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ArticleScientific reports2025

Prediction of performance and emission features of diesel engine using alumina nanoparticles with neem oil biodiesel based on advanced ML algorithms.

M S Aswathanrayan, N Santhosh, Srikanth Holalu Venkataramana, Kurugundla Sunil Kumar, Sarfaraz Kamangar, Amir Ibrahim Ali Arabi, Sameer Algburi, Osamah J Al-Sareji, A Bhowmik

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M S AswathanrayanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, ICEAS, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
N SanthoshDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560 067, India. santhoshmvj89@gmail.com.
Srikanth Holalu VenkataramanaDepartment of Aeronautical Engineering, NitteMeenakshi Institute of Technology, Yelahanka, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 064, India.
Kurugundla Sunil KumarDepartment of Marine Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, 602117, India.
Sarfaraz KamangarMechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, 61421, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Amir Ibrahim Ali ArabiMechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, 61421, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Sameer AlgburiAl-Kitab University, Kirkuk, 36015, Iraq.
Osamah J Al-SarejiFaculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, Egyetem Str. 10, Veszprém H, 8200, Hungary. osamah.al-sareji@phd.uni-pannon.hu.
A BhowmikCentre for Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, 140401, India.

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The growing need for sustainable energy sources and stricter environmental regulations necessitate the development of alternative fuels with lower emissions and improved performance. This study addresses these challenges by optimizing the performance and emission characteristics of a single-cylinder diesel engine powered by neem oil biodiesel blends enhanced with alumina nanoparticlesusing the powerful desirability-based optimization. Neem oil, a non-edible feedstock, was selected to avoid competition with food resources, while alumina nanoparticles were utilized for their catalytic properties to enhance combustion efficiency. The process involved experimental evaluation of biodiesel blends (B10, B20, and B30) combined with alumina nanoparticles at concentrations of 100 ppm, 150 ppm, and 200 ppm using a design of experiments approach. With the engine running at maximum load of 100% and an aluminum oxide concentration of 100 parts per million, the optimal fuel mix comprises of 89.85% diesel and 30% biodiesel. The lowest brake-specific fuel consumption of 0.45 kg per kilowatt-hour that the optimization produced points to effective fuel use. With a little variance of 3.33%, the brake thermal efficiency was maximized at 38.18%, quite near to the validation result of 37.89%. The alumina nanoparticles enhanced combustion through improved fuel atomization and oxidation due to their high surface area and catalytic effects. To further validate the effectiveness of RSM, the results are compared with the performance of several advance machine learning algorithms, including linear regression, decision tree, and random forest. The random forest model demonstrated the highest predictive accuracy for performance (test R

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