Experimental Study of Biodiesel as Fuel for Wick Stove

N. Kapilan¹, N. Vinay¹ and Varun Jawahar Devur²

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology Bangalore - 562 110 India.

²Department of Biotechnology, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology Bangalore - 562 110 India.

Corresponding Author E-mail: kapil_krecmech@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT: There is an increasing interest in every country, to search for suitable alternative fuels that are environment friendly. This led to the choice of Mahua Oil (MO) as one of the main alternative fuels in India. In the present work, an attempt has been made to use biodiesel as a substitute for kerosene in wick stove. In this investigation, Mahua Oil Methyl Ester (MOME) was prepared by transesterfication using potassium hydroxide as catalyst and important fuel properties were determined based on ASTM procedure. From the analysis, it was observed that the properties of MEMO are close to kerosene. To evaluate the MOME as a substitute for kerosene, it was used as a fuel in wick stove. From the experimental results, it was observed that the MOME result in performance close to kerosene and lower soot emission.

KEYWORDS: Alternative fuel; Biodiesel; Wick Stove; Performance

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