Design of a Small Scale Pilot Biodiesel Production Plant and Determination of the Fuel Properties of Biodiesel Produced With This Plant

• Main Authors: Tanzer Eryılmaz, Muttalip Erkan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkish Science and Technology Publishing (TURSTEP) 2014-09-01
• Series: Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
• Subjects: Pilot biodiesel production plant; wild mustard seed crude oil; refined canola oil; oil mixture; biodiesel; fuel property
• Online Access: http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/238

A small scale pilot biodiesel production plant that has a volume of 65 liters/day has been designed, constructed and tested. The plant was performed using oil mixture (50% wild mustard seed oil + 50% refined canola oil) and methanol with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) catalyst. The fuel properties of biodiesel indicated as density at 15oC (889.64 kg/m3), kinematic viscosity at 40oC (6.975 mm2/s), flash point (170oC), copper strip corrosion (1a), water content (499.87 mg/kg), and calorific value (39.555 MJ/kg), respectively.