Open AccessProduction and Thermal Characterization of Ethanol Blends from Black Jaggery
Author(s) -
Nitin Ralph Pochont,
Vinay Atgur,
K. M. V. Ravi Teja,
G. Manavendra,
G.P. Desai,
P. Vijaya Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.f9820.038620
Subject(s) - combustion , pulp and paper industry , jaggery , materials science , thermal conductivity , thermal diffusivity , fossil fuel , carbon black , ethanol fuel , sugar , biofuel , ethanol , waste management , chemical engineering , environmental science , chemistry , composite material , food science , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , engineering , physics , natural rubber
To protect the environment from the global warming dependency on the fossil fuels have to be reduced. Locally available alternate fuels are greatly prominent for the development of industrialization compared to conventional fuels. This paper mainly deals with the production of Ethanol from a source called “Black Jaggery” and an Optimization of the extracted alcohol to attain the characteristics and properties which would be essential to blend the alcohol with an existing fossil fuel. Black Jaggery being a sugar-based product is fermented in the presence of a yeast enzyme for several days and is distilled to extract the bio-fuel (ethanol) from the source. The extracted oil is characterized for the thermal properties by using thermal constant analyzer TPS-500 which will be helpful for the combustion studies. Obtained results shows that compared to E-5, E-10 and E-20, E-15 blend shows better thermal properties increased thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity with reduced specific heat.