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Characterisation of Used Groundnut Oils As Biodiesel Feed Stock Authors: Subash, Senthil Kumar, and Jayakrishna

This document discusses characterizing used groundnut oils as a feedstock for biodiesel production. The authors tested biodiesel produced from used groundnut oil and compared its fuel properties and engine performance to biodiesel from fresh groundnut oil and baseline diesel fuel. Tests found that biodiesel from used groundnut oil had nearly 37% lower hydrocarbon emissions than baseline diesel, though it suffered around 5% lower brake thermal efficiency at higher engine loads compared to biodiesel from fresh oil. The results indicate used groundnut oil is a suitable feedstock for biodiesel production.

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Characterisation of Used Groundnut Oils As Biodiesel Feed Stock Authors: Subash, Senthil Kumar, and Jayakrishna

This document discusses characterizing used groundnut oils as a feedstock for biodiesel production. The authors tested biodiesel produced from used groundnut oil and compared its fuel properties and engine performance to biodiesel from fresh groundnut oil and baseline diesel fuel. Tests found that biodiesel from used groundnut oil had nearly 37% lower hydrocarbon emissions than baseline diesel, though it suffered around 5% lower brake thermal efficiency at higher engine loads compared to biodiesel from fresh oil. The results indicate used groundnut oil is a suitable feedstock for biodiesel production.

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Fifth National Conference on Optimization Techniques in engineering Sciences and Technologies,

Banari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, !"!#


CHARACTERISATION OF USED GROUNDNUT OILS AS BIODIESEL FEED STOCK
Authors : Subash
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Final year student-NEC, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu State, India.
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Lecturer, NEC, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu State, India
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email sent!ilmec!"#$%mail.com
Abstra)t
&ver t!e last 'e( years )iodiesel !as %ained importance as an alternative 'uel 'or diesel en%ines.
*anu'acturin% )iodiesel 'rom plant oil is relatively easy and possesses many environment )ene'its.
+esides, (!at ma,es )iodiesel all t!e more attractive is t!at it can )e derived 'rom used %roundnut oil
produced in lar%e -uantities in pu)lic eateries. T!e purpose o' t!is paper is to c!aracteri.e o' used
%roundnut oil /01&2 'or t!eir suita)ility as 'eed stoc, 'or )iodiesel preparation and to compare t!e
'uel properties o' t!e derived esters o' 01& /01&-)iodiesel2 (it! t!ose esters o' 'res! oil and
)aseline diesel 'uel. T!e %roundnut oil )ased 01&-)iodiesel and esters o' 'res! %roundnut oil are
trans'ormed into respective )iodiesel, )y transesteri'ication process. Tests are conducted to compare
t!ese )iodiesels (it! t!e )aseline local diesel 'uel in terms o' en%ine per'ormance and e3!aust
emissions. T!e results indicate t!at t!e t!ermal per'ormance o' esters o' 01& closely resem)le t!e
per'ormance o' esters o' 'res! oil. 4t !i%!er load operation o' esters o' 01& 'ueled en%ine su''ers
nearly 5 6 )ra,e t!ermal e''iciency loss. Interestin%ly !ydrocar)on emissions o' 01&-)iodiesel 'uel
(ere o)served to )e appro3imately 376 lo(er t!an )aseline diesel operation.
$ey%ords& 0sed %roundnut oil8 9olar compounds8 En%ine per'ormance8 Emissions
1* INTRODUCTION
+iodiesel is t!e name %iven to clean )urnin%
alternative 'uel produced 'rom domestic
rene(a)le resources. T!e main commodity
sources 'or )iodiesel in India is non-edi)le oils
o)tained 'rom plant species suc! as :atrop!a
Curcas /;atan<yot2, 9on%amia 9innata /Karan<2,
Calop!yllum inop!yllum /Na%c!ampa2, =evca
)rasiliensis /;u))er2 etc. 4ccordin% to 4ST*
standards +iodiesel is tec!nically de'ined as ,>t!e
mono al,yl esters o' lon% c!ain 'atty acids
derived 'rom rene(a)le li-uid 'eedstoc,, suc! as
ve%eta)le 'ats and animal oils ,'or use in
compression i%nition /CI2 en%ines>
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.
0nited State produces )iodiesel 'rom edi)le
oil /mainly soya oil2, t!e pure )iodiesel costs
around A 1." to A5." per %allon dependin% upon
purc!ase volume and t!e delivery costs and
competes (it! lo( sul'ur diesel oil. =o(ever, it
is costlier to normal diesel (!ic! is A1.5 to A1.7
per %allon
?5,3@
. In India t!e production o' )iodiesel
'rom edi)le oils is currently muc! more
e3pensive t!an petroleum diesel 'uels due to t!e
relatively !i%! costs o' ve%eta)le oils. T!e cost o'
)iodiesel can )e reduced i' non-edi)le oils, and
used 'ryin% oils are considered instead o' edi)le
oils. Non-edi)le oils suc! as *ellia a.adirac!ta
/Neem2, +ussia Lati'olia /*a!ua2, 9on%amai
9innata /Karan<a2, &r)i%naya maritiana
/+a)assu2, ;atan<yot /:atrop!a2, etc. are easily
e3tracted in many parts o' t!e (orld includin%
India, and are relatively c!eap
Ta)le 1. 9roduction o' oil seeds /million tons2 in 5BB5-5BB3 in India
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