Increasing global environmental issues
and depleting fossil fuel reserves has necessitated the need for alternative
and sustainable fuel. In this paper, the effects of biodiesel and its blend on
engine emission and performance characteristics in an internal combustion
engine were analyzed. Biodiesel derived from the transesterification of raw palm oil
was blended with diesel fuel at different proportions designated as PO5 (5% Biodiesel and95%
Diesel), PO10 (10% Biodiesel and 90% Diesel), PO15 (15% Biodiesel and 85%
Diesel), PO20 (20% Biodiesel and 80% Diesel), PO50 (50% Biodiesel and 50%
Diesel), PO85 (85% Biodiesel and 15% Diesel), and PO100 (100% Biodiesel).A
Lombardini 2-cylinder, four-stroke direct injection diesel engine with a compression
ratio of 22.8 was developed using Ricardo Wave software in which diesel, palm
oil biodiesel blends and pure biodiesel are used in the
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