Biodiesel

Why Biodiesel

BioDiesel is environmental friendly and ideal for heavily polluted cities. Bio Diesel is as biodegradable as salt Bio Diesel produces 80% less carbon dioxide and 100% less sulfur dioxide emissions. It provides a 90% reduction in cancer risks. Bio Diesel can be used alone or mixed in any ratio with mineral oil diesel fuel. The preferred ratio if mixture ranges between 5 and 20% (B5 - B20).Bio Diesel extends the live of diesel engines. Bio Diesel is cheaper then mineral oil diesel. Bio Diesel is conserving natural resources.

Maximum requirement of transport fuels is catered by petroleum based fuels. Out of this, only 20% of total demand is met by domestic production of crude oil while rest is through imorts. Moreover, crude oil is a limited resource, its non-renewable and also responsible for increase in pollution level.

To tackle the multiple issues of increasing pollution, dependency on costly crude imports and to find unlimited source of energy, Government of India is promoting the use of biodiesel, as a standalone or its blending with conventional diesel.

What is Biodiesel

Bio diesel is one form of bio-degradable and renewable diesel fuel. It gets extracted from vegetable oils, animal oils, waste cooking oil and animal fat known as tallow. It is less defiling and a cleaner burning fuel. It can be used in standard diesel engines with negligible modifications.

Bio diesel is compatible with almost all regular engines. The emission levels of Greenhouse gases like Carbon Dioxide are very low as compared to the accepted practice of petroleum diesel. Biodiesel reduce the net emission of Carbon Dioxide by at most 78.45%.

Importance of Bio Diesel:
Bio-diesel is the most valuable form of renewable energy that can be used directly in any existing, unmodified diesel engine.

• Energy Independence
• Smaller Trade Deficit
• Economic Growth
• Cleaner Air
• Less Global Warming

Future of Biodiesel

• Biodiesel is a clean burning fuel.
• Biodiesel does not have any toxic emissions like mineral diesel.
• Biodiesel is made from any vegetable oil such as Soya, Rice bran, Canola, Palm, Coconut, mustard or peanut or from any animal fat like Lard or tallow.
• Biodiesel is a complete substitute of Mineral diesel (HSD).
• Biodiesel is made through a chemical process which converts oils and fats of natural origin into fatty acid methyl esters (FAME).
• Biodiesel IS NOT vegetable oil.
• Biodiesel is intended to be used as a replacement for petroleum diesel fuel, or can be blended with petroleum diesel fuel in any proportion.
• Biodiesel does not require modifications to a diesel engine to be used.
• Biodiesel has reduced exhaust emissions compared to petroleum diesel fuel.
• Biodiesel has lower toxicity compared to petroleum diesel fuel.
• Biodiesel is safer to handle compared to petroleum diesel fuel.
• Biodiesel quality is governed by ASTM D 6751 quality parameters.
• Biodiesel is biodegradable.

Benefits of Biodiesel

Benefit to Country:
Indigenous production and use of Biodiesel as an alternate of petroleum diesel will reduce the country's dependency on costly imports of crude oil and will result in huge savings for the Government.

Benefit to Society:
Raw material for production of Biodiesel comes from agriculture crops. Increase in demand of Biodiesel enhances the agricultural output, benefitting thousands of farm producers and workers across the country.

Benefit to Environment:
Biodiesel have negligible contents of Carbon and Sulphur. It reduces Carbon di oxide emissions by up to 70% as compared to petroleum diesel and thus helps in overall reduction in air pollution.

Benefit to Consumers:
Biodiesel benefits to consumers include reduced greenhouse gas emissions, support for domestic agriculture, and potential cost savings due to its renewable nature and compatibility with existing diesel engines.