This is a well known fact that the resources of mineral oils are depleting day-by-day, and the cost of exploration of the remaining reserves is bound to escalate. Moreover, the burning of fossil fuels increases the level of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere causing the 'Green House' effect. In this context, aviable and sustainable alternative fuel is necessary to cater to a large fleet of automobiles across the world. The advent of biodiesel has come to the rescue in such a warranting situation. Efforts are being made to streamline the systems to produce biodiesels at economically viable rates and apply them in running the diesel engines in lieu of petro-diesel. And the present study is an attempt in this direction. It seeks to exploit non-edible oil plants, especially Jatropha, mahua and palm, to replace diesel oil usage in the conventional diesel engines. Providing transesterification procedure for all the three non-edible oils, it deals with the heat release rate calculations based on the pressure data collected in the combustion chamber. It also extends discussion on the instrumentation and experimentation, as well as the results of the findings.
Dr. Ajeya Jha is presently the Head of the Department of Management Studies, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology. He is also a Fellow of Indian Congress of Chemistry and Environment. He has over a decade of teaching experience and his research interests include pharmaceutical marketing, sustainable development, wild-life tourism, natural resource management, and tribal knowhow. Prof. Jha has to his credit 5 books, 6 book chapters, 34 research papers and 200 articles. Also, he has participated in a good number of national and international seminars. He has successfully completed many projects for UNESCO, Indo-Canada Environment Facility, Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), and World Wide Fund for Nature-India.
Dr. Sangeeta Jha is presently the Head of Department of Chemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology. She is also a Fellow of Indian Congress of Chemistry and Environment. Her research areas include absorption-desorption studies, polymer composite and photochemistry. She has a teaching experience of over 16 years and has to her credit a good number of research papers published in national and international journals of repute. Also, she has presented papers in many scientific conferences.
Dr. Sonia Munjal is a Reader at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology. Her research areas include pharmaceutical marketing and human resource development. She has to her credit many research papers published in journals of repute. Also, she has presented 9 papers in national and international conferences. She is associated with 18 Management Development Programmers and has been a resource person for numerous MDPs and workshops.
Transesterification Procedure -- Heat Release Rate Calculations -- Experimental Set Up -- Results, Discussion and Conclusions
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