Proceedings of the
International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2009
(ICME2009) 26- 28 December 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh

ICME09-TH-06

BIODIESEL FROM JATROPHA OIL AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL
FOR DIESEL ENGINE

Mohammad Mashud, M. Hasan Ali, Md. Roknuzzaman and Asadullah Al Galib
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology , Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT

The world is getting modernized and industrialized day by day. As a result vehicles and engines are increasing. But energy sources used in these engines are limited and decreasing gradually. This situation leads to seek an alternative fuel for diesel engine. Biodiesel is an alternative fuel for diesel engine. The esters of vegetables oil animal fats are known as Biodiesel. This paper investigates the prospect of making of biodiesel from jatropha oil. Jatropha curcas is a renewable non-edible plant. Jatropha is a wildly growing hardy plant in arid and semi-arid regions of the country on degraded soils having low fertility and moisture. The seeds of Jatropha contain 50-60% oil. In this study the oil has been converted to biodiesel by the well-known transesterification process and used it to diesel engine for performance evaluation.

Keywords: Bio-diesel, Jatropha Oil and Trans-esterification Process.

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