vegetable oil making biodiesel machine in lesotho

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Can vegetable oils be used as lipid feedstock for biodiesel production?
  • This paper focuses on vegetable oils as lipid feedstock. The vegetable oils used as lipid feedstock for biodiesel production highly depend on regional climate that is rapeseed oil in European countries and Canada, soybean oil in United States, and palm oil in tropical countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia.
  • What is the role of vegetable oil in biodiesel production?
  • The use of vegetable oils as feedstock will play a major role in supplying biodiesel to various sectors such as those of agriculture and transportation. The use of different vegetable oil affects production processes and costs as well as the resulting biodiesel characteristics.
  • What is biodiesel & how does it work?
  • Historically, the term biodiesel has been used to refer to all types of alternative fuels such as vegetable oils, vegetable oils mixed with diesel oil, vegetable oil microemulsions, pyrolysis products of vegetable oils, methyl and ethyl esters prepared from vegetable oils or animal fat.
  • How can biodiesel production cost be reduced?
  • Thus, the production cost can be reduced by using less expensive raw materials like non-edible oils, animal fat oils and waste cooking oils .Some methods of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil are pyrolysis, transesterification and supercritical methods.
  • What feedstock is used in biodiesel production?
  • The feedstock for biodiesel production includes animal fats and waste vegetable oils (yellow grease) and only a small quantity of canola oil is used to produce biodiesel. A fraction of Canadian canola oil has been shipped to the United States for production of biodiesel, which is then shipped back to Canada to meet the mandate.
  • Are edible oils used in biodiesel production?
  • Although there is global concern about using edible oils for biodiesel production, their use has steadily increased . Hence, microalgae and other non-edible oils such as Jatropha, neem oil, castor oil, and tall oil are now being used as alternatives in the production of biodiesel .