Abstract
This work aims to analyze the biodiesel’s physicochemical properties and combustion character prepared from sapota seed oil. The load test was conducted in the compression ignition (CI) engine to investigate the combustion behaviour of the different blends of sapota methyl ester (SME) and diesel. SME blends show a drop in emissions such as CO, HC, and Smoke, except NO. The brake thermal efficiency (BTE) of B20 is 1.08% higher than that of diesel. Due to the availability of more unsaturated fatty acids in the SME, the NO emission of biodiesel blends is higher than diesel.
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