Assessment of Biofuel Blends Using Diesel-Biodiesel and Alcohol

Shishir Kumar Verma; A. K. A Lawrence; A. K. Tripathi; K. K. Patel

doi:10.52151/jae2015521.1570

Authors

Shishir Kumar Verma Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (Formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute), Allahabad Author
A. K. A Lawrence Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (Formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute), Allahabad Author
A. K. Tripathi Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (Formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute), Allahabad Author
K. K. Patel Department of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002 Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2015521.1570

Keywords:

Jatropha surcus, diesel, ethanol, Fuel, Fuel properties

Abstract

The main characteristics fuel properties of diesel, jatropha curcus oil and fuel prepared from blends of diesel- jatropha curcus oil and diesel-jatropha curcus oil-ethanol in various proportions were studied. The relative density, API gravity, kinematic viscosity, gross heat of combustion, cloud and pour point, flash and fire point, carbon residue, ash content and total acid values were recorded and compared with diesel to study their compatibility as compression ignition engine fuel. The characteristic fuel property of jatropha curcus-diesel in 90:10 proportion was found to be close to that of diesel. The fuel properties of diesel – ethanol blends in 75:25 proportion was also found to be close to that of diesel. However, the other fuels obtained from blending jatropha curcus-diesel as well as from jatropha curcus-diesel-ethanol in various proportions deviated from diesel when higher proportions of jatropha curcus oil were blended with diesel.

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