EFFECT OF ACID & IODINE VALUE OF KARANJA OIL METHYL ESTER (KOME) & ITS STATISTICAL CORRELATION WITH GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE

Abstract

Due to increasing popularity of Biodiesel in the world each and every property is important while designing an Engine. Biodiesel is basically Fatty Acid methyl ester based fuel, a long chain of triglycerides and the alcohol in the presence of catalyst forms ethyl esters and the glycerol that process is known as Transesterification, if the free fatty acid content percentage in the oil is more than 2.5 % then the process by which the oil is converted to ethyl esters is known as Esterification followed by Transesterification. In this study we mostly concentrate on the Chemical properties; The Chemical properties like Acid Value, Iodine Value are having statistical correlations with the Gross Calorific Value of Karanja Oil Methyl Ester (KOME). We have also shown in the paper, the individual properties have how much percent statistical correlation with the gross calorific value, we have calculated it by Least square Approximation of Linear Regression.