NDLI: Design and performance study on polypropylene biodiesel pilot plant for non-edible oils

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Author	Kumar, Rajesh K. Prasanna, K. T. Gowda, Balakrishna
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	A cost-effective, efficient biodiesel production plant that conforms to the decentralized feed stock processing program in vogue in villages of tropical countries of Asia and Africa is the concern of the present study. A 50 L/batch capacity biodiesel reactor has been designed and fabricated using polypropylene consisting of reaction vessel, catalyst tank, settling and washing chamber, evaporation chamber, and methanol recovery system. The performance of the reactor has been studied using pongamia oil, jatropha oil, and waste vegetable oil using transesterification process. The biodiesel yield achieved were 93.75–96 % (v/v) for pongamia, 92.5–95 % (v/v) for jatropha, and 94–95.5 % (v/v) for waste vegetable oil. The biodiesel samples have acceptable fuel standards as per ASTM D-6751 and BIS (ISO15607) specifications.
Starting Page	79
Ending Page	86
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	21906815
Journal	Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
Volume Number	3
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	21906823
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2013-01-19
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Biodiesel Non-edible oil Pilot plant Polypropylene Transesterification Renewable and Green Energy Biotechnology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Design and performance study on polypropylene biodiesel pilot plant for non-edible oils