Biodiesel Synthesis Using Supercritical Methane and Ethane

BIODIESEL MANUFACTURE VIA SUPERCRITICAL METHANOL AND SUPERCRITICAL ETHANOL (SCM & SCE) ROUTE

DISSERTATION SUBMITTED AS A PART OF END SEMESTER EXAMINATION OF VIII SEMESTER OF B. TECH DEGREE

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Name of student                            Roll No.

1. Anvesh Mishra                :        10BPE003

2. Yakashender                    :        10BPE014

3. Aakar Gupta                :        10BPE025

4. Abhinav Reddy                :        10BPE084

5. Rohit Kawadkar                :        10BPE094

6. Anuj Trivedi                :           10BPE123

7. Harsh Agarwal                :        10BPE187

8. Akash Kumawat                :        10BPE213

SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY

PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY

GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT, INDIA

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Group Dissertation entitled “Biodiesel Manufacture via Supercritical Methanol and Supercritical Ethanol (SCM & SCE) Route ” submitted by the following students for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelors of Technology in Petroleum Engineering, School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar. This work was carried out under my guidance and supervision. No part of the dissertation has been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma elsewhere to the best of my knowledge.

     Name of the Student                                                  Signature of the Student

1.   Anvesh Mishra        

2.   Yakashender                    

3.   Aakar Gupta

4.   Abhinav Reddy        

5.   Rohit Kawadkar                

6.   Anuj Trivedi                

7.   Harsh Agarwal                

8.   Akash Kumawat        

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                                                                                             Mr. Himanshu H. Choksi,

                                                                        Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering,                    

                                                                                             School of Technology, PDPU

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Through this acknowledgment we would like to thank all the people, who helped and supported us during this project work. Without their help this project would have not come to this stage.

We heartily thank our faculty mentor Mr. Himanshu Chokshi, who made our project loving job and guided us to the core of the topic and made us understand that what exactly it is and how it can change future of energy.

We would like to show our gratitude to Director, School Of Petroleum Technology, Dr. Anirbid Sircar, who allowed us to work on this magnificent project.

We extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Uttam Bhui, Faculty SPT who helped in co-ordinating and guiding during the project work.

Finally we thank all esteemed faculty members of PDPU, our family and friends for their constant support during the entire project work.  

     Name of the Student                                                  Signature of the Student

1.   Anvesh Mishra        

2.   Yakashender                    

3.   Aakar Gupta

4.   Abhinav Reddy        

5.   Rohit Kawadkar                

6.   Anuj Trivedi                

7.   Harsh Agarwal                

8.   Akash Kumawat        

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