Biodiesel as a potential replacement fuel for CI engine to meet the sustainability criteria: A review

Abstract

Transportation is important for day-to-day operations and economic development. Fossil fuels are essential to many industries, including those that rely on transportation, electricity generation, agriculture, and mining (locomotives). The amount of crude oil consumed has intensified by a factor of 16 during the past 60 years. Every day, more people require and utilize gasoline made from petroleum, but supply is limited. Using biodiesel instead of gasoline will help to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Biodiesel could be made from both traditional and unconventional resources, with some changes to satisfy diesel performance. The emissions of CI engines have negative environmental consequences such as greenhouse gases, acid rain, ozone depletion, photochemical smog, and so on. Biodiesel is an excellent substitute for fossil fuels. Transesterification can be used to create it from vegetable oil and animal fats. National biofuel policy 2009 set the goal of meeting 20% of diesel demand with biodiesel. India is planning to mix 5% biodiesel with diesel.“ India has focused primarily on Jatropha. There are, however, around 400 species of non-edible oil seeds bearing plants in our country, where thrust must be made derived the biofuel. Based on the techno- economic viability for the development of biofuel in this paper thrust are made to review a different kind of biofuel utility and their impact on CI engine efficiency that explorer in the last decades.