Title: Biofuel and its potential towards greener and safer future

Biography:

Oyenike Makanjuola obtained her B.Sc in Bowen University, Nigeria in 2011 and obtained her M.Sc at the University of Huddersfield in 2014 with a Distinction. As a result, she was awarded the Vice chancellor Scholarship for her PhD programme at the University of Huddersfiled. Oyenike is currently a 4^th year PhD student in the School of Applied Sciences, the University Of Huddersfield. Her research area focuses on the conversion of sorghum waste biomass and wheat straw into value added products.

Abstract

The rapid escalation of fuel prices, shortage of conventional petroleum based fuels and depleting hydrocarbon reserves of the world have forced to look for alternatives fuels to cater the ever increasing demands of fuel in transportation sector. In the present study biodiesel were produced from Messua ferrei and Waste cooking oil  locally available in North Eastern Region of India. The physio-chemical characteristics were determined and compared with conventional diesel fuel as per ASTM Standards. The biodiesel produced from two feedstock's were blended with different proportion by volume to test in a single cylinder four stroke diesel engine. After the engine test, it was observed that there is significance improvement in engine performance and reduction in exhaust emissions while using biodiesel fuel in diesel engine. However there is slight increased in Nox emission. Thus biodiesel produced from non-edible vegetable oils can be use in existing conventional diesel engine satisfactorily without any hardware modifications.