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In many developing countries around the world, the plan of producing sufficient biodiesel (EN 14214) to meet the mandate of 20% blending with the diesel fuel (EN 590) was unachievable particularly due to two main reasons - the unavailability of sufficient feedstock and lack of high yielding drought tolerant plant based feed-stocks. Also, the production of biodiesel from these plant based bio-degradable source such as vegetable oil competes with the farm land utilization meant for growing food crops. Hence, the development of algae based technologies for a sustainable yield of biodiesel is gaining widespread importance. Industrial waste water effluent and sewage sludge water provides the best source of nutrients for the cultivation of microalgae. It is an indisputable fact that the recoverable oil yield from this unicellular organism is higher than that of any other food crop.

Electro-Hydraulic Power Steering (EHPS) system is used in modern vehicles to effect reduction in fuel consumption rate and steering effort. The mechanical linkages between the steering wheel and tire, transfers road shocks to steering wheel as high amplitude vibration. This high amplitude vibration causes the steering wheel to deviate from driver intended position. This phenomenon is called steering kickback. The initial objective is to reduce the steering kickback with minimum changes in the vehicle systems. Using check valve is one of the inexpensive and easy operational counter measures. Vehicle level tests were done to evaluate the countermeasure and it was found to have approximately 55 % reduction in kickback. Multi Body Dynamics (MBD) simulation is done using ADAMS/Car to establish the vehicle parameters involve in steering kickback. Full car model was simulated using the experimental conditions and validated.