Article: Production and characterisation of biodiesel extracted from Indian bamboos Journal: International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology (IJOGCT) 2022 Vol.31 No.3 pp.316 - 331 Abstract: Here, bamboo types found in India such as Dendrocalamus asper, Pseudosasa japonica, Dendrocalamus giganteus, Sinarundinaria falcata, and Bambusa vulgaris are considered for the thermochemical conversion process. Primarily, these bamboos are converted to bio-oil by the pyrolysis process and found that Bambusa vulgaris yields more bio-oil than all other bamboos. Later, the bio-oils generated from bamboos are converted to biodiesels through the transesterification process. The properties such as relative density, acid number, kinematic viscosity, cetane number, flash point, cloud point, pour point, ash content, carbon residues, and higher heating value of all biodiesels are done. It is found that biodiesel generated from Bambusa vulgaris has the property values neared to standard biodiesel, so the properties of different blends of Bambusa vulgaris biodiesel with petro-diesel are also found. Here, the result shows that the blend BV15 is suitable for CI engines as it keeps all the property values of good biodiesel. [Received: November 21, 2021; Accepted: January 13, 2022] Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Production and characterisation of biodiesel extracted from Indian bamboos

Authors: Renjith Krishnan; Lalhmingsanga Hauchhum; Rajat Gupta; Gokul Gopan

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Mizoram, Mizoram, 796012, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Mizoram, Mizoram, 796012, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Mizoram, Mizoram, 796012, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Mizoram, Mizoram, 796012, India

Abstract: Here, bamboo types found in India such as Dendrocalamus asper, Pseudosasa japonica, Dendrocalamus giganteus, Sinarundinaria falcata, and Bambusa vulgaris are considered for the thermochemical conversion process. Primarily, these bamboos are converted to bio-oil by the pyrolysis process and found that Bambusa vulgaris yields more bio-oil than all other bamboos. Later, the bio-oils generated from bamboos are converted to biodiesels through the transesterification process. The properties such as relative density, acid number, kinematic viscosity, cetane number, flash point, cloud point, pour point, ash content, carbon residues, and higher heating value of all biodiesels are done. It is found that biodiesel generated from Bambusa vulgaris has the property values neared to standard biodiesel, so the properties of different blends of Bambusa vulgaris biodiesel with petro-diesel are also found. Here, the result shows that the blend BV15 is suitable for CI engines as it keeps all the property values of good biodiesel. [Received: November 21, 2021; Accepted: January 13, 2022]

Keywords: bamboo; bio-oil; biodiesel; pyrolysis; transesterification.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2022.126358

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2022 Vol.31 No.3, pp.316 - 331

Received: 19 Nov 2021
Accepted: 13 Jan 2022
Published online: 24 Oct 2022 *

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