Production of Biodiesel Using Temple Waste Oil

Energy need is the main focused area for the overall development of a country; the world’s most widely used fuel is petroleum fuels. Diesel is the primary fuel for transportation and commercial usage, as the days passes the fossil fuel are depleting at alarming range. So in India most of the oils are poured on Hanuman and Shani god idols, based on mythological and religious belief, the oil poured on idols are considered not usable for any other purposes. This oil is called as temple waste oil and same can be used as best source of biodiesel, which is available cheaply at low cost. Temple waste oil biodiesel gives similar physical characteristics as that of diesel. Temple waste oil biodiesel blended with diesel can be used as alternative automobile fuel. In this paper, various blend characteristics are experimented and out of all the blends T25 will give similar properties as that of diesel, the viscosity of T25 is 8.25 cSt at 40 °C, density 830 kg/m³ and Calorific value is 41.6 MJ/kg and can be used in an existing engine. So temple waste oil can be a potential alternative source for diesel engine.