1. Polanga oil based bio-diesel (pobd): a clean burning liquid fuel for indian railways application.
Authors : Arvind Lal, N.k.yadav Indu
Pages : 55-60
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.21172/1.152.10
Keywords : Bio-diesel,Indian Railways(IR), HSD oil, Polanga oil, transesterification and optimization. Abstract :To minimize the air pollution impact on the environment specially in Indian Railways( IR) premises, IR has decided to run its locomotives as well as road vehicles on non-edible oils based Fatty acid of methyl ester (FAME) fuels and its blend with HSD oil. In the present paper, bio-diesel was prepared by triple stage trans-esterification process from the non-edible Polanga oil ( Callophyllum Anophyllum) collected from Diesel shed Kharagpur ( South Eastern Railway) .The prepared bio-diesel and its blends with HSD oil were characterized by its physical and fuel properties such as density,viscosity,flash point, pour point, cloud point and water content etc. From the obtained results, the best yield percentage was obtained using oil/methanol ratio (v/v) of 10.5:1, potassium hydroxide as catalyst 0.85%( w/v), reaction duration of 120 minutes with a stirring speed of 450rpm.The yield percentage of Polanga oil bio-diesel( POBD) was 87% under optimum conditions. From the results as obtained, it was clear that the produced bio-diesel ( POBD) fuel was within the recommended standards of Bio-diesel as per IS:15607/2005 and its properties were also comparable with the high speed diesel (HSD)as per IS:1460/2005, presently used in Indian Railways.
Citing this Journal Article :Arvind Lal, N.k.yadav Indu, "Polanga oil based bio-diesel (pobd): a clean burning liquid fuel for indian railways application.", Volume 15 Issue 2 - December 2019, 55-60
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