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Biodiesel is biodegradable and nontoxic alternative fuel for diesel engine which has become more attractive to replace … diesel fuel. In this study, vegetable oil was identified as potential sources for biodiesel production. The production of … biodiesel from different non-edible oilseed crops has been extensively investigated for the past few years. Thus, the aim of …
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The increasing energy demand, surging oil prices, depleting oil reserves and environmental pollution problems associated with the use of fossil fuels have sparked renewed interest to find out clean alternative fuels. Alcohols such as methanol, ethanol and butanol are competitive alternative...
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Fossil fuels are the most imperative parameters to flourish the every sphere of modern civilization including industrial development, transportation, power generation and easing the accomplishment of works. The rapid increase in usage of fossil fuel has unavoidable deleterious effect on...
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exponential fuel demand and now the race is on for alternate energy source. The fortunate improvements in Biodiesel fuel … production techniques has been the heading topic of economic and environment sustainability so far. Biodiesel have the potential … to replace diesel in vehicle engines. It has been tested and proved that engines running on biodiesel have shown low …
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, biodiesel from vegetable oil will receive more attention. But the edible feedstock as the obvious cheapest choice will not be … therefore undertaken to explore feedstock that would not be suitable for food but useful for biodiesel in Africa. Among the … highlight areas of the study include current energy situation in Africa, technologies of biodiesel production, current state of …
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An important objective of the mandated blending of biofuel in conventional gasoline and diesel in the EU is reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. An important assumption thereby is that biofuels replace the production and consumption of oil. However, recent literature challenges this...
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Waste cooking oil to biodiesel conversion efficiency depends on the recycling mode that is being practiced. The … recycling modes in China, the US and Japan can be placed in two categories: third party take-back (TPT) and the biodiesel … countries and compare them using recycling costs and profits of biodiesel enterprises, subsidies for manufacturers, recycling …
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Natural changes in climate due to internal as well as external factors, like anthropogenic emission, fossil fuel combustion, transportation and heating which cause CO2 emissions is one of the major issues which causes global warming (increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases). The production...
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hoc investment promotion of two biodiesel crops: castor and jatropha. In this paper, we synthesize the various biodiesel …. Evaluating the prospect and constraints for biodiesel production in Ethiopia, we conclude that most of the prerequisites for a … viable biodiesel industry still need to be met. We identify key areas and priorities to further strengthen the development of …
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Concerns over climate change, fossil fuel depletion, and increase in natural gas prices have sparked a great interest in various forms of renewable energy and its imposition, particularly in developing countries. Biomass is utilized as number one energy resource for developing countries,...
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