india accounted for 3.9% of the world 's commercial energy demand ( infraline energy report . ) .
india 's growing dependence on imported oil products and the domestic rise in the crude oil prices have recently been of great concern which affects the country 's economy and development .
these factors have compelled the researchers to find an alternative solution . in recent years in the context of climate changes and of soaring prices for diesel , biodiesel is now being presented as a renewable alternative energy to petro - diesel by different researchers .
currently in many countries , the emissions of diesel engines running on petrodiesel are strictly regulated .
the upper limits for the emission of co , co2 , nox , thc ( total unburned hydrocarbons ) , and pm ( particulate matters ) have been defined .
these limits and scarcity of petroleum resources have promoted researchers to go for an alternative fuel used in c.i .
experiments study shows that the use of pure oils ( svo = straight vegetable oil or ppo = pure plant oil ) is becoming of interest as alternative fuels for diesel engines .
this is especially a case in remote areas in developing countries , where petrodiesel and biodiesel are often not readily available or expensive . for engines designed to burn diesel fuel , the viscosity of vegetable oil
must be lowered to allow for proper atomization of the fuel ; otherwise , incomplete combustion and carbon buildup will ultimately damage the engine ( vegetable oil fuel from wikipedia , the free encyclopedia ) .
principally , the viscosity and surface tension of svo / ppo must be reduced by preheating it , typically by using waste heat from the engine or electricity ; otherwise , poor atomization , incomplete combustion , and carbonization may result .
one common solution is to add a heat exchanger and an additional fuel tank for the petrodiesel or biodiesel blend and to get switch between this additional tank and main tank of svo / ppo which is expensive ( modified fuel system by wikipedia , the free encyclopedia ) . during the preheated svo
.   have carried out the experiments with preheated svo of neem , mahua , and castor and found that neat oil with preheating can be substituted as fuel for diesel engine .
kapilan et al .   used mahua oil as fuel in the diesel engine and concluded that the thermal efficiency is found to be lower while smoke emission is found to be higher .
( 2011 )   have conducted an experiment on preheated svo up to 130c in order to reduce viscosity .
the result obtained was that more preheated svo oil was needed to produce the same amount of energy produced by the pure diesel fuel . regarding the brake thermal efficiency of preheated svo , it was lower than that of diesel throughout the entire range .
hc , co , co2 , nox , and smoke composition were found much higher in comparison to diesel .
these problems arise due to high viscosity , low volatility character , and increased combustion temperature of oxygenated fuel .
high viscosity of oil which is due to high free fatty acid ( ffa ) may lead to poor combustion , injector chocking , ring sticking , injector deposits , and injector pump failure .
concluded that transesterification is one of the most reliable and commonly used techniques to produce biodiesel from oil seeds .
energy analysis studies show that 1/3 rd of the energy of a fossil fuel is destroyed during the combustion process .
palm oil methyl ester ( pome ) run engine can recover around 26% of the energy supplied by the fuel .
thermal efficiency of engine fuelled by diesel was slightly higher than b50 palm oil biodiesel . in this study , experiments were performed on a single cylinder , four - stroke , 3.5  kw diesel engine at various capacities of the engine .
the engine was first operated by diesel and then followed by various blends of mome .
, the 1st law of thermodynamics is applied to quantify various losses of the above engine by using diesel fuel and b20 at full load . for exergy analysis , the 2nd law of thermodynamics is applied to determine the available work of a four - stroke diesel engine by using diesel and b20 . 

madhuca longifolia , commonly known as mahua , is an indian tropical tree found largely in the central and north indian plains and forests .
it is a fast - growing tree and grows to approximately 20 metres in height , possesses evergreen or semievergreen foliage , and belongs to the family sapotaceae .
it is adapted to arid environments , being a prominent tree in tropical mixed deciduous forests in india in the states of chhattisgarh , jharkhand , up , mp , and bihar and odisha .
it is cultivated in warm and humid regions producing between 20 and 200  kg of seeds annually per tree depending on maturity ( madhuca longifolia , wikipedia . ) .
flowers are cream colored , corollas fleshy , and juicy and clustered at the end of branches .
fruits are berries , ovoid , fleshy , turning , yellowish green when ripe , and 35 cm long .
seed is large , 3 - 4  cm long , and elliptical on one side . in villages ,
oil extraction is done by local method , after the flowers that ripen , known as tola ( local name ) , are collected .
it is then put in a water container so that it will be easy to obtain seeds from kernels .
