• Anand Mukund Joshi
• R. D. Shelke
• H.N. Deshpande
• S.N. Bobade

The current research is focusing on the effect of cotton seed oil biodiesel with cerium oxide nanoparticles used along with diesel in various concentrations of B6 up to B36 and 35ppm of nano-particles in each of them. The experiment was carried out on a single cylinder variable compression ratio diesel engine for compression ratios of 16 and 18 and the results were validated with reference research which were carried before. There is an increase in brake thermal efficiency at peak load with biodiesel, wherein B30 has the maximum value of 28.86%. The maximum exhaust gas temperature was noted for B30 with the value 4050C at CR-16 and 389.050C at CR-18. Also, the increase in NOx emissions was less as compared to diesel and biodiesel mixture due to the addition of cerium oxide nanoparticles. While considering all characteristics, B30 is found to be the optimum blend among all.

Cottonseed biodiesel, cerium oxide, brake thermal efficiency, emissions

"Experimental Determination of Performance Characteristics for Cotton-seed oil Biodiesel with Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.1211-1219, February-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802219.pdf

"Experimental Determination of Performance Characteristics for Cotton-seed oil Biodiesel with Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp1211-1219, February-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802219.pdf