Production of Biodiesel from Non Edible Cottonseed Oil by Mechanical Stirrer Technique

Abstract

In present day there is hefty demand of new and reliable alternative fuel which gives better exhaust emissions and performance on internal combustion engine. There are mainly two types of fuel that are used prominently in I.C. engines, first is gasoline like fuel which support to spark ignition engine and second that is used for compression ignition engines. The biodiesel is a renewable alternative fuel which supports to the diesel engines. The biodiesel can be produced by several numbers of feed stocks like vegetable oil, animal fats and yellow greases etc. In present researcher work the cottonseed oil (CSO) which belong to Malvaceae, the marsh mallow family, is converted to biodiesel from mechanical stirring technique. This biodiesel has been tested on a constant speed agricultural engine and found to be lower in smoke generation and almost equivalent to petro diesel on performance parameters.