these seeds are then turned into small pieces followed by drying these small pieces seeds in hot atmospheric condition for 2 to 3 hours .
thus , filtration is done to remove the various unwanted particles left in the extracted oil in order to obtain the pure mahua oil .
the oil yields from ghanis are 2030% , while those of oil expellers are 3437% , respectively .
the expelled cake was relevant to recover the residual oil and after that cakes were used as fertilizers for agriculture purpose .
fresh oil from properly stored seeds is yellow , while commercial oils are generally greenish yellow with disagreeable odor and taste .
ffa oil extracted from fresh kernels are less than 1 - 2% compared to stored extracted kernels which is around 30% ( biodiesel business : prospect for profitable sustainability ) .
the oil experiment was carried out in the renewable energy lab of orissa university of agriculture and technology ( ouat ) , bhubaneswar , odisha . various apparatus in this lab are shown in figure 2 .
all chemicals like methanol , acid catalyst , sulphuric acid ( h2so4 ) , alkali catalyst ( koh ) , and so forth , used of analytical grade , were available in the lab .
the acid value of crude mahua oil was found to be 7.84 which was greater than 6 . to achieve maximum conversion of biodiesel from high ffa oil
, the acid catalyst mixture { 12.5  ml  of  h2so4  ( 1% ) + 250  ml  methanol  ( 20% ) } was added to 1250  ml .
the reactants are stirred at a speed of 1600  rpm at a temperature of 60c for 2 hours resulting in reduction of the acid value ; that is , the ffa was reduced to 2.8 . after the reaction ,
the lower glycerol layer was decanted and the upper ester layer was taken for transesterification . once the reaction was complete , it was dewatered by passing it over anhydrous na2so4 before transesterification .
the above sample was heated and chemicals { 6  gram  of  koh  ( 0.5% ) + 250  ml  methanol  ( 20% ) } were added .
a part of the koh was used to neutralize the residual amount of acid and the remaining koh was used for transesterification .
the upper biodiesel layer was separated from the glycerol layer and washed with hot distilled water to remove the excess methanol , catalyst , and traces of glycerol .
the washed ester layer was dried at 70c under the vacuum to remove the moisture and methanol and again passed over anhydrous na2so4 .
fuel properties of mahua oil , mome , and diesel are given in table 3 .
experiments were performed in the engine testing lab , ouat , bhubaneswar , on a single cylinder four - stroke diesel engine by using mome . the performance and emission characteristics were investigated .
the engine was coupled with a single - phase 230  v ac alternator with electrical loading of different loads in watts . a multigas analyzer ( model npm mgm-1 ) made by netel ( india )
the engine was first operated by diesel and the correspondence readings were taken and then followed by various blends of mome .
an energy analysis sheet is an account of energy supplied and utilized by using diesel and b20 .
( patm ) and 27c ( tamb ) . for the purpose of analysis of the 1st law of thermodynamics ,
the following assumptions are made.the engine runs at a steady state.the whole system is selected as a control volume.the composition of air and exhaust gas each forms ideal gas mixtures.potential and kinetic energy effects of the incoming and outgoing fluid streams are ignored.the fuel energy supplied to the engine is in the form of fuel heat .
the various ways in which this fuel energy is used in the system are heat equivalent of brake power , energy carried away by cooling water , and energy carried away by the exhaust gasses .
the engine runs at a steady state . the whole system is selected as a control volume .
1st law of thermodynamics can be expressed as  the net change ( increase or decrease ) in the total energy of the system during a process is equal to the difference between the total energy entering and the total energy leaving the system during that process .
 that is , total energy entering the system  total energy leaving the system = change in the total energy of the system . for steady - flow system , 
 ( 1)e.in = e.out . 

that is , rate of net energy transfer by heat , work , and mass = rate of change in internal , kinetic , potential , and so forth energies .
this relation is referred to as the energy balance and is applicable to any kind of system and any kind of process .
therefore , a general steady flow system can be written as 
 ( 2)q.in+w.in+inmh+v22+gz  = q.out+w.out+outmh+v22+gz.(3)or ,  qw=mh2h1+v222v122+gz2z1 , 
 where q. is the heat transfer , w. is the work done , m. is the mass transfer , h is the enthalpy , v is the velocity , z is the elevation , and t is the time taken . obtaining a negative quantity for q or w simply means that the assumed direction is wrong and should be reversed . neglecting the potential energy and kinetic energy , ( 3 ) can be written on unit - mass basis as 
 ( 4)qw = m.h2h1=m.h = m.12cptdt = m.cpt2t1 , 
 where q = q./m .
cp is the specific heat at constant pressure . applying ( 4 ) to any heat exchanger device
an energy balance or heat balance sheet is an account of heat supplied and heat utilized in various ways in the engine .
the sequence of events in the engine are fuel and air combustion , conversion of chemical energy to mechanical work , heat loss through cooling water to cool the engine head , and heat loss by the exhaust gas through calorimeter .
