期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：6
页码：2465
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Vegetable oils are a suitable alternative to diesel in compression ignition (CI) engines. The use of vegetableoils in a C I engine results in low CO, HC and smoke opacity emissions compared to a conventional diesel fuel.Biodiesel, a clean renewable fuel, has recently been considered as the best substitute for a diesel fuel because it can beused in any CI engine without the need for modification. Chemically, biodiesel is a mixture of methyl esters with longchain fatty acids and is typically made from non-toxic, biodiesel resources such as vegetable oils (Jatropha, Karanja,Thumba etc.), animal fats or even waste cooking oils (WCO). Biodiesel processing is required to refine the vegetableoil feedstock and convert it into biodiesel, so as to meet the desired C I engines fuels specifications. This paperdescribes the basic processing required for the vegetable oil feedstock to make it usable in C I engines.
