biodiesel machine used sunflower oil in nigeria

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • What is a first-generation biodiesel feedstock?
  • Edible vegetable oils such as soybean oil, palm oil and sunflower oil are first-generation biodiesel feedstocks because they were the first type of crop used to produce biodiesel (Bowyer et al., 2018).
  • Why do we need a large-scale biofuel production in Nigeria?
  • Dangerous environmental consequences and market unpredictability of fossil fuels have necessitated the need for sustainable large-scale production of biofuel in Nigeria. Unrefined palm oil (UPO) is a significant product of commercially available oil palm plants in the country.
  • Is sunflower oil better than palm oil for biodiesel?
  • Different oil sources such as corn, and grapeseed can be used in its production, however, sunflower oil has proved to have better fuel quality as compared to other oil sources [ 17, 18 ]. Furthermore, Simbi et al. [ 19 ], reported enhanced fuel quality of biodiesel produced from waste sunflower oil as compared to waste palm oil.
  • Is palm olein a sustainable option for biodiesel production?
  • Palm olein can become a sustainable option for biodiesel production because it is a bye product of palm oil (Pannilawithana and Pathirana, 2017). Both unrefined palm oil (UPO) and palm kernel oil are primary oil sources from oil palm trees (Gourichon; 2013).
  • Can palm kernel oil be converted to biodiesel in Nigeria?
  • Many experimental works had earlier been conducted on converting palm kernel oil (PKO) to biodiesel within Nigeria (Akhabue and Ogogo, 2018; Aladetuyi et al., 2014; Alamu et al., 2007; Bello et al., 2015; Kareem et al., 2017; Tarbuka et al., 2017).
  • What is the water content of sunflower biodiesel?
  • According to Table 6, the produced sunflower biodiesel had a water content of 0.03 wt% which was below the maximum limits allowed by international standards. This was lower than those found in literature for biodiesel produced from sunflower and waste cooking oils [ 36, 77 ].