Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCEK (A), JNTU Kakinada, Kakinada, India, Email id: varaprasadv@jntucek.ac.in
Online published on 2 August, 2016.
Biodiesel is an alternative fuel mainly produced from vegetable oil or animal fats. It is a renewable substitute of regular fuel. As a replacement of petroleum fuel it is much cleaner alternative. Its physical components are much similar to diesel fuel. Renewable sources are used to create biodiesel. Sources like new or used vegetable oil and animal fats are not toxic and can be broken down by living organisms using a special process. To complete the process an alcohol, mostly methanol is used to create a chemical reaction with these oils and fats. After the reaction, a new liquid substance called fatty acid methyl esters is obtained. It is called as biodiesel. In the present paper, ricebran oil and diesel blends are used to find the performance of four-stroke diesel engine.
Biodiesel, Ricebran oil, Performance of engine, Blends
