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• Published Subscription 28 Apr 2014

  Techno-economical Analysis of Biodiesel Production using Castor Oil: An Indian Approach

  By Nimish Newatia, Anil Chawla, Satyam Prasad, Himanshu H. Choksi

  Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Biodiesel is an alternative biodegradable and nontoxic fuel, which is essentially free of sulphur and aromatics. It is usually produced by a trans-esterification reaction of vegetable or waste oil with a low molecular weight alcohol, such as ethanol and methanol. Industrially, the most common method for biodiesel production is a basic homogeneous reaction. Hence, this work presents the trans-esterification of castor …

  Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 22–31 Read article →