• DR.ARVIND LAL
• Dr.Arbind Kumar
• Dr.N.K.Yadav “Indu”

Abstract : India is the third largest consumer of crude oil in the world, after the United States and China. The country accounted 4.81% of total world oil consumption in 2016-17. The estimated total consumption of crude oil in India rose from 160.77 MMT in 2008-09 to 251.93 MMT in 2017-18, with a oil consumption of 4.4 million barrels per day in 2017 already represents 5 per cent of global consumption, and it is set to grow at a rapid pace of 3.9 per cent a year. With ever increasing gap between consumption and indigenous production, dependency on crude oil is to be reduced by using non-edible plant based fuels. Diesel consumption constitutes about 43% of petro-products in India. Bio-diesel has taken the challenge for global sustainability against pollution, population and poverty (PPP) and has been targeted for self reliance. It is a green, clean and smart energy source and is capable to sustain the GDP of developing nations. Bio-diesel is now recognized by the USEPA and Department of Energy, USA as an alternative transport fuel, and it qualifies for mandated programmes, and the clean air act amendments (CAAA 90) and EPA Act of 1992. In this paper, the production process for bio-diesel from tree based vegetable oils such as pongamia piñata (Karanja) is presented together with its fuel properties. These properties were found to be comparable to diesel and confirming to both the American , European and Indian standards. Engine tests have been carried out with the aim of obtaining comparative measures of torque, power & specific fuel consumption to evaluate the behaviour of diesel engine running on karanja oil based plant fuel ( KOBD) as a bio-diesel. The reduction in brake power and brake thermal efficiency made the blends of bio-diesel (B20 & B40) a suitable alternative fuel for petro-diesel. IndexTerms – Pongamia piñata ( Karanja), Karanja oil bio-diesel( KOBD), transesterification, C.I engine, Diesel.

"STUDY OF PONGAMIA PINNATA BASED PLANT FUEL AND THEIR ENGINE PERFORMANCE.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.616-621, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812C90.pdf

"STUDY OF PONGAMIA PINNATA BASED PLANT FUEL AND THEIR ENGINE PERFORMANCE.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp616-621, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812C90.pdf