Rice Bran Essay

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Rice is the major cereal consumed in almost all parts of the world. Bran oil is used as the fuel which is obtained from the Rice bran. Rice Bran is the middle part between the paddy husk and the endosperm. Bran consists of only 15-20% of the oil. RBO is similar to groundnut oil (GNO) in fatty acid composition which contains 36% linoleic acid. Edible grade rice bran oil was performed for the experiment. The methods involved for the extraction of Rice bran oil are as follows: (1) Solvent extraction of fresh Rice bran (2) Dewaxing the crude oil by miscella phase (3) double solvent miscella refining using hexane and isopropanol (4) distillation and recovery of dewaxed neutral RBO (5) bleaching under vacuum (6) deodorization at 200°C and absolute …show more content…

The esterified fuel contains more cetane number than that of the diesel fuel. This induces a good combustion characteristic in the fuel and which in turn reduces the emission of hydrocarbons in the exhaust. The vegetable oil contains more oxygen which results in the better combustion of the fuel and which turn reduces the emission in the exhaust. The variation of the Brake Horse Power with different load conditions indicate that the rice bran oil increase in the power output due to the increase in the oxygen content of the fuel which results in the better combustion of the fuel. The brake specific fuel consumption of the fuel is slightly higher than that of the diesel fuel [3]. It indicates that as the load in the engine increases the fuel consumption decreases. The brake specific fuel consumption of the rice bran oil decreases at full load conditions when compared with the diesel fuel. The brake thermal efficiency also increases when the load of the engine increases. It is slightly higher than that of the diesel fuel due to the increase in the oxygen content of the

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