Bio Diesel
What is Biodiesel?
Biodiesel is a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from renewable resources. Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a biodiesel blend. It can be used in compression ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications. Biodiesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of Sulphur and aromatics. The use of biodiesel helps the environment in two big ways. It comes from renewable resources and is far less polluting than petroleum diesel. Not only are exhaust emissions lower than standard diesel, biodiesel is also non toxic than table salt and biodegrades as fast as sugar.
Oil from Plants:
Greentech Bioenergy Private Limited produces biodiesel primarily from Palm Oil or palm stearin, Jatropha, Karanji, Pongamia, a non-edible, feedstock. The biodiesel is produced through chemical process called transesterification whereby the glycerin is separated from vegetable oil. The process leaves behind two products – methyl esters, the chemical name for biodiesel, and glycerin, a valuable byproduct that’s usually used in soaps and cosmetics medical and other products.
The energy content of conventional diesel can vary up to 15% from supplier to supplier or from summer to winter. This variability in conventional diesel is due to changes in its composition which are determined by refining and blending practices.The efficiency of diesel engines is the same whether using biodiesel, diesel, or biodiesel blends
Turning Vegetable Oil into Fuel:
Fuel-grade biodiesel must be produced to strict industry specifications (ASTM D6751, EN14214, BIS 15607) in order to ensure proper performance. Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel to have fully completed the health effects testing requirements of the USA 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the most stringent emissions testing protocols ever required by the EPA for certification of fuels in the USA.
Biodiesel blends are denoted as “BXX” with “XX” representing the percentage of biodiesel contained in the blend (i.e.: B20 is 20% biodiesel, 80% petroleum diesel). Biodiesel can be used in ‘neat,’ or pure from (B100), although it is not recommended by original engine manufacturers (OEMs).