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Effect of L-ascorbic acid as additive for exhaust emission reduction in a direct injection diesel engine using mango seed methyl ester

Ramalingam Senthil (University College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India)
Kaliyaperumal Arunan (GKM College of Engineering and Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.K.M. Nagar, Perungalathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Govindasamy Mohan (University College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India)
Ezhumalai Manikandan (University College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India)
Kumara Chandan (University College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India)

In this present study the effect of L-ascorbic acid antioxidants additive for oxides of nitrogen emission reduction in a neat mango seed biodiesel fueled direct injection Diesel engine. The antioxidant additive L-ascorbic acid is tested on a Kirloskar-make four stroke water cooled single cylinder Diesel engine of 5.2 kW. There are four proportions of additive are used:1 ml, 2 ml, 3 ml, and 4 ml. Among the different additive proportion,4 ml concentration of L-ascorbic acid additive is optimal as oxides of nitrogen levels are substantially reduced up to 9% in the whole load range in comparison with neat biodiesel. However, hydrocarbon and carbonmonoxide emissions are found to have slightly increased by the addition of additive with biodiesel.

Keywords: L-ascorbic acid, mango seed oil, biodiesel, emission, oxides of nitrogen reduction, neat biodiesel