Research Article
A Technical Analysis of Biofuel Production from Dairy Waste Sludge for Sustainable Environment
Rohit Pathak,
Sandeep Singh,
Inderpreet Singh Ahuja,
Rohit Pathak
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002 India
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Sandeep Singh
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002 India
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorInderpreet Singh Ahuja
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002 India
Search for more papers by this authorRohit Pathak,
Sandeep Singh,
Inderpreet Singh Ahuja,
Rohit Pathak
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002 India
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Sandeep Singh
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002 India
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorInderpreet Singh Ahuja
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002 India
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 April 2025
Abstract
Ensuring a clean and secure environment has consistently presented a difficulty for researchers worldwide. In order to accomplish this objective, attention has been drawn to biofuels. The current study investigates the synthesis of biodiesel from stimulated composite sludge. A transesterification method was developed by examining the effects of process variables including preheating temperature, reaction time, methanol-to-oil ratio and catalyst concentration in order to estimate the lowest feasible viscosity and maximum ester recovery. The optimum kinematic viscosity (3.4 cSt) with ester recovery (78.93 %) was obtained by preheating dairy waste sludge at a 5:1 molar ratio to 40 °C and keeping that temperature for 40 min in the existence of 1 % KOH. These findings were based on the measurements of biofuel recovery and kinematic viscosity.
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