MODIFICATION AND TRIBIOLOGICAL EVALUTION OF VEGETABLE OIL AS TWO STROKE ENGINE LUBRICANT
Main Article Content
Abstract
The invention of IC engine and subsequent development led to wide spread use of conventional lubricant along with fuel, which are being depleted at a rapid rate and leads to environmental pollution.But vegetable oil was restricted due to low thermo-oxidative stability and poor cold flow behaviour which was improved by chemical modification via esterification process. The aim of this paper was to formulate green lubricant which gives clean and better per-formance under working condition. From literature, it was suggested that bio-lubricant can be used as an alternative to synthetic lubricants after overcoming poor cold flow properties and oxidative stability. The objective of this re-search work was to overcome the above said problem. The green lubricant was formulated and compared with syn-thetic lubricants for their properties.Performance and emission tests of the same were performed using Kirloskar make two stroke petrol engine at constant speed of 3000rpm.Experimental results showed that brake thermal effi-ciency and mechanical efficiency of green engine oil were improved by 13% and 27% respectively for green engine oil. Also, volumetric efficiency of green engine oil is nearly same as that of MAK 2T engine oil. Emission of CO, CO2and HC were reduced to around 62%, 54% and 44% respectivelyin case of green engine oil compared to syn-thetic MAK 2T engine oil. Based on this study, green engine oil can be used as a substitute for synthetic MAK 2T engine oil. This work was tested for only two wheeler petrol engine along with fuel it can be extended for four stroke engine without mixing with petrol
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED).
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes .
- NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
Rights of Authors
Authors retain the following rights:
1. Copyright and other proprietary rights relating to the article, such as patent rights,
2. the right to use the substance of the article in future works, including lectures and books,
3. the right to reproduce the article for own purposes, provided the copies are not offered for sale,
4. the right to self-archive the article.