Biodiesel

Use of Animal Parts for Biodiesel

Production
Jayjeet Majumdar
Yatinder Budania
 Introduction

Biodiesel is a domestic, renewable, cleaner fuel for

diesel engines derived from Animals fats and Plant oils.

Biodiesel can be used alone, or blended with

petrodiesel in any proportions in existing diesel
engines with little or no modification.
 Biodiesel
Produced by transforming animal fat or vegetable oil
with alcohol .
Fuel is made from oilseed or recycled restaurant
grease.
Animal fat feedstocks can be made into high-quality
biodiesel that meets the specifications for biodiesel.
Till now in India, biodiesel is made from Jatropha
plants, But the avenues of biodiesel from animal fat
has not been explored in India.
 Why Animal fat
Easy Availability
Raw materials can be availed from slaughter
houses, poultry, animal road kills etc.
High Cetane Number of Animal Fat Biodiesel
Lower Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Animal
Fat Biodiesel
Biodiesel Production
Animal fat are heated up to
105-110C so that it will be
converted into fat oil

In a separate flat bottom flask,

alcohol and NaOH/KOH (2% of
fat)are mixed exothermic
reaction take place.

Alcohol (methanol/ethanol) and

animal fats are mixed in the
molar ratio of 6:1.

The setup was heated at

60-65C for 1hr and ambient
pressure in the presence of
catalyst such as NaOH/KOH.

After this, it is poured into a

bottle so that biodiesel and
glycerol get separated as shown.
Model plant
 Improvements in biodiesel usage
Clogging of engines Low-temperature flow improving additives would be
added.
Oxidative Stability of Animal Fat Biodiesel is Low - The oxidative stability of
biodiesel obtained from fat is low. Artificial antioxidants would enhance
the life of such biodiesel.
High Sulphur content of the biodiesel- Vacuum distillation technique can
be applied for removing this sulphur during the purification process.
Economy
Production Cost
0.51$/per liter as compared to Diesel 0.13$/per liter
Subsidy vs Tax
Multiple source with different quality standards Price Inequality
Price Sustainability
Source is cheaply available now as waste product but with increasing Demands it
will gain importance and price
Availability
Source Regionality & Transportation
Fuel Station
Source Sustainability
Food vs Fuel
Energy Return On Investment
 BIODIESEL vs OTHER ALTERNATE FUELS
Factors DIESEL CNG LNG METHANOL ETHANOL BIODIESEL
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Vehicle cost 10 05 05 05 05 10
Infrastructure 10 02 05 05 05 10
Safety 07 04 03 01 03 08
Operating range 10 05 10 10 10 07
Operating cost 10 05 07 05 05 07
Reliability 10 07 05 03 03 10
Customer Acceptance 05 08 08 08 09 08

Funding Assistance 01 10 02 00 02 02
Training cost 10 05 05 05 05 10
Fuel availability 10 10 05 05 05 06
Fuel quality 09 05 10 08 08 08
Fuel price stability 06 08 08 06 06 06
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TOTAL 98 74 73 61 66 92
Advantages of Biodiesel
Produced from Renewable Resources
Can be Used in existing Diesel Engines
Less Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Easy and locally availability
Cleaner Biofuel Refineries
Biodegradable and Non-Toxic
Better Fuel Economy
Reduced Foreign Oil Dependence
Disadvantages of Biodiesel

Variation in Quality of Biodiesel

Not Suitable for use in Low Temperatures
Food Shortage
Clogging in Engine
Corrosive
Regional Suitability
Fuel Distribution
Slight Increase in Nitrogen Oxide Emissions
 Future Prospects
Production Capacity - 150 MT/year
Expenditure- Rs. 48 lakhs/year
(Raw materials, plant set up, transportation cost,human resources, miscellaneous)

Selling price for 1 lt of biodiesel is Rs 34.00

Revenue of Rs 52.5 lakhs/year
Profit- Rs 4.5 lakhs/year
Targets for the first 5 years- Rs 30 lakhs profit and
2 biodiesel plants.
Funding Sources

IIT Kharagpur STEP - Rs 10 lakhs/-

MSME - Rs 25 lakhs/-
Bank loan - Rs 5 lakhs/-
Individual - Rs 8 lakhs/-

Company
Number of Director(s)- 2
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