Abstract
With the aim of leaving a smaller ecological footprint and to develop fuels which will change the energy needs of the future in a sustainable manner, the present study aims at investigating the corrosion phenomenon of brass using biodiesel fuel from cast-off cooking oil (CCO) in various blending ratios with commercial diesel (5 %, 10 % and 20 %) on brass. The mechanism of corrosion of brass in biodiesel has not been adequately investigated, and in the literature there is still a drop in the knowledge of the corrosion of brass from which many diesel engine parts are made. The corrosion rate of brass has been evaluated by mass loss and electrochemical methods. As a complementary technique, conductivity was monitored before and after each test. Surface morphology was examined by optical microscope. The surface morphology of brass samples in NaCl was coated in dark deposits that indicated corrosion. Some pitting was found in O99, and no significant change was found in oil-diesel blends. There is a positive correlation between the corrosivity and conductivity of the test media. The wettability studies also assisted in determining the non-corrosive nature of biodiesel.
About the authors
Sangeetha Govindharajan, born 1989, obtained her MSc degree in 2009 at S. T. E.T College and MPhil in 2012 at the Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She gained research experience during 2011 and 2012 at the Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Since 2016, she has been working in Scope International, Chennai.
Saratha Raman MSc, MEd, MPhil and PhD, born in 1962, is presently working as Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Her areas of specialization are corrosion science, environmental chemistry and biofuels. She has been teaching for 33 years.
Viswapriya Shanmugam, born 1984, is an Ex-Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, with nearly a decade experience in teaching. She received her MSc and MPhil degrees at the Avinashilingam
Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Her research and publication interests include corrosion science, environmental chemistry and biofuels.
Rajasekar Rathanasamy, born in 1982, obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in 2008 and 2011, respectively, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in the field of Materials Science. He performed Post-Doctoral research in 2011 to 2012 at the Department of Polymer & Nano Engineering at Chonbuk National University, South Korea. Currently, he is working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sathish Kumar Palaniappan, born in 1991, finished his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical stream) at the University College of Engineering Villupuram (A constituent college of Anna University, Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India, in 2012. He received his Master of Engineering from Kongu Engineering College in Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2014 with distinction in the stream CAD/CAM. He completed his PhD studies in the Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
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