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IV International Conference on Advances in Energy Research
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Paper code:096
Biodiesel production from used vegetable
oil collected from shops selling fritters in
Kolkata
By
Nabanita Banerjee, Ritica Ramkrishnan, Tushar Jash
School of Energy Studies
Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032, India.
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2. INTRODUCTION
Biodiesel produced from Used Vegetable Oil is environment friendly.
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Shops selling fritters run successful business.
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Handles a local problem of Waste Management.
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Processing of Used Vegetable Oil is slightly different from Refined
Oil.
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Production procedure uses Base Catalyst such as NaOH.
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No work has been reported on Biodiesel production from used
vegetable oil collected from shops selling fritters in Kolkata.
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3. OBJECTIVE
To produce biodiesel from used vegetable oil collected from shops selling
fritters in Kolkata.
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Optimizing the process parameters like temperature, oil to alcohol ratio,
catalyst concentration and reaction time.
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To obtain maximum yield of biodiesel.
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4. FEEDSTOCK CHARACTERISATION
Table 1: Properties of used vegetable oil collected from fritter shops
Table 2: Fatty acids profile of vegetable oils
Source: Anindita Karmakar et al. (2010).
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5. ESTIMATION OF USED VEGETABLE OIL
GENERATED BY FRITTER SHOPS IN KOLKATA
Table 3: Survey data on generation of used vegetable oil from fritter shops in Kolkata
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6. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE

7. FILTRATION OF
FEEDSTOCK
MIXING OF METHANOL
AND NAOH
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TRANSESTERIFICATION
REACTION

8. WASHING OF BIODIESEL
SEPERATION OF PHASES
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9. Table 4: Experimental data
STIRRING RATE: 1000rpm, REACTION TEMPERATURE= 55°C, REACTION TIME= 1.5 hours
MAXIMUM YIELD WAS OBTAINED WITH ALCOHOL:OIL RATIO=15:1
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10. PROPERTIES OF BIODIESEL
Table 5: Properties of biodiesel from used vegetable oil
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11. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
From Table 4: Amount of Methanol used, the Yield of biodiesel increases.
Reaction temperature: 55°C, Catalyst Concentration: 0.69%
Results conclude that transesterification improves the properties
of oil and brings them close to the properties of diesel.
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12. CONCLUSION
Used vegetable oil can be used for production of Biodiesel.
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Fuel properties of biodiesel are comparable to that of diesel.
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The cost of production can be reduced if low cost feedstock.
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Maximum yield of biodiesel prepared from used vegetable oil
obtained was 94%.
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