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Biodiesel Research at Delhi College of Engineering

It has been very important for India toattain energy security by 2020 and energy independence by 2030 and biodiesel is oneof the most promising & sustainable routeto attain this vision. The chief rationale forbiodiesel adaptation in India is utilization of this renewable fuel in a vast variety of dieselengines and farm machinery. Better

environmental performance, greening of wastelands and creation of new employmentopportunities - are some of the other key advantages of biodiesel.

Delhi College of Engineering, which hasmore than 65 years of dedicated services tothe nation, has emerged as a leading research institutions of India which hasbeen carried advanced level research inpropagation of petro-plants, their improvedagro-practices, development of indigenousbiodiesel production technology, design and

development of small to medium capacity biodiesel processing unit, setting up quality assurance facility of biodiesel and field trialof biodiesel in diesel engines and vehicles.

The biodiesel research has been extensively carried out at DCE by students and faculty members and different species of TBO andnon edible oil such as Mahua, Linseed, HighFFA Rice Bran Oil, Waste cooking oil

collected from the Mc Donald Restaurants,Crude Palm, Castor, Jatropha, Karanja andrecently a specie called Thumba fromRajasthan have been successfully convertedinto quality biodiesel. These fuels developedby DCE have been successfully tested indiesel engines & vehicles. The quality of these biodiesel has been ascertained as per

the quality standard ASTM D-6 51. The college has taken a lead in developmentof small to medium capacity biodieselprocessing units for economical productionof Biodiesel. Small capacity units of 5, 10and 50 liters biodiesel production capacity

were designed and developed in the year2003.

Government of NCT of DelhiDelhi College of Engineering

Bawana Road, Delhi-110042, INDIA



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These batch size units are designed anddeveloped considering the rural operativeconditions and are suitable for biodieselproduction on community basis or for smallentrepreneurs. The units are not very expensive therefore presents a viable

solution for production of biodiesel for thereplacement of the costly fossils in the ruralareas.

With a view to develop biodiesel productionunits of higher capacity, the biodieselresearch group of college developed aBiodiesel processing unit of 100 Liters perbatch in 2004.

High Capacity Biodiesel Units

Delhi College of Engineering developed abiodiesel production unit capable of producing over 600 litres of biodiesel daily under MNRE Sponsored project granted tothe college. The production unit has a very innovative design and is first of its kind inIndia. 10-member team of college has takenfive months in development of this unit andit has costed around Rs.3.5 lacs. While, the

conventional design units had only one totwo vessels, the new unit have six vesselsand can produce at least 200 liters of bio-diesel as per the ASTM/BIS standards ineight hours. The patent for the uniquedesign of the production unit has already

been filed.

DCE has also commissioned a high capacity biodiesel unit which can produce around4000-5000 liters of biodiesel in a day inthree shifts of 8 hours each. This unit hasbeen developed as a part of PCRAsponsored project granted to DCE. This isthe biggest unit amongst any educationalinstitute. It has created interest in many industries and many of them are willing tocollaborate with DCE.

DCE is also excelling in development of improved agro practices of oil bearing plantsand trees. As a part of its integratedapproach, a large number of these plantsand trees are planted in the college campus.

The campus has around 500 maturedKaranja trees. Major plantation of karanja



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and jatropha has taken place in collegecampus over the last many years.

The college is collecting the Karanja &jatropha seeds from its matured trees &plants and extraction of oil from the seeds iscarried in a small extraction unit. Thedifferent reactors developed at DCE areused to produce biodiesel from the oil.

The college has now developed its nursery of high yielding Jatropha saplings for itsfuture need of Jatropha saplings.

The vision of the college is to produce10,000 liters of biodiesel from its ownresources by 2009-10 & this biodiesel would



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be sufficient to run the diesel vehicles anddiesel generators of the college campus.

The College also has the synergeticpartnership with leading industries, researchorganizations and R&D Institutions in the

area of biodiesel research so that bothinstitute and industry can work together fora noble cause.

Bio-Diesel Training Programmes

Delhi College of Engineering is also fully committed towards popularization of biodiesel and dissemination of biodieselproduction technology to the ruralpopulation of our country and has envisagedthe biodiesel training programme for thefarmers, rural entrepreneurs, self help groupof women and ex. defence personnel. This isa unique step taken by the college towardsempowerment of rural community and toprovide them an opportunity for betterlivelihood and employment. The PetroleumConservation and Research Association(PCRA) has assisted Delhi College of Engineering in organizing three suchtraining programmes.

The first such training programme was forself help women group of Orissa statefrom August 2 - 4, 2004. 10 womenattended this programme.

The second training programme in thisseries was organized from December 27-29, 2004 for the farmers of Haryana,Punjab & Rajasthan. This programme wasalso sponsored by PCRA. 20 farmersattended this programme.

