• Prof. Vimal V Prajapati
• Dr. Ratnesh Shukla
• Dr. Tushar M. Patel
• Dr. Radhashyam Giri

An experimental study has been carried out for palm oil blended with diesel used in single cylinder diesel engine. Palm seed oil is obtained from the seeds of palm tree. Blending of Palm seed oil with diesel in maximum possible proportion helps to reduce the consumption of diesel fuel. In this study, the effects of parameters i.e. injection timing, injection pressure, compression ratio, and load are taken as variable for optimization. As the experiment required simultaneously optimization of three parameters with three levels, Taguchi method of optimization is used in this experiment. The results of the Taguchi experiment identify that 16 compression ratios, injection pressure 180 bars and engine load 9kg are optimum parameter setting for highest specific fuel consumption. Engine performance is mostly influenced by engine load and is least influenced by compression ratio. Confirmation experiment was done using an optimum combination showed that the specific fuel consumption was found by experiment is closer to the predicted value

Parametric optimization, Diesel engine, Palm seed oil, specific fuel consumption, Taguchi method

"Parametric Optimization of Single Cylinder Diesel Engine for Palm Seed Oil Biodiesel and Diesel Blend for Specific Fuel Consumption Using Taguchi Method", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.1-12, February-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802001.pdf

"Parametric Optimization of Single Cylinder Diesel Engine for Palm Seed Oil Biodiesel and Diesel Blend for Specific Fuel Consumption Using Taguchi Method", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp1-12, February-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802001.pdf