TESTING THE FEASIBILITY OF BLENDS ON FUEL

A Project
On
TESTING THE FEASIBILITY OF OIL
BLENDS ON FUELS
By:
Raunak .S. Pai Khot
Zeeshan .A. Yahoo
Pranit .P. Waghdhare
Aishwarya .K. Sathe
Guide :
Prof. Dr. Kaushal Prasad
Mechanical Engineering Department
FAMT, Ratnagiri

Dept. of Mech. Engg., FAMT, Ratnagiri

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INTRODUCTION
Abiofuelis afuelthat is produced through
biological processes, such as agriculture and
anaerobic digestion, rather than a fuel produced
by geological processes such as those involved in
the formation offossil fuel , such as coal and
petroleum, from prehistoric biological matter.
Biofuels can be derived directly from plants, or
indirectly from agricultural, commercial,
domestic, and/or industrial wastes.

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NEED FOR BIOFUELS

PROBLEMS WITH
CONVENTIONAL
FUELS

ADVANTAGES OF
BIOFUELS

High prices
Limited stock
Major contribution
to air pollution

Bio-degradable &
renewable
Non-toxic & lesser
Green house
emissions.
Higher Flash Point.

Dept. of Mech. Engg., FAMT, Ratnagiri

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OUR OBJECTIVES
To check feasibility of Cotton seed oil and Soya
bean oil blends as an alternative fuel.
To check performance characteristics of these
biodiesel blends.
To find out the blending percentage of these
blends to give optimum performance.
To perform exhaust gas analysis.

Dept. of Mech. Engg., FAMT, Ratnagiri

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METHODOLOGY
Physical testing of biodiesel blends
1. Flash point And Fire Point.
2. Specific Gravity at 15 deg Celsius.
3. Viscosity at 40 deg Celsius.
4. Density.
5. Cetane number.
6. Absolute Viscosity.
7. Calorific Value.
.Performance test
1. Load Test

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PERFORMANCE TEST PARAMETERS

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Brake Horse Power vs Load

BSFC vs Load
BSAC vs Load
Brake Thermal Efficiency vs Load
Smoke vs Load
CO vs Load
NOx vs Load
HC vs. Load

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TESTING THE FEASIBILITY OF BLENDS ON FUEL

SHORT TERM WORKING

Contacted IBDC, Pune; but turned out to be unfruitful due to
prolonged and unsatisfactory process by them.
Contacted IIT Guwahati , IISC Bangalore, COEP Pune , MIT Pune for
load test and exhaust gas analysis due to unavailability of exhaust
gas analysis elsewhere.Turned down by MIT and COEP Pune. No
reply from others yet
Contacted ChemTech pune for testing of physical properties of oil .

TIMELINE : JAN15
Dept. of Mech. Engg., FAMT, Ratnagiri

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CURRENT WORK PROGRESS

Confirmed the order of the various blends from
S.V.M. agroprocesses Nagpur with quotation of
650 per litre = 650 x 12=Rs 7,800
14.5 service tax = Rs. 1131
Trasportation= Rs. 3000
Total= Rs.11,931
Contacted ARAI, Pimpri with reference to
availability biodiesel mentioned aforesaid and
expecting a positive response .

Dept. of Mech. Engg., FAMT, Ratnagiri

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REFERENCES
Biodiesel Production from Crude Cottonseed
Oil: An Optimization Process Using
Response Surface Methodology
Ben Morgan: Economic Analysis and Feasibility
of Cottonseed Oil as a Biodiesel Feedstock
Demirbas, A. Studies on cottonseed oil biodiesel
prepared in noncatalytic SCF conditions.
Bioresour. Technol., 2008, 99, 1125-1130.
Cui, L.F.; Xiao, G.M.; Xu, B.; Teng, G.Y.
Transesterification of cottonseed oil to biodiesel
by using heterogeneous solid basic catalysts.
Energy Fuel., 2007, 21, 3740-3743.
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THANK YOU

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