International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 1
First page : (1710) Last page : (1720)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.8065
Development of a Dual Fuel System to Operate Tractor on Biogas
Mukul Sain1*, Manpreet Kaur1, Manjeet Singh2 and Santosh Kumar3
1B. Tech. Scholar, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, PAU, Ludhiana, 141004
2Sr. Research Engineer cum Head, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, PAU, Ludhiana, 141004
3Assistant Engineer, Department of Farm Machinery And Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering & technology, PAU, Ludhiana, 141004
*Corresponding Author E-mail: mukulsain95@gmail.com
Received: 5.12.2017 | Revised: 13.01.2018 | Accepted: 22.01.2018
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to develop an alternative green energy-based system to operate a tractor as the tractor is used for maximum farm operations. India is an agriculture-based country and the majority of Indians depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Farm tractors make the tasks easy, reduce labor, and give precise results in lesser time but on the other side, the increasing population and demand lead to depletion of conventional energy resources, and switching towards alternative clean energy is becoming a must thing in the present era. Among various renewable green fuels, biogas is getting much attention in the past few years for its use in stationary engines and has been proven as an alternative fuel to reduce petrol and diesel consumption. Considering this fact, a dual fuel system was developed to use biogas as an alternative fuel in the tractor. Biogas can be an excellent fuel with easy production but raw biogas emission can harm the environment as it contains H2S pollutants. To overcome this problem, raw biogas can be converted into compressed bio-methane, which is a purified form of biogas and contains higher methane composition, decreased CO2 composition, and eliminated hydrogen sulphide pollutants. This compressed bio-methane can be filled into cylinders, which serve as a fuel tank in vehicles to lower the conventional fuel consumption. In the present study, a diesel tractor (Swaraj 724) was modified by installing various components and operated on bi-fuel. The tractor was tested under on-load and no-load conditions to check the efficiency, and it was found that using biogas could replace the diesel consumption up to a good extent without knocking problem but the tractor could not be operated on pure biomethane or biogas only; it used both diesel fuel and biomethane fuel simultaneously to operate.
Keywords: Tractor, biogas, bi-fuel, dual fuel, renewable energy, non-conventional fuel, noise level, bio methane
Abbreviations: hr., hour; dB, decibel; PVC, poly vinyl chloride; H2S, hydrogen sulphide; CO2, carbon dioxide; kg, kilogram; ml, millilitre; OSHA, occupational safety and health administration
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Cite this article: Sain, M., Kaur, M., Singh, M. and Kumar, S., Development of a Dual Fuel System to Operate Tractor on Biogas, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(1): 1710-1720 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.8065
