observed that there was an increment in BTE with a decrement in BSEC with
oxygenated fuel blends than neat diesel. Also, increase in CO emission was observed for all
oxygenated fuels with a decrease in HC and NOx emissions at all loads except for DEE blended fuels.
Reduction in smoke emission observed for all oxygenated fuels. It was found that addition of
oxygenated additives to biodiesel improved performance and reduced emission
