Ceiba petandra: A feasible non-edible oil source for biodiesel production
(0) It is believed that the demand for biodiesel is expected to increase in the near future. Edible oils are not sustainable source to meet this increasing demand. This is because the world is currently confronted with a reported increasing fuel prices and food scarcity caused by utilizing edible oils in biodiesel industry. Therefore, researchers around the globe are trying to search for new biodiesel feedstocks that are sustainable and do not create such problems. Recently non-edible oils have been regarded as promising feedstocks for future biodiesel production. Most of non-edible seeds bearing trees have the potentials of reclaiming wasteland and does not compete with food crop for limited growing regions. This paper studies the opportunity of Ceiba petandra: a non-edible oil for biodiesel production. The distribution of this tree has been studied. Moreover, the physico-chemical properties of biodiesel produced from this feedstock have been determined and compared with international biodiesel standards. It seems that this feedstock can be considered as a possible source for biodiesel future.
Biodiesel Non-edible oils Ceiba petandra Distribution Free fatty acids Physico-chemical properties
A.S. Silitonga A.E. Atabani H.C. Ong T.M.I. Mahlia H.H. Masjuki Irfan Anjum Badruddin
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
国际会议
大连
英文
89
2012-05-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）