Modeling of Spray Characteristics of Biodiesel Based on Vegetative Energy Resources Found in Tropical Forest inside Leuser Area Teuku Azuar Rizal, Hamdani, Taufan Arif Adlie
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Samudra
Abstract
The depleting reserves of fossil fuels encourage the arrangement of biodiesel as an increasingly popular alternative. The fuel is also more environmentally friendly, and at the same time, low in emission content. The source of biodiesel feedstock is also easily found in tropical forests in Indonesia. This paper try to investigate the behavior of biodiesel spray inside the combustion chamber. The research utilizes software Diesel RK to perform a computer simulation that will show biodiesel spray behavior. The simulation depicts that the density and/or kinematic viscosity of the biodiesel contributes inversely to the desired model of biodiesel spray.
This research delivers an alternative point of view related to unique Indonesian biodiversity related to energy issues. The rain forest can become a highly potential complementary energy resource. It provides the local community with different energy buffer as a stock of a relatively close source of energy.
