...Vijaya K.; Shailesh Palaparty; Raghavan Srinivasa; Ravi Kumar Puli Purpose Investigations are carried out with the aim of improving performance of a diesel engine with the design modification on piston crown to stimulate the uniform combustion by inducing turbulence in the incoming charge...

... by standard test methods. In HCCI concept, it involves premixing of fuel and air prior to its induction into the cylinder (as in spark-ignition engine) and then igniting the fuel-air mixture through the combustion process (as in diesel engines). The well mixed fuel and oxidizer (typically air...

... engine. Design/methodology/approach The variable compression ratio (CR) diesel engine (3.5 kW) of CR ranging from 12:1 to 18:1 is used for the experimentation purpose. In this study, CR varied from 16:1 to 18:1 for investigating the combustion and emissions characteristics of ELO. Various features...

... investigations have been carried out to examine properties, performance and emissions of 15 per cent JOME blend and 15 per cent de-oiled neem cake blends with diesel in comparison to sole diesel fuel. Major problems in direct use of vegetable oil as fuel in diesel engine are fuel filter plugging, choking...