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| Title: | Performance evaluation of a single cylinder diesel engine fueled with biodiesel produced from pumpkin oil |
| Authors: | Kumar, D Jayaprasanna
Binnal, Prakash |
| Keywords: | Biodiesel
Pumpkin oil
Transesterification |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | This study presents
transesterification of pumpkin oil to produce biodiesel. A maximum biodiesel
yield (96.32%) was
observed under optimum conditions
for pumpkin oil transesterification [temp., 50°C, molar ratio of methanol to
oil, 6:1, KOH,
1.2% (by wt of oil) and time, 90
min]. Performance characteristics of B20 were found to be quite close to
petroleum diesel. Thus,
20% blend of pumpkin oil biodiesel can be safely
used with petroleum diesel. |
| Page(s): | 75-78 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1084 (Online); 0022-4456 (Print) |
| Source: | JSIR Vol.71(01) [January 2012]
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