PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OFBIO-DIESEL PRODUCED FROM WASTE COOKING OIL ON CI ENGINE

Dinesh Nichat, L.V Kamble

Abstract: Exploring renewable energy sources is the need of present fuel scenario; the petro-fuels are vanishing more rapidly to meet heavy demands of today’s population. The Bio-fuels looks attractive and inviting source in this situation. Bio-diesel as a fuel of this category are more environmental benefits as a cleaner fuel compare to the petrol-diesel. Bio-diesel is the product of the process known as a ‘stratification’ in which Triglycerides from soybean oil reacts with alcohol under action of certain catalysts at specific constant temperature for specific time interval to produce bio-diesel as a result. Bio-diesel can be use in internal-combustion engine as a fuel application solely or blending with petrol-diesel. Lots of benefits of using biodiesel as a fuel it is renewable source, burns cleaner than petrol-diesel and compatible with petrol-diesel. Bio-diesel can be produced through many techniques including acid & base catalysis, enzymatic conversion, solid catalysis, non-catalytic conversion and super-critical methanolysis. India being preponderantly agricultural country needs major attention for the fulfillment of energy demands of a farmer. Irrigation could be a bottleneck of Indian agriculture, its to be developed on giant scale, however at a similar time diesel oil consumption should be unbroken to a minimum level due to the price of diesel and its inadequacy. The rise use of diesel in agriculture and transportation sectors has resulted in diesel crises. Oil and electricity are two major fuels that are employed in agriculture sector

Keywords: Biodiesel, Acid Catalyst, Transesterification

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0510046