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Dependence on import and concerns of continuous growth in the cost of imported fuels, because of insufficiency of petroleum resources, have created an essential need for investigators to start exploring and analyse the alternate resources of energy as a fuel for IC engines which can be generated from various easily available resources like vegetable oil, animal fats, waste cooking oil, etc. This is an experimental approach made to determine the performance and combustion characteristics of Thumba oil (Citrullus colocynthis) and Argemone Mexicana as dual biodiesel blends. The tests were conducted on a single-cylinder, four-stroke, direct injection, compression ignition engine. In this investigation, the analysis of various parameters like average cylinder pressure, net heat release rate (HRR), brake thermal efficiency (BTE) and mechanical efficiency was carried out by changing required operating conditions. The results obtained from the experimental investigation settle on a conclusion that average cylinder pressure for a heavier dual blend of biodiesel D60T20A20 (i.e. diesel 60%, Thumba 20%, Argemone 20% by vol) is greater than that of diesel fuel by 1.7%. The HRR for lighter dual blend D90T5A5 (i.e. diesel 90%, Thumba 5%, Argemone 5% by vol) is found to be 11.67% greater than that of diesel. Also, for almost every blend of Thumba and Argemone, there is a decline in BTE and mechanical efficiency than diesel.
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Qayoom, S., Kanchan, S. (2019). Performance and Combustion Characteristics of Thumba and Argemone as Dual Fuel Blends in a DICI Engine: An Experimental Approach. In: Shanker, K., Shankar, R., Sindhwani, R. (eds) Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6412-9_47
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