Experimental examination on physicochemical properties of the Tamarind seed biodiesel in comparison with petroleum diesel fuel

Ravikrishnan, Ganesh Bharathi and Venkatesan, S. and Samuel, Bright (2020) Experimental examination on physicochemical properties of the Tamarind seed biodiesel in comparison with petroleum diesel fuel. 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (ICAME 2020), PTS 1-6, 912.0. ISSN 1757-8981

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Abstract

The present escalating demand for the hydrocarbon fuel and its lack of availability move the automotive industries and the oil companies to urge the search for alternative resources and feedstocks to emerge a fuel for transportation to keep going. This paper deals with the examination of properties of the Tamarind seed Biodiesel and the petroleum diesel fuel with biodiesel oils of significant feedstocks. The raw oil extracted from Tamarind Seed was trans-esterified with methanol in the presence of potassium hydroxide to obtain biodiesel. The oil yield was 35%. The study was to figure out the variation in the physicochemical properties of the biodiesel for their progressive blend percentages with the petroleum diesel. The blends investigated were B20, B40, B60 and B80. The vital physicochemical properties of the biodiesel evaluated were a flashpoint, fire point, kinematic viscosity, and the calorific value. Importantly, the calorific value of B100 is 45.83 MJ/Kg and diesel is 45.49 MJ/Kg. The increasing biodiesel concentrations show, the kinematic viscosity of the blended fuel decreases to 2.4 cSt at B80 from 2.63 cSt for Diesel, which is 13%. The flash and fire point value of the diesel fuel which is 37.4 and 56.7 degrees C, was incremented with the higher concentrations of biodiesel as 41.2 degrees C and 57.7 degrees C at B80.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Engineering > Engineering
Material Science > Materials Science
Multi-Disciplinary Studies > Multidisciplinary
Divisions: Engineering and Technology > Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem, India > Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email techsupport@mosys.org
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2026 06:51
URI: https://ir.vmrfdu.edu.in/id/eprint/6021

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