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Engr. Carlos G. Peña
Instructor
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Engr. Teodulo A. Valle
Academic Coordinator
School of Mechanical Engineering
Date:
A Comprehensive Analysis of Coco-Biodiesel Fuel
by
March, 2007
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank our instructor, Engr. Carlos G. Peña, for guiding
and supporting us all throughout this project. His constant reminders and
progress report checks have helped us become more focused during this thesis
writing process. He taught us how to undertake this writing task and even
provided us with examples, which were of great assistance.
We would also like to thank our friends for keeping us company while we
were writing this thesis. They greatly eased the boredom and stress caused by
this tedious paper.
Finally, we would like to thank our family for always being there for us. We
thank our parents and guardians for continually supporting us financially and
emotionally as we go through the rigorous path of college life. We are
approaching the end of it and as we look back at our trails, we realize that this
would not have been possible if you were not as supportive and guiding
parents/guardians as you are.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction……………………………...………………………………1
1.1 Objectives…………………………………………………………………..1
2.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………8
2.3.2 Reaction……………………………………….…………….…..14
2.3.3 Separation…………………………………………………...….15
2.5 Applications……………………………………………………………….18
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Chapter 3: Methodology……………………………………………..……………..27
Chapter 5: Conclusion………………………………………………………….…..33
References…………………………………………………………………………….34
Appendices
Required Forms
Authors’ Biodata
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LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
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ABSTRACT
The use of biodiesel will also help boost the country’s economy. With the
rising cost of petroleum fuel in the world market, producing an alternative fuel
such as the coco-biodiesel will reduce the cost of petroleum importation of the
Philippines. Moreover, this would generate jobs for Filipinos especially the
coconut farmers. Lastly, the utilization of biodiesel in diesel vehicles will result in
better mileage. With the additional mileage of the same amount of fuel used,
money is definitely saved.