Experimental Analysis on Biodiesel Prepared from Non edible Oil Resource to use in small Agricultural Diesel Engine

ABSTRACT: Biodiesel is receiving increased attention as an alternative, non-toxic, biodegradable, and renewable diesel fuel. The world today is faced with serious global warming and environmental pollution. Besides, fossil fuel will become rare and faces serious shortage in the near future. This has triggered the awareness to find alternative energy as their sustainable energy sources. Biodiesel as a cleaner renewable fuel has been considered as the best substitution for diesel fuel due to it being used in ignition engine without any modification. The main advantages of using biodiesel are its renewability and better quality of exhaust gas emissions. Performance and emission of Jatropha curcas and Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel is one of the most efficient oil bearing crops in terms of oil yield, land utilization, efficiency and productivity. However, competition between edible oil sources as food with fuel makes edible oil not an ideal feedstock for biodiesel production. Therefore, attention is shifted to non-edible oil like Jatropha curcas and Calophyllum inophyllum. Calophyllum inophyllum oil can be transesterified and being considered as a potential biodiesel fuel. Jatropha biodiesel industry, biodiesel from Calophyllum inophyllum is still in a nascent state. Therefore, long term endurance research and tribological studies need to be carried out before Calophyllum inophyllum oil base biodiesel can become an alternative fuel in future. Key words: Biodiesel, Jatropha, environmental pollution, reduce the viscosity. I