( qs ) in kw : 
 ( 6)qs = mfl.c.v . , 
 where mf is the mass of fuel supplied in kg / sec .
the various ways in which heat is used in the engine system is given by the following . 

( i ) heat equivalent of brake power ( qbp ) in kw , is(7)qbp=2nte , 
 where n is the crank revolution per second .
consider 
 ( 8)qcw = mwecpwt2t1 , 
 where mwe is the mass of cooling water circulated through the cooling jacket in kg / sec .
t2  t1 is the rise in temperature of the water passing through the cooling jacket of the engine in k. 
 ( iii ) heat carried away by exhaust gases ( qex ) in kw . consider 
 ( 9)qex = mgecpet5ta , 
 where mge is the mass of exhaust gases ( mf + ma ) in kg / sec .
t5 is the exhaust gas to calorimeter inlet temperature in k. ta is the ambient temperature in k. an exhaust gas calorimeter is used for the measurement of heat carried by exhaust gases .
it is a simple heat exchanger in which part of the heat of the exhaust gases is transferred to the circulating water .
it is assumed that the calorimeter is well insulated ; there is no heat loss except by heat transfer from the exhaust gases to the circulating water and then for the calculation of cpe .
heat lost by exhaust gases = heat gained by circulating water : 
 ( 10)mgecpet5t6=mcwcpwt4t3 , 
 where mcw is the mass of cooling water passing through the calorimeter in kg / sec .
t3 is thecalorimeter water inlet in k. t4 is the calorimeter water outlet temp in k. t5 is the exhaust gas to calorimeter inlet temperature in k. t6 is the exhaust gas from calorimeter outlet temperature in k. cpe is the specific heat of exhaust gases in kj / kg k. cpw is the specific heat of cooling water in kj / kg k. 
 ( iv ) unaccounted energy losses ( qu ) in kw .
a part of the heat is also lost by convection and radiation as well as by the leakage of gases .
part of the power developed inside the engine is also used to run the accessories as lubricating pump , cam shaft , and water circulating pump .
this can not be measured precisely and so this is known as unaccounted  losses . 
this unaccounted heat energy is the difference between the heat supplied and the sum of heat equivalent of brake power + heat carried away by cooling water + heat carried away by the exhaust gases .
therefore , unaccounted energy losses ( qu ) in kw can be stated as 
 ( 11)qu = qsqbp+qcw+qex .
the performance of engine is analyzed in light of the 2nd law of thermodynamics , which narrates the quality of energy and determines the lost opportunities to do work .
an exergy balance is the availability of fuel energy utilized in various ways which includes availability in shaft , cooling water , exhaust , and destructed .
the available energy ( a.e . ) referred to a cycle is the maximum portion of energy which could be converted into useful work by ideal processes which reduces the system to a dead state .
the minimum energy that has to be rejected to the sink by the second law is called the 
unavailable energy ( u.e . )  available and unavailable energy in a cycle are shown in figure 4 .
exergy balance can be stated as the exergy change of a system during a process .
it is equal to the difference between the net energy transfer through the system boundary and the energy destroyed within the system boundaries as a result of irreversibility .
exergy can be transferred to or from a system by heat work and mass transfer .
the energy balance for any system undergoing any process can be expressed in the rate form is 
 ( 13)exinexoutexdestroyed = dexsystemdt  kw(14)exheatexwork+exmass , inexmass , outexdestroyed  = dexsystemdt , 
 where exin  exout is the rate of net energy transfer by heat , work , and mass .
exdestroyed is the rate of energy destroyed : 
 ( 15)exdestroyed = t0sgen0 for irreversible process edestroyed > 0 , and for reversible process edestroyed = 0 .
common examples of control volume systems are turbine , heat transfer equipment , compressor , and so forth , which operate steadily .
the amount of exergy entering a steady flow system ( heat , work , and mass transfer ) must be equal to the amount of exergy leaving the system plus the exergy destroyed . in a steady flow system ,   can be expressed as 
 ( 16)exheatexwork+exmass , inexmass , outexdestroyed=0,(17)1t0tqw+me1e2exdestroyed=0,(18)s1t0tqw+inmeoutmeexdestroyed  = 0 , 
 where t is the absolute temperature at the location on the boundary where the heat transfer occurs .
inm.e-outm.e is the rate of exergy entering and leaving the control volume accompanying the fuel stream , respectively .
exdestroyed = t0sgen , sgen is the entropy generation . equation ( 18 ) is the rate of exergy change within the control volume during a process and is equal to the rate of net exergy transfer through the control volume boundary by heat , work , and mass flow minus the rate of exergy destruction within the boundaries of the control volume . 

