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CHAPTER 11

Power Generation From

Renewable Energy Sources

Derived From Biodiesel and Low

Energy Content Producer Gas for

Rural Electrification

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N.R. Banapurmath*, V.S. Yaliwal , S.Y. Adaganti ,
Sushrut S. Halewadimath ‡
*Department of Mechanical Engineering, BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, India
† Department of Mechanical Engineering, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, India
‡ Department of Mechanical Engineering, KLE Institute of Technology, Hubballi, India

11.1 INTRODUCTION
With regard to progressive inflexible emission legislation in the automotive
and power generation sector and need to lower greenhouse gas emissions
over the coming decades, the present work is directed toward improved
combustion methods applied to diesel engines with a dual fuel technology
that intends to reduce exhaust emissions and open up the market for use of
fuels from renewable resources for both agricultural and power generation
applications. About 25 billion tons of carbon dioxide is produced every year
along with other emissions such as carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon
(HC), and nitric oxide (NO x ). Internal combustion engines are the major
contributors of various types of air pollutants. It was estimated that total
vehicular emission load in India during the year 2005 was 35.31 particulate
matter, 29.84 sulfur dioxide, 422.88 NO x , 809.46 HC and 2299.21 tons
per day of CO, and total emission load of 3597.20 tons per day [1]. In ad-
dition, the rapid depletion of fossil fuels in the earth crust favored the use
of renewable fuels for power generation using internal combustion (IC)
engines. The crude oil in the earth crust during 1998 was 2.8 trillion bar-
rels and, in 2010, it was lowered to only 1.8 trillion barrels. In the world,
crude oil reserve during the year 2012 was around 235.8 thousand million
tons (1668.9 thousand million barrels) and proven natural gas reserve to be

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