Production and Thermal Characterization of Ethanol Blends from Black Jaggery
Nitin Ralph Pochont1, Vinay Atgur2, K.M.V. Ravi Teja3, G Manavendra4, G.P. Desai5, P. Vijaya Kumar6
1Nitin Ralph Pochont*, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, India.
2Vinay Atgur, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, India.
3K.M.V. Ravi Teja, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, India.
4G Manavendra, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, India.
5G.P. Desai, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, India.
6P. Vijaya Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, India.
Manuscript received on February 28, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on March 22, 2020. | Manuscript published on March 30, 2020. | PP: 5398-5401 | Volume-8 Issue-6, March 2020. | Retrieval Number: F9820038620/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.F9820.038620
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Abstract: 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.
Keywords: Black Jaggery, Fermentation, Distillation, Thermal Conductivity, Specific heat and Thermal diffusivity.
Scope of the Article: Application specific ICs (ASICs).