Property enhancement on neem biodiesel by varying the temperature of transesterification process

Abstract

The world's energy demands, with the exception of hydroelectric and nuclear power, are met mostly by coal, natural gases and petrochemicals. At the present pace of use, all of these finite resources will be gone in no time. Using petroleum and other nonrenewable energy sources comes with a number of downsides, such as increased greenhouse gas emissions, high processing costs and energy demands, and so on. This has prompted the search for viable alternatives to petroleum-based energy. Alternate fuels for internal combustion engine are the wide range of research area. Among that field fuels from the nonedible vegetable oils got more preference. In this study focused on the improvement of the bio fuel properties by means of varying the parameter of the processing. Biodiesel can be derived from the need seed vegetable oil by transesterification process. The temperature maintained for this process was taken as influencing parameter for the properties enhancement. This temperature varied from 45 ℃ – 65 ℃ with increment of 5 ℃ in separate process. The corresponding fuel properties were measured and compared to identify the suitable temperature for the greatest fuel properties.