Bio Diesel
This is an era of widening horizons of technology. Transitions in every field of life are happening with so rapid and surprising pace. On one side, where technology has proved itself a bless for man, the other side requires some serious measure to be taken if we are to utilize the modern inventions with harmless effects.Motor vehicles and a number of other machines have become essential part of our lives but their collisions with nature are nothing short of a threat for all of us. Almost every nation of the world is planning to cope up with the problem of global warming and pollution, which if not properly managed could put this beautiful blue planet in hazardous future. Efforts to mitigate the concerns may go awry consequently. Almost, everyone is familiar with the terms petroleum, diesel, fuel, oil etc. while talking about sources of pollutions through technological wonders in the forms of motors, factories and industrial factors.Inventions of Mr. Rudolf Diesel, have now become his identity. In fact he had foreseen the plant oil as a blood for his engine. In 1900, having run his engine through peanut oil on the event of World exhibition held in Paris, Mr. Diesel introduced the practical idea of biofuel.In the same lines, Henry Ford anticipated his Model T to run on ethanol which is product of corn. From historical perspectives, the production namely extraction of fuel from vegetables, in fact originated from the aforesaid events. As name implies the biofuel or biodiesel is produced from animal fat or oil such as soybean oil. There are so many ways available to produce the biodiesl but the most reasonable and effective is refinery process that is called “TRANSESTERIFICATION”. The reaction of the oil with an alcohol is conducted so that glycerin which is also bio product of Biodiesel may be removed.Bio diesel can be brought in use as a pure fuel or a mixed with petroleum in any percentage. B20 -a mixture of 20 percent by volume biodiesel with 80 percent by volume petroleum diesel, is to a great extent being used commonly since it has provided environmental benefits to a high degree through very low increase in cost. The use of biodiesel conduce to reduction of unburned hydrocarbons. Both the nitrogen oxides and unburned hydrocarbons are ozone creating factors. Study reveals that the biodiesel reduces net CO emissions near 80% in comparison with petroleum diesel. This is because of the biodiesel’s closed carbon cycle. The CO released into the atmosphere when biodiesel is burned is recycled by plants, which are again processed into fuel. Comparatively less harmful effects of biodiesel exhaust to human body are found than petroleum. No significant modification in engines is necessary to use the bio diesel. It can be stored in dark, clean and dry environment. The container may be of polypropylene , teflon, steel, aluminum etc.
