Production and characterisation of biodiesel extracted from Indian bamboos
by Renjith Krishnan; Lalhmingsanga Hauchhum; Rajat Gupta; Gokul Gopan
International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology (IJOGCT), Vol. 31, No. 3, 2022

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]

Online publication date: Mon, 24-Oct-2022

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