Properties of various plants and animals feedstocks for biodiesel production

• Published in: Bioresource technology Vol. 101; no. 19; pp. 7201 - 7210
• Main Authors: Karmakar, Aninidita, Karmakar, Subrata, Mukherjee, Souti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2010; [New York, NY]: Elsevier Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: alternative fuels; animal fats and oils; Animals; Biodiesel; Biofuel production; Biofuels; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology; Catalysis; chemistry; Economics; Energy; esters; Feedstock; Feedstocks; FFA; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gases; Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects; industry; long chain fatty acids; Oil wells; petroleum; Petroleum engineering; physicochemical properties; Plants; Plants (organisms); Plants - chemistry; processing chemistry; production technology; Renewable oil; Reserves; Transesterification; vegetable oil; FFA; Renewable oil; Transesterification; Feedstocks; Biodiesel; Animal

As an alternative fuel biodiesel is becoming increasingly important due to diminishing petroleum reserves and adverse environmental consequences of exhaust gases from petroleum-fuelled engines. Biodiesel, the non-toxic fuel, is mono alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from renewable feeds...