2500 million lits of diesel per annum is a huge amount of fuel. This is what Indian railways end up using every year. Long ago
trials have been successfully conducted by IR owned research establishment, demonstrating
that up to 20% of this quantity – 500 million lits – can be substituted by bio-diesel.
Tractive effort will remain practically unchanged. Maintenance cost of the fleet will come down with this substitution as lubricity of bio diesel is more than fossil diesel. Carbon and other gases emitted to atmosphere will be significantly reduced.
Tractive effort will remain practically unchanged. Maintenance cost of the fleet will come down with this substitution as lubricity of bio diesel is more than fossil diesel. Carbon and other gases emitted to atmosphere will be significantly reduced.
This 20% works out to be approx 1.5 million lts per day. From reliable sources it is learnt that the amount of seeds which go uncollected in our forests is sufficient to produce this much of oil. It would be nice if some NGO comes forward to organise various linkages to channelize the seeds to those who want this valuable raw material.