The third training programme in this series was named as “Jatropha Cultivation andBiodiesel Processing TrainingProgramme” and was organized for ex.defence personnel from July 26-28, 2005.

During the three days programme , the ex.defence personnel learnt the latesttechnology related to Jatropha Cultivationand biodiesel production. The ex. defencepersonnel were firm determined that they

would adopt jatropha cultivation &biodiesel production to lead their lives in abetter way. Delhi College of Engineering isof the belief that adoption of “From Armsto Farms" would be the best option for theDefence Personnel after their retirement.

This training programme was the joint effortof Delhi College of Engineering,Petroleum Conservation ResearchOrganization and Ministry of Defence.

DCE has revived the spirit of entrepreneurship among Self Help Group of

Women, farmers & ex. defence personnel.through the training programme,

DCE at SADC Meeting atBotswana

Prof. Naveen Kumar, Coordinator,Biodiesel Research, visited Botswana oninvitation of South African DevelopmentCommunity to share expertise &experiences on biodiesel. Prof. NaveenKumar delivered expert lecture on "Design& Development of Biodiesel reactors forrural community" on October 12, 2004 atSADC regional meeting on biofuel atGaborone, Botswana. The SADC Nations



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were highly impressed with the research &development activities of DCE in Biodieseland they were very keen to have closeinteraction with DCE in this frontalresearch area.

DCE Biodiesel Vehicle

Biodiesel powered vehicle of DCE wasflagged off by Smt. Sheila Dikshit , Hon’bleChief Minister of Delhi on November 1,2004 from her residence. Since thenextensive trials are being conducted on this

vehicle. The vehicle is currently fuelled withB20 and it has covered more than 15,000Kms since then.

20,000 Kms Trial Run on Maruti

Vehicle

A Maruti Zen diesel car is provided by Maruti Udyog Limited to Students of DelhiCollege of Engineering for a period of oneyear for conducting field trials of 20,000kms to assess the suitability of biodieseldeveloped by them. A team of UG/PGstudents along with research scholars is

working on this project.

Sponsored Research Projects

A Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ,Govt. of India, funded research projectentitled “Development of an efficientbiodiesel reactor for rural applicationand utilization of multi feedstock derived biodiesel in medium capacitydiesel engine” in under execution at DelhiCollege of Engineering . The total grantsanctioned by the ministry is Rs. 20.92 lacs.

During this project a biodiesel processing unit of 600 liters per day has already beendeveloped & commissioned at DCE andbiodiesel from a variety of feedstocks havebeen developed. The testing of biodiesel isunder progress in medium capacity diesel

engine. The college is also executing a PetroleumConservation Research Association (PCRA)funded research project entitled“Development & process optimizationof a medium capacity state of artbiodiesel processing unit” worth Rs. 15lacs. During this project a biodieselprocessing unit of capacity of 4000 liters perday (considering three batches) has beendeveloped. Prof. Naveen Kumar is theprincipal investigator of this project.

A sponsored research project with YanmarCo. Ltd., Osaka, Japan to test one of

Yanmar diesel engine on neat biodiesel for10,000 hours was inaugurated on December4, 200 .. The project aims towardsdevelopment of a biodiesel specific enginebased upon results obtained during theresearch project.



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The project is very unique in the sense thatfor the first time in India a diesel engineshall be tested with nest biodiesel for aperiod of 10,000 hours. The Yanmar Co.Ltd. has provided the CHP engine and

whole instrumentation for the exhaustivetrial. The trial data shall be transferred toR&D Center of Yanmar Co. Ltd. at Osakaon line for which a special data acquisitionsystem has been commissioned at DCE.

Visit of Prof. Ajit Srivastava toDCEDr. Ajit K. Srivastava, Professor andChairperson, Bio-systems and AgriculturalEngineering, Michigan State University,

USA, visited Delhi College of Engineering on February 9, 2006 to interact with thebiodiesel research group and see thejatropha and biodiesel research at thecollege. He also discussed with DCE teamthe possible areas of cooperation andcollaboration between the two institutionson biodiesel production in general andbiotechnology issues related to jatropha in

particular. He also explored possibility of mutual collaboration of two institutions ingenetic modification in jatropha plant toincrease its yield, lowering FFA content andto improve its low temperature survivability.He assured to extend all possible help to

DCE in biodiesel research. Prof. Srivastva isproviding valuable information to DCEstudents on agro-practices and post-harvesting techniques.

DCE biodiesel team in differentexhibitions

DCE biodiesel research group led by Prof.

Naveen Kumar participated in Exhibitioncum Workshop on Rural Technology heldat BAHADURPUR JAIS (RAI BARELLI,U.P.) from February 18, 2006 to February 22, 2006 upon request from NationalResearch Development Association(NRDC) along with biodiesel reactor andsamples of biodiesel and other exhibits.During 5 days the college team interacted



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with a large number of villagers, small &rural entrepreneurs and gave informationabout different aspects of jatrophacultivation & biodiesel production.

