Abstracto

Characterization of Biodiesel Obtained From Pure Soybean Oil and Its Various Blends with Petro-Diesel

A.K. Goswami, G. A. Usmani

The current study is focused on alternative fuel for diesel in the form of soybean oil methyl ester and their different blends with petroleum diesel. The soybean oil is important oil from economic point of view for the biodiesel production and in the country like India this oil is mainly used for edible purpose. The Transesterification process was used to produce the methyl ester from soybean oil. The methyl-ester prepared from soybean oil was blended with diesel fuel such as 10% biodiesel plus 90% Petro-diesel, 20% biodiesel plus 80% Petro-diesel, 30% biodiesel plus 70% Petro-diesel, 40% biodiesel plus 60% Petro-diesel, 60% biodiesel plus 40% Petro-diesel and 80% biodiesel plus 20% Petro-diesel. In the present study, the petroleum analysis of soybean oil, biodiesel (soybeanoil methylester) and its different blends with diesel were done and studied. Properties such as fire and flash point, pour point, aniline point, diesel index, specific gravity and cetane number were determined and also distillation characteristics consisting of initial boiling point and final boiling point were also be studied.