A Study on the Production of Biodiesel from Rubber Seed Oil (Hevea Brasiliensis)

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D 664 Sulfur content, %mass

D 129-64

0.001

0.05

0.905

Cetane no.

D 613-86

47

48-60

51

Water content, (vol%)

IP-74/57

nil

0.05

Zero

Carbon residue, wt. %

D 189-65

0.15

0.05 max

-

Ash content, %

D 482-63

0.003

0.02max

-

4.6 Engine performance studies Co-ignition characteristics test of rubber seed oil diesel with commercial diesel: Diesel oil is collected from local market and observation of co-ignition characteristics using different amount of Rubber seed oil. Results of different experiments of co-ignition are shown in the table. Table: 4.11 Co-ignition characteristics of Rubber seed oil with commercial diesel: Type

Ratio

Duration, (min)

Conventional diesel

to

Emission gas temperature (Oc)

9:1

8:37

80

8:2

11:01

81

7:3

10:14

78

6:4

10:10

77

5:5

7:57

84.5

4:6

7:48

84.5

2:8

8:54

86

100%

9:05

89

Biodiesel RS biodiesel

Observation

Running smoothly, No visible smoke, Smell better with increase of biodiesel percentage


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