Delhi College of Engineering put a stall inBhagidari Mela organized by Bhagidari Cell,

Govt. of Delhi on February 25,200 andagain on February 2-3,200 . The farmersand school children who visited the stall

were informed about biodiesel productiontechnology and environmental benefits of biodiesel.

Visit to University of Minnesota

Prof. Naveen Kumar was invited by University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USAto attend International Workshop onMoving toward Sustainable Energy Systems;

Exploring Global Pathways to a CommonDestination organized from October 23-24,2006. Dr Kumar delivered expert lecture onBiodiesel Production Technology &Feedstocks for India in the workshop. Healso visited biotechnology and engine lab atUniversity of Minnesota.

During his visit to Minnesota, Prof. Kumaralso visited an ethanol and a biodiesel plantin Southern Minnesota. Both the plants

were amongst the largest capacity plants of

United States of America. The ethanol inthe plant is produced from corn andbiodiesel from Soya Oil. The ethanol andbiodiesel plant are owned by a cooperativeof 500 farmers of Midwest Region of USA.



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Visit to NARICT, Nigeria

Prof. Naveen Kumar was invited by National Research Institute of Chemical

Technology, Zaria, Nigeria to participate ina symposium on different aspects of biodiesel production from December 1 -21,200 and to deliver an expert lecture onbiodiesel production technology in India.Prof. Kumar also interacted with variousresearchers during the symposium.

Visit to Kreido Biofuels, USA

Prof. Naveen Kumar was invited by KreidoBiofuels, Camarillo, California, USA toparticipate in a Workshop on Cutting EdgeBiodiesel Production Technology fromMarch 11-13, 2008 and to deliver Expertlecture on “Biodiesel Production from

Non Edible Oils in India”. Prof. Kumaralso worked on STT Reactor which is apatented technology of Kreido Biofuels.

Linkages with other ResearchOrganizations

The college has close linkages with leading

Indian Research Organizations such asPetroleum Conservation Reservation

Association (PCRA), National ResearchDevelopment Corporation (NRDC),Defence Research DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO), Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy fordevelopment of state of the art biodieselproduction technology, more effectivecatalysts for biodiesel production, betteragro-practices and genetic modification etc.

Consultancy Work

Delhi College of Engineering is a consultantin a World Bank Funded Project “Fences

for Fuel” currently under execution at ViratNagar Block of Jaipur. The scope of theconsultancy work includes setting up bio-oiland biodiesel unit at the project site, training



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of the farmers and development of biodiesel/plant oil based cooking stoves.

During this project a cooking stove which isa flexi-fuel stove has been developed by biodiesel research group of the college. Thestove has been exhaustively tested withbiodiesel and neat jatropha oil and the stovehas exhibited good performance.

Delhi College of Engineering is alsoproviding consultancy to NRDC in aUNDP Project. The scope of theconsultancy work includes setting up abiodiesel unit at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka,Bangladesh and impart initial training to

University staff in operating the unit.

Construction of New Facility

The college has constructed a big SPS toaccommodate all biodiesel units and testengines. The building has been named asBiodiesel Production & Testing Center.

Future Work

DCE is expanding its wings in the design &development of an indigenous ContinuousBiodiesel Production Unit which will ensurecontinuous production of biodiesel unlike inbatch size reactor. In this connection theinitial discussions has been made withKreido Biofuels, a leading biodieselproduction company of California, USA.

The company has developed STT

technology of biodiesel production in whichthe biodiesel production time is reduced toless than one minute. Prof. Kumar has

visited Kreido Biofuels and has worked onSTT Reactor.

The college is also working in detoxificationof Jatropha oil cake, setting up a state of artbiodiesel quality assurance laboratory production of more valuable products fromoil cake, use of heterogeneous and bioorigin catalysts for biodiesel production and

value addition to glycerin produced during the process of biodiesel production. Thecollege is also working on enhancing oxidation stability of different biodieselsamples by using variety of anti-oxidants.

The college has full analytical facility toevaluate different physico-chemicalproperties of biodiesel in accordance with

ASTM D-6 51 or EN 14214. The college isalso planning to function as quality testhouse for certification of biodiesel quality of biodiesel samples received from industry.

The college is also making initial discussions with Yanmar Co. Ltd. to provide a bio-gasbased diesel engine to test bio-gas producedin an anaerobic digester from seed cake of

jatropha.

We look forward to your suggestions andcomments on DCE biodiesel research.



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Contact Details

For suggestions & any further query onBiodiesel Research Programme of DelhiCollege of Engineering, please contact;

Dr. Naveen Kumar

Professor, Mech. Engg. Deptt. &

Head, Biodiesel Research

Delhi College of Engineering

Bawana Road, Delhi-110042

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

Phone: +91-11-2 8 1018 (O)

+91-9891963530 & +91-9810363530(M)

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