e is the flow exergy per unit mass and is defined as follows : 
 ( 19)e = etm+ech , 
 where etm and ech are thermomechanical and chemical exergy , respectively : 
 ( 20)etm = hh0t0ss0 , 
 where h and s are flow enthalpy and flow entropy per unit mass at the relevant temperature and pressure , respectively , while h0 , s0 stand for the corresponding values of these properties when the fluid comes to equilibrium with the reference environment .
the specific chemical exergy of liquid fuels can be evaluated on unit mass basis as ( kotas , 1995 ) 
 ( 21)efch = lhv1.0401 + 0.1728hc  + 0.0432oc+0.2169sc  12.0628hc , 
 where h , c , o , and s are the mass fraction of hydrogen , carbon , oxygen , and sulphur , respectively . in this study
, it is assumed that the reference environment has a temperature ( t0 ) of 298.15  k and a pressure of 1  atm .
then the thermomechanical exergy of the exhaust gas at the temperature tand pressure p , and containing n components i , can be obtained as follows .
the thermomechanical exergy of the exhaust gas is 
 ( 22)etm=i=1naihithit0t0s0ts0t0rlnpp0  s0ts0t0rlnpp0 , 
 where ai is the coefficient of the component i in the reaction equation shown in ( 23 ) , s-0 is the absolute entropy at the standard pressure and in the exhaust gas , and r- is the universal gas constant ( 8.314  kj / kmolk ) .
the general form of reaction equation is ( 27 ) : 
 ( 23)cxhy+ao2 + 3.76n2  bo2+cco+dco2+ecxhy+fn2+g  h2o 

where a , b , c , d , and e are the coefficients of the component and cxhy is the hydrocarbon .
thus , by applying conservation of mass principle to the carbon , hydrogen , and nitrogen , the unknown coefficients in ( 23 ) can be determined .
the chemical exergy of the exhaust gas is 
 ( 24)ech = r  t0i=1nailnyiyie , 
 where yi is the molar ratio of the ith component in the exhaust gas and yi is the molar ratio of the ith component in the reference environment .
furthermore , the reference environment is considered a mixture of perfect gases with the following composition on a molar basis : n2 , 75.67% ; o2 , 20.35% ; co2 , 0.0.3% ; h2o , 3.12% ; and other , 0.83% .
the thermomechanical and chemical exergy of the combustion air are ignored because the intake of air was very close to the reference state in all the test operation .
thus , the specific flow exergy of the exhaust gas per mole of fuel is the sum of the result of ( 22 ) and ( 24 )
. exergy rate from the cooling water to the environment is defined as the output heat rate from the engine to the environment through the cooling water of the engine : 
 ( 25)exheat=1t0tcwq .
, 
 where t0 is the reference ( dead ) state temperature and tcw is the cooling water temperature . 

, the availability of fuel supplied ( ain ) is converted into shaft availability ( as ) , cooling water availability ( acw ) , exhaust gas availability ( ae ) , and destructed availability . 

the specific chemical exergy of liquid fuel on a unit mass basis can be evaluated as 
 ( 26)ain = lcvfhc  1.0401 + 0.1728hc+0.0432oc  + 0.2169sc12.0268hc 
 where h , c , o , and s are the mass fraction of hydrogen , carbon , oxygen , and sulphur .(i)shaft availability ( as ) = brake power of the engine in kw.(ii)cooling water availability ( acw ) in kw is 
 ( 27)acw = qcwmwecpwtalnt2t1 , 
 where mwe is the mass of cooling water circulated through the cooling jacket , kg / s .
cpw is the specific heat of water kj / kg k. t1 is the inlet water temperature passing through the cooling jacket , k. t2 is the outlet water temperature of cooling jacket , k. ta is the ambient temperature , k.(iii)availability of exhaust gas ( aex ) , in kw is 
 ( 28)aex = qexmgetat5ta  cpelnt5tarelnpepa+ech , 
 where re is the specific gas constant of the exhaust gas in kj / kg k. pa is the ambient pressure , n / m .
