TY - GEN
T1 - High quality biodiesel fuel production from crude jatropha oil without upstream and downstream processing
AU - Shibasaki-Kitakawa, Naomi
AU - Kanagawa, Kei Ichi
AU - Nakashima, Kazunori
AU - Yonemoto, Toshikuni
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Jatropha curcas oil has beenreceived much attention as a renewable source of biodiesel fuel with no competing food uses. Crude Jatropha oil hashigh contents of free fatty acid (FFA) andwater. FFA and water inthe raw oil significantly decrease the yield and quality ofthe product biodiesel in the industrial production process using the homogeneousalkali catalyst. Thus, the present production process is usually accompaniedby a refining processto remove FFA in the raw oil to less than 0.5 wt% and a dewatering process of the raw oil. In addition, the downstream purificationprocess to remove the by-products, such as soap and glycerin, from the biodieselis required to satisfy the fuel's quality requirements. These upstreamand downstream processes raise the production cost of the biodiesel fuel.
AB - Jatropha curcas oil has beenreceived much attention as a renewable source of biodiesel fuel with no competing food uses. Crude Jatropha oil hashigh contents of free fatty acid (FFA) andwater. FFA and water inthe raw oil significantly decrease the yield and quality ofthe product biodiesel in the industrial production process using the homogeneousalkali catalyst. Thus, the present production process is usually accompaniedby a refining processto remove FFA in the raw oil to less than 0.5 wt% and a dewatering process of the raw oil. In addition, the downstream purificationprocess to remove the by-products, such as soap and glycerin, from the biodieselis required to satisfy the fuel's quality requirements. These upstreamand downstream processes raise the production cost of the biodiesel fuel.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054781573
SN - 9781618397379
T3 - Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division - Core Programming Topic at the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting
SP - 233
EP - 235
BT - Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division - Core Programming Topic at the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting
PB - AIChE
T2 - Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division - Core Programming Topic at the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting
Y2 - 16 October 2011 through 21 October 2011
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