TY - JFULL AU - Mishra Chinmaya and Pal Anuj and Tomar Vishvendra Singh and Kumar Naveen PY - 2013/6/ TI - Combustion, Emission and Performance Characteristics of a Light Duty Diesel Engine Fuelled with Methanol Diesel Blends T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 790 EP - 801 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/11411 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 77, 2013 N2 - Combustion, emission and performance characterization of a single cylinder diesel engine using methanol diesel blends was carried out. The blends were 5% (v/v) methanol in diesel (MD05) and 10% (v/v) methanol in diesel (MD10). The problem of solubility of methanol and diesel was addressed by an agitator placed inside the fuel tank to prevent phase separation. The results indicated that total combustion duration was reduced by15.8% for MD05 and 31.27% for MD10compared to the baseline data. Ignition delay was increased with increasing methanol volume fraction in the test fuel. Total cyclic heat release was reduced by 1.5% for MD05 and 6.7% for MD10 as compared to diesel baseline. Emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons along with smoke were reduced and that of nitrogen oxides were increased with rising methanol contents in the test fuel. Full load brake thermal efficiency was marginally reduced with increased methanol composition in the blend. ER -