... Department of Mechanical Engineering, Veltech Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. 3 Internal Combustion Engineering Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, ... derivatives of vegetable oils in the form of alkyl esters and blends with diesel were more attractive as biodiesel [3]. A number of studies [4 -11] have been carried out on preparation of biodiesel ... oil. Different biodiesels derived from different sources have been tested in diesel engines for several years. All theses biodiesels perform differently in diesel engine in terms of performance,...