An experimental study on synthesis of ternary biodiesel through potassium hydroxide catalyst transesterification

Abstract

The novelty of this study is synthesis fuel of biodiesel from the Brassica napus seed oil (BN‐B), Linum usitatissimum seed oil (LU‐B) and diesel to improve the performance of SCDE and minimize the CO2 emissions. BN‐B and LU‐B were produced using a 0.1 N potassium hydroxide catalyst and methanol to synthesis biodiesel from B. napus and L. usitatissimum seed oil. The glycerine and biodiesel are separated using the transesterification filtration process. The research was carried out without any modifications with the objective of analyzing performance and emissions in a SCDE at variable load and constant speed. SCDE investigates the impact of five different triple combinations of BN‐B and LU‐B blended with diesel. The experiments yielded the following results, B1‐B and B2‐B have calorific values of 42.2 and 41.6 MJ/kg, respectively. The fuel consumption of the triple blend combination was lower than that of the diesel at full load and constant speed. The triple blend combination emits less nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) than diesel, according to the results of the emission tests.