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  • Experimental analysis of tungsten carbide ceramic material coated engine using prosopis juliflora methyl ester

  • S. Kannana,*, S. Mahalingamb and K. Muruganc

  • aFacutly of Mechanical Engineering, AVS College of Technology, Salem, India – 636106
    bFacutly of Mechanical Engineering, Sona College of Technology, Salem, India – 636005
    cFacutly of Mechanical Engineering, Mahendra Institute of Technology, Namakkal, India – 637503

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Abstract

The study focuses on creating an alternate fuel that will control the increasingly high emission levels of pollutants that affects the environment. Biodiesel has been produced from vegetable seed non - edible oil and also from waste animal fat. They are alternate to the diesel fuel and help in decreasing the import of the crude oil used in diesel engine. The biodiesel extracted from the discarded seeds of Prosopis Juliflora, which are planted in India are used as an alternate fuel as Prosopis Juliflora seed oil with transesterified in Prosopis Juliflora Methyl Ester (PJME). The engine was coated with Tungsten Carbide (WC) Ceramic Material using air plasma spray method. The coating thickness 300 micron for the head of the piston, inlet and exhaust valves are done. The engine performance and emission characteristics of the ceramic coated diesel engine revealed that biodiesel blends of (PJME) results has produced improved brake thermal efficiency and less specific fuel consumption. The emission characteristics are also studied and reported in this work


Keywords: Tungsten carbide, Ceramic material, Thermal barrier coating, Prosopis juliflora methyl Ester, Transesterification process.

This Article

  • 2023; 24(1): 158-163

    Published on Feb 28, 2023

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2023.24.1.158
  • Received on Aug 23, 2022
  • Revised on Sep 23, 2022
  • Accepted on Nov 3, 2022

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  • S. Kannan

  • Facutly of Mechanical Engineering, AVS College of Technology, Salem, India – 636106
    Tel : +91 9789660209

  • E-mail: kannannext@gmail.com