ta is the ambient temperature , k. mge is the mass of exhaust gas , kg / s .
t5 is the exhaust gas to calorimeter inlet temperature , k.(iv)destructed availability ( ad ) in kw is 
 ( 29)ad = ainas+acw+aex 
 and exergy efficiency ( a ) in % : 
 ( 30)a=1adain100 . shaft availability ( as ) = brake power of the engine in kw . cooling water availability ( acw ) in kw is 
 ( 27)acw = qcwmwecpwtalnt2t1 , 
 where mwe is the mass of cooling water circulated through the cooling jacket , kg / s .
cpw is the specific heat of water kj / kg k. t1 is the inlet water temperature passing through the cooling jacket , k. t2 is the outlet water temperature of cooling jacket , k. ta is the ambient temperature , k. availability of exhaust gas ( aex ) , in kw is 
 ( 28)aex = qexmgetat5ta  cpelnt5tarelnpepa+ech , 
 where re is the specific gas constant of the exhaust gas in kj / kg k. pa is the ambient pressure , n / m .
ta is the ambient temperature , k. mge is the mass of exhaust gas , kg / s .
t5 is the exhaust gas to calorimeter inlet temperature , k. destructed availability ( ad ) in kw is 
 ( 29)ad = ainas+acw+aex 
 and exergy efficiency ( a ) in % : 
 ( 30)a=1adain100 .
the molecular formula of biodiesel is obtained by considering 
 ( 31)no .  of  any  element  in  biodiesel 
= no .  of  that  element  in  compoud  %  of  that  compoudtotal%1 .
numbers of c , h , o , and s atoms are calculated by considering 80% of diesel ( c12 h26s0.0024 ) and 20% of mahua biodiesel ( c18.63h35.87o2 ) .
based on the above chemical composition , the molecular formula of b20 is evaluated and shown in table 6 .
mass fraction ratio of h , c , and o of diesel and b20 is calculated and shown in table 7 .
the performance and characteristics of different blends of mome were also compared with diesel by conducting various experiments on the above said engine .
calorific value implies the heat produced by the fuel to do the useful work within the engine .
heating value is commonly determined by use of a bomb calorimeter . the heat of combustion of the fuel samples was calculated with the help of equation given below : 
 ( 32)hc = wctms , 
 where hc is the heat of combustion of the fuel sample , kj / kg ; wc is the water equivalent of the calorimeter assembly , kj/c ; t is the rise in temperature , c ; ms is the mass of burnt sample , kg . the calorific values of different blends of b20 , b30 , b40 , and b100 were 41.13 , 41.00 , 40.00 , and 37.00  mj / kg , respectively .
it indicates that the calorific value of all the blends was lower than diesel and as the blend increases the calorific value decreases .
the specific gravity of a liquid is the ratio of its specific weight to that of pure water at a std . temperature .
specific gravity is determined by pycnometer method : 
 ( 33)specific  gravity  = weight  of  bottle  and  sample  weight  of  bottle  weight  of  water  at  a  std.temperature1 .
the specific gravity of b20 , b30 , b40 , and b100 was 0.865 , 0.868 , 0.875 , and 0.88 , respectively .
viscosity is a measure of the internal resistance to motion of a fluid and is mainly due to the forces of cohesion between the fluid molecules . for determination of kinematic viscosity in the laboratory , kinematic viscometer
is used : 
 ( 34)kinematic  viscosity = ct , 
 where t is the flow time , s ; c is the calibration constant of the viscometer , 0.0336  cst / s .
the kinematic viscosity of b20 , b30 , b40 , and b100 was 4.35 , 4.45 , 4.52 , and 4.98 in mm / sec , respectively .
the kinematic viscosity of the mome reduced from 37.18 of crude oil to 4.98 after transesterification , which results in better atomization without preheating .
it is the rate of fuel consumption per hour divided by the power produced . 

