Impact analysis of biodiesel on engine performance—A review

Gaurav Dwivedi, Siddharth Jain and M.P. Sharma

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2011, vol. 15, issue 9, 4633-4641

Abstract: Energy is a basic requirement for economic development. Every sector of Indian economy-agriculture, industry transport, commercial and domestic needs input of energy. The economic development plans implemented since independence have necessarily required increasing amount of energy. As a result consumption of energy in all forms has been steadily rising all over the country. This growing consumption of energy has also resulted in the country becoming increasingly dependent on fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Rising prices of oil and gas and potential shortage in future lead to concern about the security of energy supply needed to sustain our economic growth. Increased use of fossil fuels also causes environmental problems both locally and globally. In view of the fast depletion of fossil fuel, the search for alternative fuels has become inevitable, looking at huge demand of diesel for transportation sector, captive power generation and agricultural sector, the biodiesel is being viewed a substitute of diesel. The vegetable oils, fats, grease are the source of feed stocks for the production of biodiesel. Biodiesel is an engine fuel that is created by chemically reacting fatty acids and alcohol. This usually means combining vegetable oil with methanol in the presence of a catalyst (usually sodium hydroxide). Biodiesel is much more suitable for use as an engine fuel than straight vegetable oil for a number of reasons, the most notable one being its lower viscosity. The aim of the present paper is to focus on the work done in the area of biodiesel and also the impact analysis of biodiesel on engine performance.

Keywords: Biodiesel; Brake specific fuel consumption; Brake thermal efficiency; Jatropha (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.089

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