High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel
Biodiesel offers an advantage only if it can be used as a direct replacement for ordinary diesel. There are many reasons to promote biodiesel. However, biodiesel cannot get wide acceptance until its drawbacks have been overcome including poor low temperature flow properties, variation in the quality...
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| author | Ijaz, Bazgha Hanif, Muhammad Asif Rashid, Umer Zubair, Muhammad Mushtaq, Zahid Nawaz, Haq Shean, Thomas Yaw Choong Nehdi, Imededdine Arbi |
| author_facet | Ijaz, Bazgha Hanif, Muhammad Asif Rashid, Umer Zubair, Muhammad Mushtaq, Zahid Nawaz, Haq Shean, Thomas Yaw Choong Nehdi, Imededdine Arbi |
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| description | Biodiesel offers an advantage only if it can be used as a direct replacement for ordinary diesel. There are many reasons to promote biodiesel. However, biodiesel cannot get wide acceptance until its drawbacks have been overcome including poor low temperature flow properties, variation in the quality of biodiesel produced from different feedstocks and fuel filter blocking. In the present study, a much cheaper and simpler method called high vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) has been used as an alternative to produce high-quality refined biodiesel and to improve on the abovementioned drawbacks of biodiesel. The results of the present study showed that none of biodiesel sample produced from crude Azadirachta indica (neem) oil met standard biodiesel cetane number requirements. The high vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) process improved the cetane number of produced biodiesels which ranged from 44–87.3. Similarly, biodiesel produced from fractionated Azadirachta indica oil has shown lower iodine values (91.2) and much better cloud (−2.6 °C) and pour point (−4.9 °C) than pure Azadirachta indica oil. In conclusion, the crude oil needs to be vacuum fractioned for superior biodiesel production for direct utilization in engine and consistent quality production. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-891852021-09-03T21:29:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89185/ High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel Ijaz, Bazgha Hanif, Muhammad Asif Rashid, Umer Zubair, Muhammad Mushtaq, Zahid Nawaz, Haq Shean, Thomas Yaw Choong Nehdi, Imededdine Arbi Biodiesel offers an advantage only if it can be used as a direct replacement for ordinary diesel. There are many reasons to promote biodiesel. However, biodiesel cannot get wide acceptance until its drawbacks have been overcome including poor low temperature flow properties, variation in the quality of biodiesel produced from different feedstocks and fuel filter blocking. In the present study, a much cheaper and simpler method called high vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) has been used as an alternative to produce high-quality refined biodiesel and to improve on the abovementioned drawbacks of biodiesel. The results of the present study showed that none of biodiesel sample produced from crude Azadirachta indica (neem) oil met standard biodiesel cetane number requirements. The high vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) process improved the cetane number of produced biodiesels which ranged from 44–87.3. Similarly, biodiesel produced from fractionated Azadirachta indica oil has shown lower iodine values (91.2) and much better cloud (−2.6 °C) and pour point (−4.9 °C) than pure Azadirachta indica oil. In conclusion, the crude oil needs to be vacuum fractioned for superior biodiesel production for direct utilization in engine and consistent quality production. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89185/1/High%20vacuum%20fractional%20distillation.pdf Ijaz, Bazgha and Hanif, Muhammad Asif and Rashid, Umer and Zubair, Muhammad and Mushtaq, Zahid and Nawaz, Haq and Shean, Thomas Yaw Choong and Nehdi, Imededdine Arbi (2020) High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel. Energies, 13 (11). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1996-1073 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/11/2858 10.3390/en13112858 |
| spellingShingle | Ijaz, Bazgha Hanif, Muhammad Asif Rashid, Umer Zubair, Muhammad Mushtaq, Zahid Nawaz, Haq Shean, Thomas Yaw Choong Nehdi, Imededdine Arbi High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel |
| title | High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel |
| title_full | High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel |
| title_fullStr | High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel |
| title_full_unstemmed | High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel |
| title_short | High vacuum fractional distillation (HVFD) approach for quality and performance improvement of Azadirachta indica biodiesel |
| title_sort | high vacuum fractional distillation hvfd approach for quality and performance improvement of azadirachta indica biodiesel |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89185/1/High%20vacuum%20fractional%20distillation.pdf |
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