Diesel engines are widely used for their low fuel consumption and better efficiency. Ever increasing diesel consumption, a large outflow of foreign exchange and concern for the environment have prompted developing countries like India to search for a suitable environmental friendly alternative to diesel fuel.But the rapid depletion of petroleum fuels and their increasing costs have led to an intensive search for alternative fuels.

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Murugesan, Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Namakkal, India. Avinash, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India. James Gunasekaran, Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, India.