figure 5 is the comparison graph of bsfc of different blends of biodiesel at different loads .
the graph indicates that bsfc increases with the increase in blends of biodiesel . for b20 ,
this increase is due to poor atomization of fuel , lower calorific value , and higher viscosity .
brake thermal efficiency is the ratio of brake power output to power input , that is , heat equivalent to one kw.hr .
the reduction in bte with biodiesel blends at higher loads was due to higher viscosity , poor atomization , and low calorific value . at higher load ,
b20 is found to have the maximum brake thermal efficiency at higher loads among the blends .
the variation of co2 with respect to brake power for different blends of mome is shown in figure 7 .
the composition of carbon dioxide is found more for diesel compared to various blends of mome .
this rising trend may be due to more fuel consumption as load increases . as compared to diesel ,
figure 8 indicates the variation of nox concentration with engine load for various blends of mome . when compared to diesel ,
the blends show an increasing trend with respect to load . as the temperature of exhaust gas increases at higher loads the nox composition increases . 

figure 9 indicates the variation of hydrocarbons concentration with engine load for various blends of mome .
it is observed from the graph that mahua ester based fuel emission rate of hydrocarbon is less than diesel . as the blends increases , the emission of hc decreases .
it was observed that as the load increases the emission also increases . at low and medium loads
as per the performance and emission profile are concerned , it is observed that b20 is found to be most suitable as a fuel in i.c engine .
many of the authors recommended that blends of up to 20% biodiesel mixed with petroleum diesel fuels can be used in nearly all diesel equipment and are compatible with most storage and distribution equipment [ 4 , 2224 ] . keeping this factor in mind
, we consider to proceed to energy and exergy analysis for b20 blends and compare the results with diesel fuel .
an energy analysis sheet shown in table 8 is an account of energy supplied and utilized by using diesel and b20 . for the calculation
purpose specific heat of water is taken as 4.18  kj / kgk and that of exhaust gas is based on the heat lost by exhaust gasses which is equal to heat gained by circulating water .
energy distribution of diesel and b20 is shown in figures 11 and 12 in graphical format .
comparison of energy distribution of diesel and b20 is shown in figure 13 . by sighting the exergy analysis equations ,
the distributions of exergy per unit time for diesel and b20 are listed in ( table 9 ) .
graphical representations of exergy distribution of diesel and b20 are shown in figures 14 and 15 , respectively .
the major conclusions were drawn on the basis of the engine tests which were carried out in a 3.74  kw diesel engine in the engine lab .
, bsfc is increased by a marginal value of 5.71% at maximum load compared to diesel .
the brake thermal efficiency of diesel is more than biodiesel but at higher load b20 approach is very close to the diesel .
b20 is found to have the maximum brake thermal efficiency at higher loads among the blends approaching that of diesel .
for b20 at higher loads the emission rate is close to that of diesel . from energy analysis , it was observed that the fuel energy input as well as energy for bp and energy flown through exhaust gases and unaccounted losses were more in case of diesel than b20 .
the energy efficiency of diesel was 28% while the total losses were 72% . in case of b20 , the efficiency was higher ( 29% ) and lower losses were observed than that of diesel .
the fuel energy input of diesel is 6.25% more than b20 due to high heating value of diesel .
the system inefficiency is the destructed availability which is found more in case of b20 .
it can be concluded that b20 fuel shows almost similar energetic and exergetic performance value with diesel .
all the tests are conducted by the engine without making any engine modification . from the above observation ,
b20 blend of mahua biodiesel can be recommended for use in diesel engine as per as engine performance and emission profile are concerned .
also b20 shows almost similar energetic performance . so citing the above conclusion b20 can be a substitute for diesel .
mahua flower is also fermented to produce the alcoholic drink , country liquor whose consumption allows many health related problems .
production of mome from mahua can be a solution which will not only decrease the production of country liquor but also improve socioeconomic condition .
 this paper presents an experimental investigation on a four - stroke single cylinder diesel engine fuelled with the blends of mahua oil methyl ester ( mome ) and diesel . 
 the performance emission , energy , and exergy analysis has been carried out in b20 ( mixture of 80% diesel by volume with 20% mome ) . from energy analysis 
 , it was observed that the fuel energy input as well as energy carried away by exhaust gases was 6.25% and 11.86% more in case of diesel than that of b20 . 
 the unaccounted losses were 10.21% more in case of diesel than b20 . 
 the energy efficiency was 28% , while the total losses were 72% for diesel . in case of b20 , the efficiency was 65.74 % higher than that of diesel . 
 the exergy analysis shows that the input availability of diesel fuel is 1.46% more than that of b20 . for availability in brake power as well as 
 exhaust gases of diesel were 5.66 and 32% more than that of b20 . 
 destructed availability of b20 was 0.97% more than diesel . 
 thus , as per as performance , emission , energy , and exergy part were concerned ; b20 is found to be very close with that of diesel . 
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Result and Discussion
4. Conclusion