PP Chakrabarti, RBN Prasad - Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy …, 2012 - Springer
Biodiesel is a low-emission diesel substitute fuel and the name is widely used for alkyl esters of fatty acids made from vegetable oils or animal fats. Some Asian and African …
JC Juan, DA Kartika, TY Wu, TYY Hin - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Biodiesel (fatty acids alkyl esters) is a promising alternative fuel to replace petroleum-based diesel that is obtained from renewable sources such as vegetable oil, animal fat and waste …
MY Koh, TIM Ghazi - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The demand for petroleum has risen rapidly due to increasing industrialization and modernization of the world. This economic development has led to a huge demand for …
Abstract Jatropha curcas Linnaeus (Jatropha curcas L.) seeds have been found to be an ideal sustainable and low-cost source of catalyst and oil feedstock for biodiesel production …
Biodiesel has gained worldwide popularity as an alternative energy source due to its renewable, non‐toxic, biodegradable and non‐flammable properties. It also has low …
HJ Berchmans, S Hirata - Bioresource technology, 2008 - Elsevier
A technique to produce biodiesel from crude Jatropha curcas seed oil (CJCO) having high free fatty acids (15% FFA) has been developed. The high FFA level of JCJO was reduced to …
W Parawira - Scientific Research and Essays, 2010 - researchgate.net
Biodiesel has attracted considerable attention during the past decade as a renewable, biodegradable and non-toxic fuel alternative to fossil fuels. Biodiesel can be obtained from …
The fuel crisis and environmental concerns, mainly due to global warming, have led researchers to consider the importance of biofuels such as biodiesel. Vegetable oils, which …
KH Kay, SM Yasir - Apcbee Procedia, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, transesterification of low quality crude jatropha oil (acid value> 4mgKOH/g & water content> 1000 ppm) to biodiesel using modified natural zeolite as a solid catalyst was …