Experimental Investigation on the Production and Usage of UCVO and WSLO as an Alternative Fuels to Diesel Engines

Abstract

Recently, black/biodiesels are gaining wider popularity as they can be made from renewable resources and wastages, thus, providing an extra environmental values. Indeed, reuse of the waste spent lubrication oil (WSLO) and used vegetable cooking oils (UVCO) has attracted researchers as the wastes generated are on a massive level everywhere and are posing an environmental hazard in handling serious problems of waste management. The transesterification process and centrifuge operations are addressed in terms of conversion to biodiesel. UVCO and WSLO samples were tested on a diesel engine to determine the performance as well as emission characteristics. The filtration of raw oil was carried out by indigenously developed and fabricated mobile centrifuge oil cleaner involving two-stage filtrations (first and second stage guaranteeing the purity up to 5–10 and 1 micron, respectively). Thus, it helps to boost the production of alternate fuels by directly blending and mixing in the required proportions. With these significant inclusions, satisfactory results were obtained for use as a sustainable alternative fuel in an organized large quantity for the production of biodiesel. Therefore, UVCO and WSLO can be considered as a promising waste which can serve as a fuel energy source and material for chemical or biological processes.

Keywords: WSLO, UVCO, Energy, transesterification, Compression ratio, Emission, Centrifugation

Cite this Article

Mohammed Yunus, Mohammad S. Alsoufi, Iftekar Hussain H. Experimental Investigation on the Production and Usage of UCVO and WSLO as an Alternative Fuels to Diesel Engines. Journal of Alternate Energy Sources and Technologies. 2016; 7(2): 34–44p.