The paper was presented in the ‘International Symposium on Fuels and Lubricants’ (ISFL-2010), New Delhi, Organized by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on the topic ‘Experimental Investigation of Performance and Exhaust Emissions of Karanj Methyl Ester and its blends in a Compression Ignition Engine’ by Mr. Kamal Kishore Khatri, Dilip Sharma and S.L Soni from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNIT, Jaipur and Deepak Tanwar from the Department of Civil Engineering, MNIT, Jaipur. The abstract of the paper presented can be briefly stated as follows.
Experimental investigations were carried out to analyze the performance and emission characteristics of Karanj oil blend (K-20) and Karanj Oil Methyl Ester (KOME) blends in a direct injection C.I. engine. KOME was prepared from Karanj oil using alkaline catalyzed traensesterification. Important fuel properties of Karanj oil, KOME, KOME-diesel blends and pure diesel were compared. BSFC, BTE, and exhaust emissions were measured for these fuels. Performance and emission results show the B-20 as optimum blend among the different blends. It shows K-20 blend as poorer than diesel and B-20 but better than higher KOME blends. Hence B-20 and K-20 blends of Karanj oil may be used successfully as promising alternate fuels for C.I. engines.
The second paper was presented in a National Conference held at YIT, Jaipur on 30th of April, 2010 on ‘Combined Cooling, Heating and Power: An efficient, decentralized generation of energy’ by the ex-students of the institute, Kautilya Institute of Technology & Engineering and School of Management, Jaipur, Mr. Sumit Mittal, Ashish Puri and Sandhya Singh of Mechanical Engineering Department under the guidance of Mr. Kamal Kishore Khatri, Dilip Sharma and S.L Soni from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNIT, Jaipur. The abstract of the paper presented can be briefly stated as follows.
Energy conservation and environmental protection have become crucial for sustainable development of the world. So all together we have to search for the sources that are highly efficient, less polluting, cheap and most important it should last for very long time. Combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) or trigeneration has emerged as promising technology for achieving the goal mentioned above. It is more efficient and less polluting than electricity generated from single generation or centralized generation. This makes cogeneration and Trigeneration the cleanest, most environmentally friendly, and least cost method to generate electricity using any fossil fuel such as natural gas or renewable fuel such as biomethane, biodiesel or ethanol. Combined Cooling, heating, and power has been proven beneficial in many industrial situations by increasing the overall thermal efficiency, reducing the total power requirement, and providing higher quality, more reliable power. Applying this technology to large as well as smaller scale residential and small commercial buildings is an attractive option because of the large potential market. In this paper, detailed review of Trigeneration technique, its components and some case studies available in literature have been presented.
The paper ISFL 2010 was selected for publication in SAE INDIA ( SAE No. that has been alloted is 2010-28-0007)
Mr. Kamal Kishore Khatri
Reader & Second Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kautilya Institute of Technology & Engineering and School of Management (KITE-SOM), Jaipur
E-mail: kamalkhatri@rediffmail.com; kamalkkhatri@yahoo.co.in
Kautilya Institute of Technology & Engineering and School of Management (KITE-SOM), Jaipur
E-mail: kamalkhatri@rediffmail.com; kamalkkhatri@yahoo.co.in
