Abstract: Energy and foreign exchange crises are affecting countries without petroleum resources, owing mostly to crude petroleum imports. Alternative fuels that can be grown locally within the country from a range of resources, such as alcohol, biodiesel, vegetable oils, and so on, must be sought and identified. Sustainable development and environmental protection are the key motivations of alternative fuels. A viable alternative, biodiesel, solves all of the performance issues that come with diesel engines. Mahua oil was chosen as a source since it is non-edible, non-toxic, and biodegradable, as well as being widely available in India. Mahua Oil (MO) and its biodiesel are mixed in the samples (MOME). An acid and base trans-esterification process was used to make Mahua bio-diesel. No diesel oil was used to prepare samples for this experiment. Pure mahua oil, biodiesel, and gasoline samples had their physico-chemical properties investigated and compared to diesel. The goal of this study was to execute a performance and emission characteristics test with mahua biodiesel blended with Mahua Oil in various volume proportions (MO). Taguchi, Regression, and ANOVA analysis were used to tabulate and optimise the performance and emission outcomes.

Keywords: BSFC, BTE, CO Emissions, HC Emissions, NOX Emissions, Mahua Oil, Mahua Oil Methyl Ester (biodiesel), Optimization, Taguchi analysis and Transesterification.

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2021.81228