Evaluation Of Mahua Oil Prepared By Two Step Transesterification For Performance And Emission Characteristics
Journal Title: American journal of Engineering Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Since the requirement of fossil fuel increases day by day, the world is in the urge of finding suitable alternative fuels that are environmental friendly. The production of biodiesel is in large scale from the non edible oil using methanol and an alkaline catalyst. In India non edible type oil and fats are widely available. Normally, the biodiesel is blended with mineral diesel and used as fuel for diesel engine. Biodiesel is produced from vegetable oil and animal fat which is suitable for gasoline. In this experiment biodiesel is prepared from mahua oil (MO) using two step transesterification process, by adding methanol and sodium hydroxide pellets. As vegetable oil and animal fats have Free Fatty Acid (FFA) content transesterification process is used for breaking down of larger molecules to smaller molecules there by reducing the FFA content in the oil. This study presents the result of experimental investigation on the effects of mahua oil biodiesel and its blends on performance and emission characteristics of a four stroke diesel engine. It was evident that there was a drop in performance but in terms of emission biodiesel proved to be lesser when compared with diesel fuel.
Authors and Affiliations
Allen Jeffrey. J, A. Anbazhagan, Candace Livingston, J. Earnest Shalom, A. Franswithin Ajay, K. Arun
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