1. A comparison of pre-treated Jatropha oil mixed with ethanol and diesel for viscosity by the novel Lorentz-Lorentz mixing method.
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Krishna, G. Nivas and Rahiman, M. Kalil
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The fuel known as biodiesel is produced by combining diesel, ethanol, and jatropha oil. Through the utilisation of an outstanding and one-of-a-kind mixing technique known as lorentz-lorentz, the purpose of this study is to determine its density. Following that, a comparison was made between the viscosities of diesel and biodiesel. The strategy and the methodology: The Lorentz-Lorentz mixing method is utilised in the process of preparing the biodiesel sample mixtures. The first group is comprised of biodiesel. We will begin by extracting diesel, ethanol, and jatropha oil from the biofuel mixtures. After that, we will fill the viscometer with a predetermined quantity of each of these substances, and then we will record our readings based on how the fuel blend flows. Within the second group, the diesel is put through its paces. This experiment is repeated using a variety of different fuel blending percentages. When analysing the various fuel blends, a two-sample t-test is carried out with G power at a statistical power of 80 percent and a confidence level of 95 percent. Each group consists of 20 samples, resulting in a total of 40 samples. In order to determine the significance of the viscosity values of diesel and biodiesel mixtures, the fuel blend mixing method was utilised to make the comparison. In comparison to normal diesel, which has a viscosity of 3.881mm2/s, biodiesel has been found to have a viscosity of 4.416mm2/s. The findings were obtained as a consequence of differences that were statistically significant between the research groups, with a p-value that was lower than 0.05. Furthermore, a p-value that is lower than 0.05 shows that biodiesel has a significant value of 0.003, which is a significant value. Both of these groups are very different from one another. To summarise, we used ethanol and jatropha oil to determine the viscosity of the biodiesel. It was proved by the findings that the viscosity value of biodiesel was higher than that of diesel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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